Valdor Haglund, C.R.N.A., M.S.

Valdor Haglund, C.R.N.A., M.S.

Assistant Professor (Clinical)

Office Location

EACPHS, Room 4603

Email

ab1181@wayne.edu

Department

Nurse Anesthesia

Appointments

  

Valdor Haglund, C.R.N.A., M.S.

Degrees and Certifications

  • MS in Anesthesia, 1983, Wayne State University
  • BS in Anesthesia with Distinction, 1981, Wayne State University
  • Diploma in Nursing, 1976, Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing

Licenses & Certifications

  • NBCRNA Certification
  • Michigan RN License & CRNA Specialty License
  • Basic & Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Positions and Employment

  • Staff Nurse, Henry Ford Hospital, 1976-1979
  • Staff Nurse, Orlando Regional Medical Center, 1977
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Detroit Receiving Hospital, 1981-2016
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Hutzel Hospital, Assistant Coordinator, 1982-1986
  • Supervisor/Technical Consultant, Anesthesia Critical Care STAT Lab, Detroit Receiving Hospital 1988-2016
  • Director, Dept of Anesthesia, PACU, Detroit Receiving Hospital, 2008-2010
  • Director, Perioperative Services, Detroit Receiving Hospital, 2010-2015
  • Chief CRNA, Dept of Anesthesia, Detroit Receiving Hospital, 2015-2016
  • PRN/Contingent CRNA, NorthStar-Detroit Receiving Hospital, 2016-2019

Military Experience

  • United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS) Top Secret Clearance, Sergeant (E-4), Morse Intercept Operator  (Tours in Hakata, Japan & Osan, Korea), 1968-1972
  • United States Army Reserve, 323rd General Hospital, Army Nurse Corps, Major O-4, 66F, Southfield, Michigan, 1984-1992

Decorations

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Citation w/ gold leaf cluster
  • Air Force Overseas Ribbon
  • Air Force Good Conduct Medal
  • Air Force Length of Service Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • U.S. Army Foreign Service Medal 
  • U.S. Army Commendation Medal
  • U.S. Army Length of Service Ribbon

Awards and Honors

  • John F. Garde Award for Teaching Excellence, 1986
  • WSU Presidential Bonus Award, 1991
  • John F. Garde Award for Teaching Excellence, 1996
  • AANA Didactic Instructor of the Year, 1999
  • MANA Guiding Light Award, April 2003
  • Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, 2004
  • WSU Nurse Anesthesia Didactic Instructor of the Year [awarded - Class of 2005]
  • DMC 2010 Employee Engage Survey Honoree [DRH]

Professional Memberships

  • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
  • Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists
  • American Society of Regional Anesthesia
  • Society for Airway Management

Recent Publications

  • Nurse Anesthesia: Handbook, 2nd Edition, Nagelhout J, Zaglaniczny K, Haglund V., W.B. Saunders Company, St. Louis, 1997
  • In Nurse Anesthesia: Pre-Test, Self-Assessment & Review, (Chapter: Airway Monitoring), Edited by Gerbasi, F., McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York, 1997
  • In Nurse Anesthesia, 5th Edition: Chapter 35 – Thermal Injury & Anesthesia, Nagelhout  J, Plaus K, W.B. Saunders/Elsevier Company,  St. Louis, 2014.
  • In Nurse Anesthesia, 6th Edition: Chapter 39 – Thermal Injury & Anesthesia, Nagelhout  J, Plaus K, W.B. Saunders/Elsevier Company,  St. Louis, 2017.
  • In Nurse Anesthesia, 7th Edition: Chapter 39 – Anesthesia for the Burned Patient, Nagelhout  J, Elisha,  Elsevier Company,  St. Louis, 2017. Co-author: Jessica Phillips, 2022.

Presentations

  • Anesthetic Considerations in the Patient with a Pacemaker, MANA, Traverse City 1986
  • Review of the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram,  Wayne State University Senior Seminar, Troy 1988
  • Myocardial Cell Physiology, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Nashville 1988, Orlando 1988
  • EKG Dysrhythmia Workshop, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Atlanta 1989, Pittsburgh 1989
  • Intraoperative Dysrhythmias: Mechanisms, Recognition &  Treatment, MANA, Novi 1990
  • Cardiac Dysrhythmias, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Denver 1990
  • The Electrocardiogram in Anesthesia: Arrhythmias, Treatment and Pacemakers, MANA, Troy 1992
  • Review: Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, Arrhythmias and Pacemakers, Certification Examination Review, Professional CRNA Educators: Oct 1990, Jun 1991, Oct 1991, 1993, 1993, Novi MI
  • Pharmacology and Use of Mivacurium, MANA, Traverse City,  Oct 1992
  • Arrhythmias and Their Management, U-M Flint School of Nurse Anesthesia, Nov 1992, 1993, 1994
  • Fiberoptic Endoscopy, MANA, Ypsilanti, Feb 1993
  • The Difficult Airway: Fiberoptic Endoscopy, William Beaumont Hospital - Anesthesia, Sept 1993
  • Regional Anesthesia Workshop: Spinal & Epidural, Mt. Clemens Genl Hospital-Anesthesia, Jan 1994
  • Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring, William Beaumont Hospital – Anesthesia, Feb 1994
  • To Reverse or Not to Reverse, MANA,Traverse City, Sept 1995
  • Fiberoptic Endoscopy, Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, Pasadena, April 1997
  • 1st Int’l Anesthesia Seminar: Baltic States - Anesthesia & Crit Care Nurses, Riga, Latvia, May 1997
  • 2nd Int’l Anesthesia Seminar: Baltic States – Anesthesia & Crit Care Nurses,Talinn, Estonia, May 1998
  • 2nd Interregional Educational Symposium, Spinal Anes: Update I & II, Newport Beach, Aug 1998
  • Fiberoptic Endoscopy  (Lecture / Workshop), Oakland University - Nurse Anesthesia, Sept 1998
  • 12-Lead EKG Review, MANA, Boyne Highlands, October 2-4, 1998
  • Complicated EKGs - Intraoperative TEE, CANA / MANA Conference, Las Vegas, May 14 - 16, 1999
  • Spinal & Epidural Anesthesia, Oakland University – Graduate Program, May – August, 2002
  • Update/Review of Upper & Lower Extremity Regional Block, MANA, Mackinac Island, Oct 2000
  • Perioperative Use of Transesophageal Doppler, WSU Annual Seminar, Dearborn, April 2001
  • Perioperative Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography,  Mt. Clemens Genl Hosp, Oct 2003
  • Airway Procedures, Physicians Assistant – Grad Program, WSU, Mar 2004 & 2005
  • The 12-Lead ECG, U-DM Fall Meeting, Boyne Highlands, June 2005 
  • Airway: What’s Hot….What’s Not, MANA, Crystal Mountain, Oct 2005
  • Supraglottic Airways, Gastropharyngeal Devices & VLs, MANA, Las Vegas, May 2007
  • Airway Management Devices & Fiberoptic Endoscope Use, Detroit Trauma Symposium, Nov 2009
  • Airway: What’s Hot, What’s Not!, U-DMercy Seminar, Detroit, Nov 2017

Courses taught by Valdor Haglund, C.R.N.A., M.S.

Winter Term 2024 (current)

Fall Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

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