New Respect

[Mr. McDuck]

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Hey, I'm just a PA that's applying for med school, but I wanted to say I have a new respect for you guys--CRNAs and MDs. I've read plenty of times that when a patient tries to die in the operating room, that anesthesia is the one saving his ass, but I never actually experienced it until yesterday.

Without getting into specifics, it was pretty cool to see an anesthesiologist and two CRNAs basically bring this guy back from the dead--and not 30 mins later he's got full neurological function after his sat being at 40 for almost 10 mins. I still don't see myself going into anesthesia, but I'm damn glad you guys are there. 👍

 

[militarymd]

yes, but did the anesthesia team cause the hypoxia first?

 

[Mr. McDuck]

Well, the CRNA probably could have realized what was going on sooner, but no one else in the room really picked up on anything. He seemed like he was having a hard time breathing for a few minutes before anyone picked up on what was going on.

MAC case; the guy aspirated, led to pulmonary edema, and he started to go south.

As an aside, it was also interesting to see all the rubberneckers that swarmed to the room like flies. Like 5 people were standing outside the room looking in the window, plus another 4 or 5 actually in the room standing around watching.

 

[militarymd]

My reaction would have been....."anesthesia....what a bunch of idiots...almost killed some one"

 

[VolatileAgent]

As an aside, it was also interesting to see all the rubberneckers that swarmed to the room like flies. Like 5 people were standing outside the room looking in the window, plus another 4 or 5 actually in the room standing around watching.

yeah, we have a "trauma recorder" number on our hospital phone system where you can listen in on what's coming in when the trauma pager goes off. it's always particularly interesting to see the difference in the number of people who show up for a, say, level 1 gunshot to the face versus a level 2 interfacility transfer.