About

Patricia  DNAP CRNA

LoveYourTrachea@gmail.com

  

EDUCATION 

Virginia Commonwealth University

Medical College of Virginia Health Sciences Division,

Richmond, Virginia

Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice, May 2013

Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, California

Master of Science in Nursing, 1999

Focus: Nurse Anesthesia

University of Phoenix, Sacramento, California

Bachelor of Nursing, 1996

St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing, Toledo, Ohio

Diploma in Nursing, 1979

EXPERIENCE 

Senior Nurse Anesthetist 1999 - Present

• Performs all types of anesthesia for ASAs 1 - IV in satellite hospital of large medical center that specializes in cancer care
• Serves as preceptor/instructor to first and second year nurse anesthetist students and medical students 

United States Army Reserves

• Mobilized and deployed to various US Army hospitals in the continental United States and abroad
• Senior Nurse Anesthetist in a Forward Surgical Team during troop withdrawal from Iraq in 2011
• Maintain physical fitness in accordance with army regulations

ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Nurse Anesthetist

1999 to present

Tracheal Stenosis Action Committee

Founding member

2013 to present

 PUBLICATION

“Cardiovascular Collapse in Anaphylaxis Successfully Treated with Vasopressin:

Case report and Review of Mechanism.”  ICU Director. May 2013

RESEARCH

“Post-operative Sore Throat as Determined by Endotracheal Tube Inflation Technique.”  Completed 2012.   Poster presented at EuroAnesthesia Conference in Barcelona, Spain June 2013.

LECTURES/SEMINARS

Federal Drug Administration, Silver Springs, Md

• February, 2014 “Endotracheal Tube Safety Issues”

California Association of Nurse Anesthetist, Spring Meeting, Napa, California

• March 7, 2014 Catecholamine Resistant Anaphylaxis.

Tracheal Stenosis Foundation First Annual Conference.

• October 20, 2013 “Prevention of Subglottic Stenosis.”

Army Medical Center, Department of Anesthesia:

• September 5, 2013 “Routine Adult Endotracheal Tube Practices: A Time for New Standards?”  
• August 15, 2013 “Animal Fluency Screening to Predict Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction.”
• July 25, 2013 “When Things Go Wrong in the OR: A case study.”

Department of Anesthesia:

• March 29, 2013 “Routine Adult Endotracheal Tube Practices: A Time for New Standards?”  
• July 28, 2013 “When Things Go Wrong in the OR: A case study.”

PANAC/VA Conference: San Francisco, CA: 

• November 20, 2010: “When Things Go Wrong in the OR: A case study.”

Global Outreach

Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery

• Taught anesthesia officers for 2 weeks in Kampala, Uganda in 2010.
• Participated in outreach meetings to American Ambassador to Uganda and the Health Minister of Uganda.