The three A’s
Able
Affable
Available
If that doesn’t give you an idea then I like to refer back to my baseball days when I was a catcher. The catcher (anesthesiologist) is the one really controlling the game (operation). They call the pitches. They position the infield. They talk the pitcher down off the cliff when they are screwing up. They are in every game, not just one or two a week (like every surgery, not just on the operating days). But most importantly they are in the background making sure everything is going as planned. The surgeon is like the pitcher, frail and temperamental. Easily rattled. You must be able to handle them. Keep them focused for the pts
The correlation is just so damn perfect in my mind. The catcher and the anesthesiologist are behind the scene, ether screen, mask. While the pitcher surgeon is out there in the spotlight. Demanding all the attention.