First off, halothane, since nurses are stupid, why do we have them??j\w Answer that one for me. Because I'm pretty sure you "Residents" aren't going to go to the floor and wipe butts are you? Another thing, why do you guys keep brining this debate up anyway? All you do is make yourselves look stupid b\c your are arguing.
If you come around my area and look for a MD to do your anesthesias you are SOL,b\c there aren't many. They've all quite becuase their salaries were dropping, aww poor thing, can't afford their BMWs anymore
CRNAs have the market around here. Starting salaries are around 200K + benefits and malpractice is paid by the anesthesia group. Soudns pretty good for somebody "Who doesnt know anything"
And it also seems that the residents on this board and in other places are the ones that keep firing up the discussion on this issue, for the most part out there in the real world, it's not as big of an issue as you guys make it out to be.
AA's do not get paid as much b\c there's not a demand for them. They can only work in 13 states, and must be underdirect supervision of the anesthesia doc. AA's aren't required to have previous medical work either. Pre-med reqs and the MCAT is all that's required. They have no experience in the monotoring required for this type of work.
If you want something to debate, how about you guys debate the MDA and AA issue? B\c the MDAs don't have to do anything with AAs and they are still getting paid. It's nothing but politics. And that's really sad, but that's part of Healthcare.