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Fanny pack? Yah i've heard MDA's wear these but never seen them at my institution? What's in the fanny pack? I'm assuming it's their bag of goodies.MAC10 said:😀
What do you perfer? Alot of people wear the thin blue shower cap looking thing.
<---------I think im going with this look in my icon.
Its bad enough im going to be wearing a fanny pack.
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Perhaps we should start a fashion thread on Gas Attire. lol..could you imagine
ThinkFast007 said:Fanny pack? Yah i've heard MDA's wear these but never seen them at my institution? What's in the fanny pack? I'm assuming it's their bag of goodies.
Perhaps we should start a fashion thread on Gas Attire. lol..could you imagine
I dont know exactly what goes in it yet...but ive already got mine. Its Neon 😎
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Only rookies where all that queer stuff like fanny packs and Dale Earnhart caps, and those goofy plastic clogs. What ya do is wear washed scrubs from home that are the same as the hospital, wear a surgeon's cap that hospital provides and no booties with your choice of tennis shoes. You wear this into the hospital and never change in the locker room. When you hit the front door of hospital you are ready to rock and roll. Your garb is complete with pocket calculator, black sharpie and black ink pen and of course your choice of smokes in "hidden" right top pocket
zippy... don't you know that sneakers are flea or rads attire only???
proper anesthesia attire: scrubs from the hospital (it is disgusting to wear your scrubs back and forth from home), clogs, surgeon's cap (no shower bouffant please) and NOOOOO fanny pack - ever... and also no stethoscope please.... that is just for beginners
i used to ridicule the junior residents until they got rid of their fanny packs and stethoscopes...
proper anesthesia attire: scrubs from the hospital (it is disgusting to wear your scrubs back and forth from home), clogs, surgeon's cap (no shower bouffant please) and NOOOOO fanny pack - ever... and also no stethoscope please.... that is just for beginners
i used to ridicule the junior residents until they got rid of their fanny packs and stethoscopes...
No steths around this boy's neck-- haven't owned one since medical school. Keep one in each OR. With peds don't use those crazy esoph. steths either Truth be told, probably count on 2 hands the use of a steth I've used preop in 10 years. I only check airway typically. ---Zippy
and what's up w/ the mda's wearing the nylon jackets? maybe this is not a norm, but i've seen some wear these over their scrubs...is it a must that mda's cannot be gq? maybe i should consider a more fashion-sensitive field. i hear the psych's are ballers when it comes to the wardrobes...just look at hannibal lecter 😎
ps..i think the fanny pack is to smuggle substances out of the OR for personal recreational purposes
ps..i think the fanny pack is to smuggle substances out of the OR for personal recreational purposes
placeboy - just check out who has the nicest bling-bling watches in the OR... that is the sign of a successful anesthesiologist!!!
jackets are totally for wusses.... if it gets too cold in the OR, i just turn up the OR temp and tell the surgeons that it's for the patient (harder to do for aneurysm clippings when you want the patient to be cold)....
jackets are totally for wusses.... if it gets too cold in the OR, i just turn up the OR temp and tell the surgeons that it's for the patient (harder to do for aneurysm clippings when you want the patient to be cold)....
can you guys answer this question? i'm embarassed that's it's actually a concern I have.
my scalp gets very cold in the winter, and i'm goign to boston, so i didn't want to buzz it short.
the bandanna/dale earnhardt caps OR....somebody mentioned earlier they were wack. is that universal? I was psyched about never having to mess with my jew-fro bedhead in the am because i could just slap one on before leaving the house, and wear it into the hospital and OR without looking like a wanna-be indie rock star.
would i get laughed at if i rolled into the hospital with a disposable OR cap that i brought home with me at the end of the day from the day before?
and just wanted to clarify; it's cool to bring clean, unused scrubs home and put them on in the morning at your own crib and wear them into the hospital and then into the OR?
man, i feel like such a (pretty boy + slacker), but i would appreciate a true answer. eye rolling is understandable.
my scalp gets very cold in the winter, and i'm goign to boston, so i didn't want to buzz it short.
the bandanna/dale earnhardt caps OR....somebody mentioned earlier they were wack. is that universal? I was psyched about never having to mess with my jew-fro bedhead in the am because i could just slap one on before leaving the house, and wear it into the hospital and OR without looking like a wanna-be indie rock star.
would i get laughed at if i rolled into the hospital with a disposable OR cap that i brought home with me at the end of the day from the day before?
and just wanted to clarify; it's cool to bring clean, unused scrubs home and put them on in the morning at your own crib and wear them into the hospital and then into the OR?
man, i feel like such a (pretty boy + slacker), but i would appreciate a true answer. eye rolling is understandable.
Tenesma said:
i was planning getting a camouflage patterned surgical cap...is that too lame?
joshmir said:
Do what I do as a compromise with the scrubs issue:
Wear a set of scrubs to and from home, but change them when you get to work the next day before you go into the OR. Still saves you a cleaning bill. You should also change into a clean set before you leave the hospital.
This is honestly meant in all sincerity and is not a flame-generating post from a srna, but how do you function as an anesthesiologist (tenesma) and performing pre-ops on peds (zippy2U) without a stethescope? while i realize that no one should depend on one tool as a crutch item, it does serve a valuabe role. how do you verify tube placement when the residents or someone else intubates? yes ive heard of etco2 before.
how do you effectively preop peds by just looking at the airway? how do you know you aren't missing an undiagnosed murmur or the subtle lung auscultation just waiting to become an intraop bronchoconstriction?
i mean this with much due respect. i just don't see how you do it. i know experience adds alot to the equation, i was just wondering. yes im a srna, but there is no MDA at any facility, esp the one now, that operates without a scope. they may not have a pen, but they sure as hell have a scope on them.
thanks guys.
how do you effectively preop peds by just looking at the airway? how do you know you aren't missing an undiagnosed murmur or the subtle lung auscultation just waiting to become an intraop bronchoconstriction?
i mean this with much due respect. i just don't see how you do it. i know experience adds alot to the equation, i was just wondering. yes im a srna, but there is no MDA at any facility, esp the one now, that operates without a scope. they may not have a pen, but they sure as hell have a scope on them.
thanks guys.
SRNA...
here are my thoughts on stethoscopes - contraption from the last century that will eventually be replaced w/ portable ultrasound.
1) in my opinion, walking around with a stethoscope all day when you only use it for a total of 1 minute/day just looks plain dumb....
2) using a stethoscope to listen to lung sounds in the OR or during a pre-op is good medical practice...
3) i believe an anesthesiologist can function just fine with his tools of the trade available to him at the right moment - but hanging his tools of the trade around his waist (fannypack) or his neck (stethoscope) is kinda silly... what's the point??
here are my thoughts on stethoscopes - contraption from the last century that will eventually be replaced w/ portable ultrasound.
1) in my opinion, walking around with a stethoscope all day when you only use it for a total of 1 minute/day just looks plain dumb....
2) using a stethoscope to listen to lung sounds in the OR or during a pre-op is good medical practice...
3) i believe an anesthesiologist can function just fine with his tools of the trade available to him at the right moment - but hanging his tools of the trade around his waist (fannypack) or his neck (stethoscope) is kinda silly... what's the point??
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the srna's confusion may lie in the fact that at many hospitals there are steths in each OR/ pre-op area...i know many icu's may move towards having one by each bed.
tenesma, do you just borrow one off the neck of the nearest nurse when you need one, or are general use ones around, like for looking in eyes/ears as an intern?
tenesma/UTSW, as we roll in as CA-1s in july, we should not be bringing them with us the first few days? I've come a long way from 3rd year when I made sure I had it every day, but it's still a little wierd...
thanks guys
tenesma, do you just borrow one off the neck of the nearest nurse when you need one, or are general use ones around, like for looking in eyes/ears as an intern?
tenesma/UTSW, as we roll in as CA-1s in july, we should not be bringing them with us the first few days? I've come a long way from 3rd year when I made sure I had it every day, but it's still a little wierd...
thanks guys
rn29306 said:
i think it would be bad not to have a stethoscope around your neck your first few months - until you become comfortable with your environment. If your hospital doesn't have stethoscopes everywhere (like mine does) then you would be a fool to be without one....
Please don't confuse my advice about what i think is appropriate attire with what you feel is best for your patient care 🙂
Please don't confuse my advice about what i think is appropriate attire with what you feel is best for your patient care 🙂
joshmir said:
Definitely have it available, but keep it in your pocket or on a waist holder. Having your stethoscope slide off your neck into a sterile field or into the patient's eyes just ain't kosher.
