Karen Crawforth
EDUCATION:Wayne State University
College of Education
Educational Evaluation and Research
Ph.D., December 2001
Wayne State University
College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions
Detroit, Michigan 48202
M.S. in Anesthesia, August 1986
Michigan State University
School of Nursing
East Lansing, MI
B.S. in Nursing, June 1977
LICENSURE:Michigan State Board CRNA
Registered Nurse Anesthetist Specialty Certification, 1986
Michigan State Board of Nursing
Registered Nurse, 1977
PROFESSIONALOperating Room Director
POSITIONS:Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit, Michigan 48201
2004-present
Nurse Clinical Manager, Anesthesia
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit, Michigan 48201
1994-present
Acting Director
Anesthesia Department
Hutzel Hospital
1999-2001
Contingent Staff CNRA
Hutzel Hospital
1989-present
Staff Anesthetist
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit, Michigan 48201
1986-1994
Staff Nurse-ICU
Oakwood Hospital
Dearborn, Michigan
1981-1984
Assistant Head Nurse-ICU
E. W. Sparrow Hospital
East Lansing, Michigan
1979-1981
ACADEMIC Assistant Professor (Clinical)
APPOINTMENTS:Wayne State University
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Allied Science
Anesthesia Department
December 2001-present
WSU Department Committees – Anesthesia
• Evaluation Committee Member, 1989-present
• Curriculum Committee Member, 1985-present
• Research Committee Member, 1996-present
Adjunct Instructor
Lansing Community College
College of Nursing
Lansing, Michigan
1979-1981
PROFESSIONALAmerican Statistical Association
MEMBERSHIP:Member, 1998-present
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
Member, 1986-present
Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists (MANA)
Member, 1984 - present
PROFESSIONAL AANA Clinical Research Scholars
ACTIVITIES: December 1995-1997
AANA Closed Claims Research Team
October 1995-present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider
1984-present
Michigan State University, Graduated with Honor
June 1977
Agatha Hodgins Award
Wayne State University
Recipient 1986
PRESENTATIONS: Lecture Presentation: “Parturients in Peril”
Students’ Seminar, March 2003
Lecture Presentation: “Contemporary Issues in Anesthesia”
MANA, 2002
Lecture Presentation: “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Implications for Anesthesia Practice”
MANA, 2002
Poster Presentation: “A Correlational Study of Students’ Scores on the Self-Examination and the National Certification Examination for Nurse Anesthetists”
AANA National Meeting, 2002
Lecture Presentation: “Status Asthmaticus in the Obstetric Patient” Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Detroit Medical Center, 2002
PRESENTATIONS:
(cont.) Panel Presentation: “Obstetric Predicaments”
Wayne State University Spring Seminar, 2001
Lecture Presentation: “Anesthetic Consideration in the Patient with Multiple Trauma”
Wayne State University Spring Student Seminar, 2001
Panel Presentation Trauma Anesthesia, Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists (MANA)
September, 2001
Panel Presentation Obstetric Emergencies, Wayne State University
April, 2000
Poster Presentation, Predicting Survival in Trauma Patients, A Retrospective Study
AANA Annual Meeting, 1996
Poster Presentation of “Closed Claims Research”
AANA Annual Meeting, 1996
Anesthetic Considerations for the Patient with a Brain Tumor
Wayne State University, Clinical Anesthesia Conference
January, 1986
Anesthetic Management of the Chronic Hypertensive Patient
Wayne State University
June, 1985
Regional Techniques for Obtaining Post-Operative Pain Relief
Wayne State University
August, 1985
PUBLICATIONS: Crawforth, K.: “The AANA Foundation Closed Malpractice Claims Study: Obstetric Anesthesia”
AANA Journal, Vol. 70, No. 2 94-104, 2002
Jordan, L.; Kremer, M.; Crawforth, K.: “Closed Claim Data: Improving
Anesthesia Practice”, AANA Journal, 2001
Kremer, M., Crawforth, K., Golinski, M.A., et al: “An Analysis of Closed Malpractice Claims Filed Against Nurse Anesthetists”,
AANA Journal 64/No.5:440, October 1996
Crawforth, K.: “Recall Under Anesthesia: A Case Report”, Anesthesiology Today, 3/No.1:16-17, 1991.