Anesthesia Guidebook is the go-to guide for providers who want to master their craft. You’re on a path to becoming a master anesthesia provider. We’re your go-to guide for deepening your anesthesia practice.
Vision:
Our vision is to help anesthesia providers master their craft so they can thrive throughout their careers.
Mission:
Anesthesia providers across the world are the heroes of our story and our mission is to serve as their guides, helping them master their craft and thrive as holistic clinicians, healthcare leaders, educators and advocates throughout their careers. We do this by leveraging our unique competence as clinicians, educators and researchers through the most effective technological tools and high-yield training and resources. The way we do anything is the way we do everything, so we engage in behaviors that help our team thrive with the same fervor we serve our clients with while building sustainable business practices that will enable us to be mission-focused indefinitely.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. The most vulnerable times in our patients lives often begin when we say “hello.”
Our patients trust us with their lives, expecting us to help get them through their most vulnerable moments. That’s an awesome responsibility. We are here to help you thrive in that role.
Our story is about your journey. Your path to becoming a master anesthesia provider is the focus of our story, our work and our mission. SUBSCRIBE to the podcast (For Free. We will never share or sell your contact info.) DOWNLOAD the free guide to “10 Things Every Anesthesia Provider Should Know” and join us as you take up the journey towards mastering your craft.
Our roots:
Anesthesia Guidebook was founded in 2015 when producer Jon Lowrance realized there were no compelling, active podcasts for anesthesia providers. The best free, open access meducation (FOAM) content, as well as discussion on FOAM as a concept, was coming out of the critical care and emergency medicine communities in the early 2010’s. Jon and three of his classmates at Western Carolina University: Kristin Andrejco, who Jon was lucky to marry and is now know as Kristin Lowrance, Brad Morgan and Cassidy Padgett, c0-founded “From the Head of the Bed… a podcast for the anesthesia community.” These classmates, along with then-program-director Shawn Collins, PhD, DNP, CRNA, co-authored a comprehensive journal article titled “Social media in nurse anesthesia: a model of a reproducible educational podcast,” which was published in the AANA Journal in 2017. After graduate school, Jon continued to produce the podcast under the name From the Head of the Bed until 2020, when the name was changed to Anesthesia Guidebook.
Jon Lowrance, MSN, CRNA is currently the Chief CRNA at Maine Medical Center, Maine’s only level one trauma center. His professional background started in experiential education and wilderness medicine, having served as faculty with Landmark Learning and NOLS Wilderness Medicine. He completed his BSN at Saint Louis University and his Master of Science in anesthesiology at Western Carolina University.
He has served as clinical & simulation faculty with the University of New England’s nurse anesthesia program, the SRNA Clinical Coordinator at MMC and on MMC’s Medical Executive Committee. He currently serves on the Maine Association of Nurse Anesthesiology’s board of directors and is working towards a PhD in organizational leadership at the University of Southern Maine. His research is focused on how leadership, human factors and systems engineering can improve outcomes in perioperative emergencies. Jon’s passion is helping healthcare providers thrive on the path towards mastering their craft.
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