bugging surgeons

[refreshingred]

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ok, say this may sound immature, petty . . but it irks me to no end when a surgeon bugs me every two minutes with "what's the blood loss?" "Are you giving him fluids?" and other things of that nature. Makes me want to stab him in the carotid with a 14 gauge.

I guess I'm still settling into my job (CA-1) and so forth, but what kind of similar questions can I legitimetly ask the surgeon about what HE's doing, so that he knows I'm not comfortable with him telling ME what to do. Basically something like: 'if you're going to run me ragged with questions, then I'll run you ragged right back.'

 

[ThinkFast007]

ok, say this may sound immature, petty . . but it irks me to no end when a surgeon bugs me every two minutes with "what's the blood loss?" "Are you giving him fluids?" and other things of that nature. Makes me want to stab him in the carotid with a 14 gauge.

I guess I'm still settling into my job (CA-1) and so forth, but what kind of similar questions can I legitimetly ask the surgeon about what HE's doing, so that he knows I'm not comfortable with him telling ME what to do. Basically something like: 'if you're going to run me ragged with questions, then I'll run you ragged right back.'

how about, "ready to close". Two minutes later, "ready to close". 1 minute later, "are you ready to close yet?"

🙂 🙂

 

[supahfresh]

whenever a surgeon starts harrassing you like that, just ask him if he's sexually frustrated.

 

[brains]

 

[Tenesma]

how about:

"are you going to use a 2-0 PDS next?"
"hmmm... your edges aren't very well approximated - want to try it again?"
"blood loss? i thought this was bloodless surgical technique"
"fluids...? i thought this was a medicine patient and we were going to diurese him first?"

most of the time, controlling surgeons just want to make sure there is somebody paying attention to what is going on... or they are just very insecure

 

[cchoukal]

How about "I'm sleeping with your wife/husband?"

 

[gaslady]

If you want a way to deflect or turn the surgeons attention away from harassing you that is a little more PC, ask them about the surgery - what they're doing, or what their postoperative concerns are for the patient.