#94 – Shorts – Cue Ball

All right what’s up folks this is Jon Lowrance and it’s May 16, 2023. This is episode 94 – and I’m calling it “shorts: cue ball.”  And I don’t mean shorts like the things you wear but shorts like, this will be brief and there will be more episodes like this to come… you know, shorts. But first… updates!   Maine Medical Center will the at the AANA Annual Congress in Seattle this August. We’ll have a table in the exhibition hall and a couple of our CRNAs will be there to tell yall about our sweet gig and you can ask questions and see if where we’re headed is similar to where you want to head. Maybe you can join us. And we’ll join you. And we’ll move in the same direction. If you want practice a wide range of case types as part of a clinically excellent and supportive team while living in a super cool town that’s just big enough but doesn’t come with the downsides of huge metro areas, come check us out! In other news, this fall I’m back on the teaching circuit… well, circuit might be a little generous – I’m teaching at 1 conference this year which is the New England at the Cliff House 2023 Encore Symposium in Cape Neddick, Maine.  The dates are October 16 – 19.  You can check out the other folks who will be presenting at the conference and register at Encore’s website, which is e-s-crnas.com.  Look for “New England at the Cliff House 2023 Encore Symposium” and again the dates are October 16-19.  This conference usually sells out by July.  Part of the reason is the location… the Cliff House is an iconic resort built in 1872 on a 70-foot cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.  So if a fresh cool ocean air, granite cliffs and near by sandy beaches are your thing, this might be a great get-away to come get your learn on.  If you come, we’ll get the chance to talk about practical pharmacology for anesthesia providers, leadership in emergencies, best practices in neuromuscular blockage, monitoring & reversal, ERAS, airway management & a run down on what’s new in anesthesia… so much!  It’s going to be fantastic.  Encore Symposiums – October 16 – 19 – Cliff House.  I hope to see you there!    All right, with that let me tell you about Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed astrophysicist, and his take on cue balls. This will blow your mind…