Beyond the Mask Podcast🎙️Episode: Brett Fadgen's Road to Anesthesia

It's here! The Beyond the Mask podcast taping from PANA's Spring Symposium in Hershey! #ICYMI in person, Jeremy Stanley, CFP, AIF and Sharon Pearce, MSN, CRNA sat down with #CRNAinPA Brett Fadgen back on Saturday, May 6th to hear more about his personal story, which includes a timeline of the innovations and opportunities for CRNAs, once believed to be unattainable.

Episode Description

🍫Jeremy and Sharon were up in Hershey for the PANA Spring Symposium and hosted a live taping of the podcast with Brett Fadgen, MSN, CFRN, CRNA. If you haven’t heard Brett’s story, it’s a remarkable one about perseverance and never giving up in the face of life’s challenges. Join us to hear all about his journey and how he became the only one-armed nurse anesthetist.

Here are some of the things you’ll learn on this show:

🔹 Brett’s childhood and growing up with a congenital defect. (3:21)

🔹 The journey from being a paramedic to RN to anesthesia school. (9:05)

🔹 The challenges he faced in anesthesia school. (13:47)

🔹 The contact he has with other people with limitations that are interested in anesthesia. (23:55)

🔹 What questions do patients ask? (26:15)

🔹 The final message Brett has for people. (32:00)

🎧 Listen to this episode below via Spotify or via Soundcloud.

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BU students win Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists Spring Symposium competition

Posted: May. 11, 2022 in Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania News

BU's winning team members: left to right: Matthew Moore, Matthew Homishak (holding oxygen tank trophy), Ciana Rollman, Elise Slaughter (in back).

The Geisinger/Bloomsburg University Nurse Anesthesia Program's Class of 2022 students won the annual College Bowl at the Pennsylvania Association Of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) Spring Symposium in Hershey, Pa.

Bloomsburg's winning team members included Ciana Rollman, Elise Slaughter, Matthew Homishak, and Matthew Moore. The event was hosted by Daniel Fraska, co-founder of APEX Anesthesia.

“Congratulations to our students involved in this competition,” said Dr. Latha Ramakrishnan, Dean of the College of Science and Technology. “The work, they and our faculty members, put in preparing for the event is to be commended. Everyone at Bloomsburg University is proud of them.”

The College Bowl contestants included 11 teams from eight universities across Pennsylvania. The annual competition challenges anesthesia programs from across the region in a test of anesthetic knowledge. The winners will retain possession of the oxygen tank trophy at the BU nurse anesthesia program office until next year's event.

"I’m incredibly proud of our students for winning our program’s first PANA College Bowl competition,” said Debra Minzola, Ph.D., CRNA, program director of the Geisinger/Bloomsburg University Nurse Anesthesia Program and associate professor at Bloomsburg University. “Not only did they get to represent Geisinger and Bloomsburg University while demonstrating their advanced knowledge of anesthesia, but their participation also supports and enhances the profession of nurse anesthesia as a whole.”

The win was the first-ever for Bloomsburg University in the competition.

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CRNAs Recognized for Leadership, Achievements at PANA’s 2019 Spring Symposium

Last weekend, the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists gathered more than 365 CRNAs and SRNAs for our Spring Symposium at The Hotel Hershey. The spring business meeting and state update offered during the symposium educated our members on the latest news and communications regarding our advocacy and legislative efforts, finances, programs and more. PANA is actively recruiting Ambassadors to take action with us so we can offer one collective voice in Harrisburg and in Washington, D.C. Learn more about how to become a PANA Ambassador today!

Additionally, we convened PANA’s 2019 Awards and Recognition Program. Congratulations to all who won awards and received special recognition. You are all shining examples of our profession!

2019 Annual Award Categories:

Outstanding Student of the Year – Congratulations to Trevor Swedeen, BSN, SRNA, Excela Health School of Anesthesia/St. Vincent College.

Clinical Instructor of the Year - Congratulations to Donald Larmon, from UPMC Hamot School of Anesthesia at Gannon University.

Didactic Instructor of the Year - Congratulations to board member Debra Minzola, from Geisinger Health System at Bloomsburg University.

Educator of the Year - Congratulations to Michael DeBroeck from Excela Health School Anesthesia at St. Vincent College.

Clinician of the Year - Congratulations to Diane Crosby from Geisinger Medical Center.

The following PANA Members received special recognition because they have spent a lifetime advancing the profession. Congratulations Carol Saladino, Fredrick C. Ackler, and Mary Lou Taylor. Thank you for your contributions!

View awards photos here.

2019 College Bowl Update

Congratulations to all the teams that competed in this year's College Bowl! We had SRNA representation from the following Pennsylvania CRNA Programs: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Excela Health School Anesthesia / St. Vincent College, Drexel University, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, The University of Scranton, Allegheny School of Anesthesia / La Roche College, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and York College of Pennsylvania. For photos, click here.