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Originally Posted by Joana
Two of my favourite moments actually include anaesthesiologists btw.
One happened at the very start of my studies.......a lecture was held by one of them. So he went on about procedures and all that.
And at one point asked everyone: so, now that we have done all the testing and such- we should take it to the max. What would the max be?
Silence.
"Well- the max would be to talk to the patient!". 
The other story is a bit macabre- but in fact had a good end.....the patient did survive, I'll say that before telling it!!
A fellow students was in the OR when things went bad- there was massive abdomial bleeding involved and the patient was going downhill.
So the anaesthesiologist started resucitation- pumping away.
All of a sudden the surgeon yells at thim from the top of his lungs: "Stop that damn pumping. If you do that I can't stop the effing bleeding down here!!!"
Reply: "Well- if I stop pumping up here there won't be any bleeding you have to stop down there!!!!" |
Ouch! Glad that came out okay!
Kelli did trauma surgery at the county hospital in the Texas medical center for her first year of practice then got burnt out. She now works in a suburban hospital doing mostly "bread and butter" cases with enough "sticky wickets" to keep her skills sharp. That, and she's out by 3pm every day, with NO call...
