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Anesthesiologists either seem to love or hate OB. I generally like OB. It's the only time patients are happy to come to the hospital, and the patients really love and appreciate their anesthesiologist.
I especially like OB in our military population - 98% of the patients are young and healthy, all of them have insurance and good prenatal care, there's almost no drug/alcohol/tobacco abuse. Bad outcomes are extremely rare. On the civilian side I like OB a lot less ... far more drug use, far more screwed up family/social/economic situations, less or no prenatal care, far more obesity, insurance is often an issue. Going back and forth from the military to civilian gigs, I avoid OB on the civilian side, and I can see why so many of us dislike OB anesthesia.
OB call universally sucks though, because babies are very inconsiderate when it comes to my schedule.
1. level 2 trauma center is the same as a level 1 trauma center, except without the academics, so there's definitely a lot of PP jobs with lots of trauma. Level 3 and below are where you only get the occasional broken bones
2. That being said, trauma is 24/7, generally poor payor mix so you'll be relying on a hospital stipend, and it's stressful, in that you have to move somewhat quickly at times. When you're 60yo, you may not want to wake up at 2am and run down to pump blood and drugs.
3. In less emergent trauma, it seems like there would be lots of opportunities for regional anesthesia
4. +1 don't bother with CCM, and +1 to going to a residency with a busy trauma center
5. Is there no love for Lagavulin 16y?
Pgg, yes, thanks for the insight. I'll formulate more of an opinion as the years pass. I do agree of course that the women are much HAPPIER and thankful for the anesthesiologists' presence and magic fingers. Complaining, complaining, complaining, SILENCE and SMILES. as a father of two, even i was thankful to stop hearing all the cursing for once when my two boys were born!!!

Oggg, No love for the Lagavulin, sorry. 🙂 Just not peaty enough for me. If I'm gonna drink something that could power a F-18 Jet, I like a little flavor, and uniqueness. It's very personal though. Maybe I'll give it another shot. Thanks for the insight as well! Great answers both.
thanks,
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