Today, the nation’s 40,000 CRNAssafely provide millions of

anesthetics to patients each year.

CRNAs have helped makeanesthesia 50 times safer today

than it was just 20 years ago.

CRNAs care for patients of all ages…in every setting where

anesthesia is delivered… for every type of procedure.

CRNAs are the main anesthesia providers to U.S. soldiers

at home and abroadin peacetime and at war.

CRNAs are predominately the sole anesthetists in combat zones.

CRNAs are the sole anesthesia providers in 65% of the rural

hospitals in the U.S.

Today’s nurse anesthesia graduates are master’s/doctorate prepared.

For more information contact:

www.ala-crna.org

patient safety is our priority

The Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists

advancing quality anesthesia care

supporting our members

promoting the nurse anesthesia profession

To be recognized leaders in anesthesia care, who:

are known for their commitment to patient safety

are fully reimbursed for their services

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Certi!ed Registered Nurse Anesthetists

Nurse anesthetists have been providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for nearly

Nurse anesthetists have been the main providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military men and women on

wounded soldiers during the Civil War.

CRNAs were the !rst nursing specialty and nonphysician group to be granted the right to reimbursement

patients and insurance companies, thus controlling the escalation of healthcare costs.

CRNAs are highly cost-e"ective, quality anesthesia providers on the basis of educational costs, cost of

physician anesthesiologists to provide sedation, general, and regional anesthesia (as well as other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures) serving as the key to cost savings in the provision of anesthesia related services.

- A current license as a registered nurse.

- Graduation with a master’s degree from an accredited nurse anesthesia educational program.

CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered: traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms; critical access hospitals; ambulatory surgical centers; the o#ces of dentists,

quality of care provided by CRNAs and their physician counterparts.

The Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists is working to promote access to quality and cost- e"ective

member of the Alabama Hospital Association.

Alabama’s CRNAs

In Alabama, CRNAs are authorized to practice “under the direction of a physician licensed to practice medicine, or a dentist who is immediately available.” There is no requirement for CRNAs to be medically directed by a physician anesthesiologist.

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