Bridgton Hospital celebrates nurse anesthetist week

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CRNA'S RECOGNIZED - From left are Ibra (Chip) Ripley and Thomas Nolan, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists at Bridgton Hospital.

BRIDGTON — Brighton Hospital will celebrate National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week January 23 – 29. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) are advanced practice nurses who administer approximately 30 million anesthetics per year in the United States. CRNAs are the sole anesthesia providers at Bridgton Hospital and nearly all rural hospitals in America and have been the primary providers to the military since world war one.

Thomas Nolan CRNA and Ibra (Chip) Ripley CRNA MSNA are employed by Bridgton Hospital. The services they provide include anesthesia for surgery and special procedures, acute pain management, epidural analgesia for labor and delivery and airway management for resuscitation. All services are available 24 hours a day.

Tom and Chip are members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the Maine Association of Nurse Anesthetists and are adjunct clinical faculty at the University of New England School of Nurse Anesthesia. Bridgton Hospital serves as a clinical practice site for the UNE program.

Tom and Chip are both residents of the community and are committed to providing high quality, compassionate anesthesia care to all patients referred to them.