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Hey all...I'm currently a third year and am feeling the pressure to figure out what I'm going to he when I grow up...I'm pretty torn and feeling like I don't have enough information to make a decent choice. I've been leaning towards emergency medicine but am trying to make sure that I give everything a look. I've been reading through the old threads around here but still have a couple of questions. My schools hospital only uses md's to start the case and then they go hang out in the break room while the crna's manage the rest. As far as the procedures I've read about y'all doing...at my place its always the surgery residents who do everything. So basically I have no idea what an anesthesiologist really does outside of what I've read here.
If you don't mind...could you maybe ballpark how much of your time is spent in the or vs how much is doing the lines and epidurals and things like that? I wasn't a huge fan of being in the or all day...are you spending a significant portion of the day managing other issues outside or is it pretty much all done in the or?
I really like the idea of having such a commanding knowledge if pharm as well as being one of the main guys counted on in a code situation. Is that a legit reason to pursue anesthesiology?
Sorry for the randomness of this post...I'd appreciate any advice and insight anyone could give though. Thanks!
If you don't mind...could you maybe ballpark how much of your time is spent in the or vs how much is doing the lines and epidurals and things like that? I wasn't a huge fan of being in the or all day...are you spending a significant portion of the day managing other issues outside or is it pretty much all done in the or?
I really like the idea of having such a commanding knowledge if pharm as well as being one of the main guys counted on in a code situation. Is that a legit reason to pursue anesthesiology?
Sorry for the randomness of this post...I'd appreciate any advice and insight anyone could give though. Thanks!