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Actually, this kinda bugs me the more I think about it. It's only funny because there is a lot of truth to it. I feel fine about reading anesthesia-based stuff in the OR, because I think it helps me improve patient care. But what about reading novels, playing chess, surfing the 'net, etc, etc, etc?!

One of my colleagues went into the OR and just stood in the corner. The CRNA didn't notice him come in. He stood there for 15 minutes and the CRNA didn't lift his head once from his magazine. 😱 You can't tell me that's good for patient care or our image as medical professionals!

Where do you draw the line? Or is there no line?
 
Yeah, sometimes it's like that. A lot of times it's like that. Other times, it's a 3-hour white-knuckle ride where you're on the roller coaster with the patient up and down sweating your balls off forgetting the patient just enough to wonder if you need to treat your own tachycardia, and you finish the case somehow trying to figure out how they didn't just die on you.

All in good fun, those guys. I guess.

-copro
 
milrisome said:
Actually, this kinda bugs me the more I think about it. It's only funny because there is a lot of truth to it. I feel fine about reading anesthesia-based stuff in the OR, because I think it helps me improve patient care. But what about reading novels, playing chess, surfing the 'net, etc, etc, etc?!

One of my colleagues went into the OR and just stood in the corner. The CRNA didn't notice him come in. He stood there for 15 minutes and the CRNA didn't lift his head once from his magazine. 😱 You can't tell me that's good for patient care or our image as medical professionals!

Where do you draw the line? Or is there no line?
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ive walked in to relieve someone in one day surgery whose diligently working away at a crossword puzzle, look at the monitor, patients pressure is 70s systolic, the gas is set to 2.5 MAC and been told, oh, that just dropped right now, itll come right back up, and i ask does this 70 yr old really need that much agent? and i get a nonchalant "ya the patients comfortable there".. at which point i dont bother asking why a 60kg pt needs 850ml TV... 🙄 its super scary sometimes....
 
sensoricaine said:
ive walked in to relieve someone in one day surgery whose diligently working away at a crossword puzzle, look at the monitor, patients pressure is 70s systolic, the gas is set to 2.5 MAC and been told, oh, that just dropped right now, itll come right back up, and i ask does this 70 yr old really need that much agent? and i get a nonchalant "ya the patients comfortable there".. at which point i dont bother asking why a 60kg pt needs 850ml TV... 🙄 its super scary sometimes....
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This type of example shows you that outcome based studies in anesthesia are worthless because it is really difficult to kill people with the current anesthetics.
This is why certain "providers" can claim to be safe since people don't die everyday under their care.
Someone should study the long term effects of mediocre anesthesia care. :idea:
 
milrisome said:
Actually, this kinda bugs me the more I think about it. It's only funny because there is a lot of truth to it. I feel fine about reading anesthesia-based stuff in the OR, because I think it helps me improve patient care. But what about reading novels, playing chess, surfing the 'net, etc, etc, etc?!

One of my colleagues went into the OR and just stood in the corner. The CRNA didn't notice him come in. He stood there for 15 minutes and the CRNA didn't lift his head once from his magazine. 😱 You can't tell me that's good for patient care or our image as medical professionals!

Where do you draw the line? Or is there no line?
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I'm kinda like you - it's funny, but.....

And the only concern I tend to have about reading or whatever in the OR - if you think about it, anything that diverts your attention from the patient is a concern. Is there a difference between reading clinically related material and the newspaper? Not really.
 
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