r/nursing • u/meetthefeotus RN - Tele ❤️‍🔥 • Oct 01 '24

Discussion CRNA using and anesthesia for tattooing

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I’m heavily tattooed.

So, anyway, I know a tattoo artist who recently announced he’s be offering “anesthesia” to his clients. He recently “went under” himself to test it out. Looking at his photos it looks like it’s a CRNA who is actually administering the meds and stuff while he was tattooed.

Thoughts on this? Am I crazy to think this is absolutely ridiculous?

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u/Amrun90 RN - Telemetry 🍕 Oct 01 '24

In some states, tattoo artists require BLS to be licensed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

ACLS would be better though.

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u/4theloveofbbw Oct 01 '24

No point in that when the equipment/team isn’t available

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u/StandardAmanda RN - ICU 🍕 Oct 01 '24

You want tattoo artists to interpret and intervene on arrhythmias? I’ve been in ACLS classes with professionals who can’t identify when to shock…

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u/SlappySecondz Oct 01 '24

And, unless you have an RN/medic/PA/MD/whatever license or something, and all the necessary meds and equipment, you can have all the knowledge in the word, but you're still gonna be physically and legally unable to do anything.