Bilateral distal radius fractures

[woopedazz]

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But do you get paid extra to block?

Fair point.
I'm FTE 1.0 in public hospitals currently (Universal Health Care), so no.

 

[GassYous]

Fair point.
I'm FTE 1.0 in public hospitals currently (Universal Health Care), so no.

So yeah your patients aren't wimps. Mine all have anxiety and depression and start crying as soon as the blood pressure cuff starts going off. Literally have patients producing tears as the cuff hits 120.

 

[DocMcCoy]

Block in preop while they’re mopping. Adds no time at all. Unless they don’t mop between cases which I’ve seen😉 At our place I can block, eat a bag of chips, poop, and even wash my hands before the patient rolls back.

On a good day with a flip room they have the next patient on the table and putting monitors on while I'm extubating in the other. Used to have a lot of good days, not so much anymore with our circus of locums and travelers.

 

[Lecithin5]

So yeah your patients aren't wimps. Mine all have anxiety and depression and start crying as soon as the blood pressure cuff starts going off. Literally have patients producing tears as the cuff hits 120.

No kidding. The amount of crying and hyperventilation and cursing and vagal-ing I’m seeing these days is mind boggling. I get it- you’re stressed out, but geez, it’s a 22g. I’m genuinely an empathetic doc/person, but I just can’t help that my patience gradually wanes over the years.

 

[GassYous]

No kidding. The amount of crying and hyperventilation and cursing and vagal-ing I’m seeing these days is mind boggling. I get it- you’re stressed out, but geez, it’s a 22g. I’m genuinely an empathetic doc/person, but I just can’t help that my patience gradually wanes over the years.

Doing GI is a mess these days. Patients are requesting to have the iv not in the hand "because it hurts too much". Christ. Then they move a ton during the case and bend their arm, cutting off the ac iv that they didn't need and it's just so annoying because it is avoidable.

 

[DrOwnage]

Doing GI is a mess these days. Patients are requesting to have the iv not in the hand "because it hurts too much". Christ. Then they move a ton during the case and bend their arm, cutting off the ac iv that they didn't need and it's just so annoying because it is avoidable.

Patients tell me this all the time. I tell them "I see a good vein on your hands, would you rather me try and stab you multiple times in another place or just once." Then I also tell them its safer on the hand and less chance of them possibly waking up from anesthesia.

 

[Hork Bajir]

Patients tell me this all the time. I tell them "I see a good vein on your hands, would you rather me try and stab you multiple times in another place or just once." Then I also tell them its safer on the hand and less chance of them possibly waking up from anesthesia.

You’re starting your own IVs in the endo suite? Ughhhh