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[m3unsure]

I remember 1997....it was a bad year .....and it happened literally almost overnight after the article in the wall street journal came out.

I don't think that this will be the case again. I assume a much more steady decline in demand versus the hype in a paper. It will be like crying wolf for the second time.

How bad this effect you or those around you in terms real numbers?

Thanks.

 

[Coastie]

Touche'.

I am working on my creativity. I thought I had posted worse though.😱😱

 

[militarymd]

I don't think that this will be the case again. I assume a much more steady decline in demand versus the hype in a paper. It will be like crying wolf for the second time.

How bad this effect you or those around you in terms real numbers?

Thanks.

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zero...I was in the Navy...and it HELPED me because it prevented people from getting out, so there were more bodies than we needed.

 

[me454555]

Remember 2000 when you couldn't go wrong with stocks. Or 2005 when you couldn't go wrong with real estate- well it feels like that to me now with anesthesia. My opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it.

Stocks are still a good investment, as is real estate. Both have performed well in the long term. The same will be true for anesthesia. There will continue to be the need for anesthesia and we can outcompete any CRNA. We may not enjoy the inflated salaries but I just don't see how we can lose our jobs to a less qualified provider.

 

[m3unsure]

Attack the CRNA by going up the administrator chain and then dictate their work hours.

I'll take a paycut from mid or low levels AS LONG AS they work the nights and their malpractice issue is separate from ours.

What if they started paying malpractice like the rest of us? And I assume hospitals will eventually make them because why have it come out of their profits. Then, it won't be so great for CRNAs.

Keep shooting yourself in the foot CRNAs...supposed cost effectiveness will not be on your side for long.

 

[timtye78]

I am headed for PP and an income of 325K++++ first year in Fort Worth, TX area.
I have heard the doomsayers, but I am not signing up for FP or IM residency anytime soon!

 

[epidural man]

Jeff05


Personally, I believe that the folks that choose anesthesia are some of the brightest individuals in medicine.

I rarely run into other physicians with such a well rounded grasp on medicine.

I truly believe this. I heard it said once after a guy had a severe head trauma and made a pretty remarkable recovery but some deficits remained, a doctor said "Well, he can definitely become a neurosurgeon, maybe become a general surgeon, but he will never be able to become an anesthesiologist."

I thought it funny but somehow rather poignant.

On the other hand, I think probably some of the most well rounded doctors I know are general surgeons. They know a lot about a lot and could take care of almost anything if you were on a stranded island and only one doc.

Of friend of mine told me when he was in Iraq, he had a general surgeon give him oral board examinations for preparation, and the general surgeon was pretty good at most of the stuff (like what to do with hypoxia, hypotension, etc.) Of course, asking questions is the easy part, but my friend said he got a lot of it.