The Nurse Anesthesia Podcast

About The Nurse Anesthesia Podcast

We discuss anesthesia related concepts, CRNA school, anesthesia clinical practice, anesthesia case management, crisis management, and anything that pertains to the practice of anesthesiology.

Publisher

Jeremy Heiner, Sass Elisha, & Mark Gabot

Category

education · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Apr 2024

Latest episode

27 May 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 48 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 47: NPO Shake Up – New Guidelines from an International Multidisciplinary Panel

   Host Jeremy and guest Mark discuss new international guidelines that challenge established NPO practices, allowing clear liquids closer to surgery.

2. 

   21 Apr 2026

   Ep 46: Advanced Oxygenation Using High Flow Nasal Oxygenation with Simon McDonald and Amanda Virginia

   Host Jeremy discusses advanced high flow nasal oxygenation techniques with experts Simon McDonald and Amanda Virginia, revealing its benefits for patient safety in anesthesia.

3. 

   7 Apr 2026

   Ep 45: Anesthesia Q&A – Pharyngeal & Laryngeal Anatomy

   It's Q&A time with Sass and Jeremy...where they willingly subject themselves—and you—to the intellectual equivalent of laryngoscopy without topicalization! In this episode they dive headfirst (cephalad to caudad of course) into the pharyngeal and laryngeal anatomy that every anesthesia provider thinks they remember… until they don’t. From the classic “wait… is that CN IX or CN X?” moment, to realizing the posterior cricoarytenoid is the only muscle keeping that airway open—this episode ro...

Inside a recent episode

Ep 47: NPO Shake Up – New Guidelines from an International Multidisciplinary Panel

Published 27 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And this is where we get the two, four, six, eight rules. So patients could have clear liquids two hours before surgery. Infants could have breast milk four hours before surgery. For a light meal, that could occur six hours before surgery. And a more of a heavy meal, that was eight hours before surgery. And so the purpose of the fasting guidelines is simply to reduce gastric volume, reduce gastric acidity, and decrease the risk of aspiration. However, we still have some resistance to even these 1999 guidelines where patients are still fasting regularly. from midnight on. So Mark, what's the problem with these traditional MPO practices? […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

47 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

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Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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