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Article: EMELINA S. RAMOS // Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 10, 1994
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She has been a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Michael
Reese Hospital and Medical Center for 26 years. A native of the
Philippines, she earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from Manila
Central University. Arriving in the United States as a registered
nurse, she went to Mount Sinai hospital in New York for advanced
respirator study. There it was suggested she take a course in
anesthesia. She went to the St. Agnes Hospital School of
Anesthesiology in Philadelphia, where she completed her CRNA study.
She belongs to the 25,000-member American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists (AANA).
Some history
According to AANA, the need for anesthesia nurses came in the
late 1800s as ...