u/cici_sweetheart

My rural hospital was recently bought out and got rid of our one anesthesiologist. We now only have CRNAs. Apparently this is legal in my state that CRNAs can work independently but what if something happens?! So before the corporation took over our anesthesiologist, managed the CRNAs and he would come to help for difficult cases or if patients requested him. (This is a small town so a lot of people knew him) but now he is gone. We have great CRNAs but now there is no safety net. Has anyone else experienced this at their hospital? Did it have any effect (negative or positive?)