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In response to "how many people have been killed by nurse anesthesiologists compared to doctors?" by TFox

I haven't seen a study that shows that. I think there is limited data since not that many states have CRNA working without supervision.

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Aug 3 '10, 16:37

The death rate for CRNA might be low because the physician takes over when things go sour. Plus, CRNA typically do easier cases.

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