What if you have to PEE?

[Kikaku21]

Ok, someone had to ask. My g/f did her surgery rotation in med school a few months ago. She talked about watching a Whipple procedure that took 9 hours. And I asked... Holy s*** what is the surgeon has to pee?

SO?

WHAT IF THE SURGEON HAS TO PEE?

Do the leave and scrub in again afterwards? Do they hold it? Holding it seems like a problem. I mean, driving a car sucks when you have to pee... Surgery must be agony...

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[dynx]

Ok, someone had to ask. My g/f did her surgery rotation in med school a few months ago. She talked about watching a Whipple procedure that took 9 hours. And I asked... Holy s*** what is the surgeon has to pee?

SO?

WHAT IF THE SURGEON HAS TO PEE?

Do the leave and scrub in again afterwards? Do they hold it? Holding it seems like a problem. I mean, driving a car sucks when you have to pee... Surgery must be agony...

If you were about to piss yourself you scrub out and go pee.
Strangely enough I've never seen this happen. I myself have never gotten the urge to take a leak while scrubbed in...for some reason it always hits right after the op is over. Im sure it happens though.

 

[SLUser11]

Ok, someone had to ask. My g/f did her surgery rotation in med school a few months ago. She talked about watching a Whipple procedure that took 9 hours. And I asked... Holy s*** what is the surgeon has to pee?

SO?

WHAT IF THE SURGEON HAS TO PEE?

Do the leave and scrub in again afterwards? Do they hold it? Holding it seems like a problem. I mean, driving a car sucks when you have to pee... Surgery must be agony...

You.....just......go.😳

 

[Gotcha!]

Don't forget to pick up your foley on the way in to the OR..

 

[Winged Scapula]

Lots of threads about this subject - both in this forum and the Clinical Rotations one.

If you have to go really bad, just scrub out. There are plenty of chances to do so, especially during frozen sections. One of my attendings knew that I would get antsy around hour 5 and always would tell me while waiting for frozens to go get something to drink, pee, etc. Worked great for me...of course, that's the priviledge you have as Chief resident with a nice PD.

However, honestly I rarely had to pee - sometimes I was thirsty, but if you know you are going to be in the room for that length of time you generally fluid restrict somewhat.

 

[Blade28]

If you have to pee? Hold it in.

If you REALLY have to pee? Hold it in.

If you REALLY, REALLY have to pee and are absolutely bursting? Then just scrub out and go!

 

[boston]

Even if I don't feel an urge to go to the bathroom, I have been conditioned to always empty my bladder just before scrubbing into long cases -- whipples, panc transplants, esophagectomies... Remember to pee just before you scrub esp if you drink coffee in the mornings.

 

[Llenroc]

The surgeons' themselves scrub out of surgeries all the time to use the bathroom, have a snack, or even check sports scores. I've seen surgeons scrub out of surgeries for reasons even less than that, i.e. if the scrub tech doesn't have the right sutures, they throw a big sissy fit and storm out of the room after slamming their gloves and gown on the ground. Not a daily occurence, but it's happened more than once on my surgery clerkship.

You as a medical student, however, have no right to scrub out during a surgery. If you so much as mention that you need to go the bathroom during a surgery, they will rip you a new dingus on your evaluation at the end of the month for "not being interested in Surgery".

Why? Because it's Surgery.

Try to pick a rotation with shorter length procedures like Pediatric Surgery, or a General Surgery rotation where they do wound care and med port placements.

 

[MossPoh]

and remember, always take a number 2 before the big game.

 

[johnny_blaze]

just piss yourself. dont take your gown off until nobody's looking. when the op is over, quickly detach the catheter from the urometer and say "oh look what's come loose!".. that way no one can blame you for the puddle of urine on the floor... or you could always blame it on the med student.

 

[neutropeniaboy]

It's a difficult thing.

We have a guy who just returned on service after being out for about 6 weeks because he developed bilateral hydronephrosis, post-obstructive renal failure, and then urosepsis while recovering in the hospital. I don't think he's the same anymore.

 

[tega]

lol...if i go into academia...any student who srubs w/me with a foley inserted...gets HONORS for the rotation.😀