Music in the OR

[madcow10s]

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Obviously would be attending dependent, but if you had your choice what would be on the playlist? Do you go with something that is not too distracting and offensive to everyone in the operating room or would you go with what you want since you're the primary surgeon? Speaking from experience, I've operated with a surgeon who preferred a type of electonica beat, which I found to be incredibly difficult to concentrate to
Personally, my musical tastes tend to run the alternative rock (The Killers, Keane, Blink 182, Ryan Adams, Jack Johnson, etc) route with a little sprinkling of hip hop.

 

[jmattwilson]

Obviously would be attending dependent, but if you had your choice what would be on the playlist? Do you go with something that is not too distracting and offensive to everyone in the operating room or would you go with what you want since you're the primary surgeon? Speaking from experience, I've operated with a surgeon who preferred a type of electonica beat, which I found to be incredibly difficult to concentrate to
Personally, my musical tastes tend to run the alternative rock (The Killers, Keane, Blink 182, Ryan Adams, Jack Johnson, etc) route with a little sprinkling of hip hop.

My mentor who is a younger surgeon tended to play Acoustic rock or alternative rock on yahoo radio it was great. I worked with several old attendings who wouldn't allow music at all bummer.

 

[njbmd]

Hi there,
Michael McDonald's Motown album and anything by Santana round out my playlist. I love Nelly but the nursing staff complains. My attendings love Nellyville.
njbmd 😀

 

[JattMed]

Good song for OR............Magic Carpet Ride......Steppenwolf

 

[Celiac Plexus]

A urology attending at my med school used to turn off all of the lights for a living donor nephrectomy, and would play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon album. Pretty cool.

 

[Caesars0331]

An ortho trauma surgeon that my g/f shadows plays only Metallica in the OR.

 

[neutropeniaboy]

Obviously would be attending dependent, but if you had your choice what would be on the playlist?

Dre.

 

[Mirror Form]

One of my GS attendings used to burn all these 70 and 80's mix CD's and then pimp the students on who the singer was. He was one of the only gen surgeons I met who made we sort of want to go into gen surg.

 

[Pir8DeacDoc]

One of our GI surgeons is absolutely hilarious in the OR. He can be having the worst time with a case but the minute the rap music comes on he's the happiest guy in the room. Nothing is more funny that an early 40's white guy bobbing his head and singing along to Usher.

 

[Blake]

Can't wait to listen to my favorite songs in the OR 😀

 

[gildas]

I will go for disney or dirty south 😍

 

[cromagnon]

jungle.......

 

[DW3843]

A transplant surgeon I worked for used to crank the black Van Halen album as soon as the new liver came out of ice during every operation. After enough time with him you could walk into the OR and have a good idea of where they were in the course of the procedure just based on what song the CD had made it to. Great stuff

 

[JAMMAN]

I have heard everything in the OR from John Denver to 50 Cent. When I was a resident, one of my attendings loved to play uncensored rap and hip hop.

 

[imtiaz]

we like to play a used and abused scratched sting & the police CD that skips every 30 seconds.

 

[DrMom]

One of my GS attendings used to burn all these 70 and 80's mix CD's and then pimp the students on who the singer was. He was one of the only gen surgeons I met who made we sort of want to go into gen surg.

Now that's the kind of pimping I could be well-prepared for 👍

 

[Winged Scapula]

One of my GS attendings used to burn all these 70 and 80's mix CD's and then pimp the students on who the singer was. He was one of the only gen surgeons I met who made we sort of want to go into gen surg.

That's one of the (few) benefits to being a "older" resident. I know most of these artists and much better than most of my younger colleagues who were still singing along to Captain Kangaroo when I was cruising around listenin' to AC/DC. Got a good eval from on surgeon who said he liked me because I knew who Dorothy Parker was when his older partners didn't (pays to be well read in addition).

I've heard quite a variety in the OR myself - from nothing (ie, music banned) to classic country, heavy metal, easy listening. Not much rap listened to here in central PA!

 

[Blade28]

I've also worked with some attendings (usually older) who just like the OR to be dead-quiet. Then the beeps and whistles of the anesthesiologist's machines, the sound of the bovie, etc. become magnified.

I feel music played at a decent level really helps to ease the tension in the OR.

 

[pre-doc]

I like this thread . . .

Obviously, we tend to get sick of the playlist - so changing it up every so often helps.

but, at any time, i will take Pearl Jam all day and night. I'm one of those idiots that bought every single bootleg album they put out for the past two tours (if you don't think i am an idiot, just research how many they put out).

Other than that, right now would be Common, the roots, kayne west, talib kweli (yeah, listening to hip-hop a lot lately and i got sick and tired of capitalizing words just now). Of course, profanity might be a problem in the OR.

i too look forward to the day when it is my turn to command the radio/cd player!

 

[Blade28]

I also look forward to the day when it's my music choice playing in the OR. 🙂

 

[aboo-ali-sina]

a cardiac surgeon whom I worked with closely in medical school used to play the phantom of the opera when he was weaning the patient off pump. (he used to call it phantomizing the patient). Now every time I hear a song from that CD, a tear come to my eye

 

[madcow10s]

Finally made it back into the OR...saw my resident pull out an Apple ipod, put a little gizmo on it which seemed to interface with the radio, and presto, music was coming out of an empty radio-station! Man, those guys at apple really know what they are doing. Made me want to go out and buy one right away, even though I don't have the money for it. Oh, the resident was a big hip hop fan.

 

[CaptainJack02]

Finally made it back into the OR...saw my resident pull out an Apple ipod, put a little gizmo on it which seemed to interface with the radio, and presto, music was coming out of an empty radio-station! Man, those guys at apple really know what they are doing. Made me want to go out and buy one right away, even though I don't have the money for it. Oh, the resident was a big hip hop fan.

a neurosurgeon i shadowed a while back busted out his ipod, too. but then he handed over control to one of the nurses 🙂 great times...

 

[OzDDS]

Before buying an Ipod.. you might want to watch this. Interesting...

http://www.kontraband.com/show/show...&DISPLAYORDER=20031204000043&CAT=movies&NSFW=