What in the world is this ....?

[ProRealDoc]

What is that nurse doing in the video showed in link #1? And what is that anesthesiologist talking about?



#1) http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13859962&ch=4226713&src=news

Who here used those techniques during their trauma rotation? Copro?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090607...lYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDYXBpbXBhY3RhbHRl

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[geogil]

So, according to the anesthesiologist in video 1, anecdote + anecdote + anecdote = evidence. Strong work there.

 

[Calilove]

Why can't we (anesthesiologists) ever look COOL and well put together on television, etc.??? That dude looks SCARY!!!
Just once, show an in shape, NORMAL appearing anesthesiologist.... GEEZ!
Sometimes I think that since we're portrayed as being the BRAINS behind the operation, we might feel above nicely fit scrubs, toned physiques, and general sense of STYLE! Why not have it all, baby!!!

 

[Planktonmd]

You mean the pink gown was not a good idea?

Why can't we (anesthesiologists) ever look COOL and well put together on television, etc.??? That dude looks SCARY!!!
Just once, show an in shape, NORMAL appearing anesthesiologist.... GEEZ!
Sometimes I think that since we're portrayed as being the BRAINS behind the operation, we might feel above nicely fit scrubs, toned physiques, and general sense of STYLE! Why not have it all, baby!!!

 

[Calilove]

You mean the pink gown was not a good idea?

I mean, SERIOUSLY! A pink gown.... What med stud in the country would wanna be like THAT when he/she grows up!!! 🙄

 

[coprolalia]

Jesus H. Christ!

This bullsh*t has been disproven so many times... and the pink scrub top to boot!

This is medical pandering, pure and simple. There are a bunch of scientifically illiterate *******es out there who might - just might - decide to go to this hospital because they are offering this disproven quackery.

Now, of some dude in a pink scrub top came at me waving his hands around and telling me "it might make you feel better", the first thing I would do is get up - no JUMP up - out of that hospital bed and run out of that f****ng place. Ass and elbows is all they'd see of me as I beat a hasty retreat. I wouldn't care if I had a limb hanging off either.

Dark ages, boys and girls. We're regressing. No one truly THINKS anymore...

-copro

 

[Calilove]

Can they actually BILL for this SH T???

 

[Trisomy13]

the mumbo jumbo crap aside, all i can add is at Shock Trauma in Baltimore, they all wear pink scrubs. that was not an isolated choice by Dr. Dutton. i have a friend finishing her surgery trauma/CCM fellowship there, and even she speaks highly of Dr. Dutton and his role as an anesthesiologist in the trauma team. how often do you hear an surgery resident or fellow singing the praises of an anesthesiologist? i think that speaks volumes. on the other end of the science spectrum, she also mentioned that Dr. D is involved in an upcoming protocol using ECMO and hypothermic arrest for polytraumas (forgive my lack of knowledge regarding the details). pretty intense stuff.

so don't let the pink scrubs fool you.

 

[Bertelman]

the mumbo jumbo crap aside, all i can add is at Shock Trauma in Baltimore, they all wear pink scrubs. that was not an isolated choice by Dr. Dutton. i have a friend finishing her surgery trauma/CCM fellowship there, and even she speaks highly of Dr. Dutton and his role as an anesthesiologist in the trauma team. how often do you hear an surgery resident or fellow singing the praises of an anesthesiologist? i think that speaks volumes. on the other end of the science spectrum, she also mentioned that Dr. D is involved in an upcoming protocol using ECMO and hypothermic arrest for polytraumas (forgive my lack of knowledge regarding the details). pretty intense stuff.

so don't let the pink scrubs fool you.

True on the pink scrubs. That unit is kind of crazy. They wear the pink to separate themselves from the mortals or whatever.

If I had to wear that, I think I'd change out to my street clothes just to go to the cafeteria. Yeah. The teal scrubs I currently wear are WAAAYYY cooler.

 

[cfdavid]

I will NEVER wear pink scrubs. If the hospital I end up at comes up with such a hair-brained policy, I'll quit, even if I'm senior partner.......lol UNcool.

As for the voodoo medicine, WTF???? That's completely embarassing.

 

[Gimlet]

The pink scrubs have got to just be demoralizing...kind of like that prison warden in Arizona that makes all his inmates wear pink jumpsuits to demasculinize them. Or the college football organization (Iowa, I think?) that painted the visiting team's locker room pink so they wouldn't be able to get amp'ed up for the game as easily.

 

[proman]

The point of the pink scrubs was to discourage stealing. Now people who work at STC wear them as a sort of badge of honor (and still steal them). Rick Dutton is a great guy.

 

[Trisomy13]

I will NEVER wear pink scrubs. If the hospital I end up at comes up with such a hair-brained policy, I'll quit, even if I'm senior partner.......lol UNcool.

then you will never train at arguably the best center for trauma and resuscitation in the country. Your fear of being perceived as less masculine for wearing pink will limit you. Don't fear colors. 🙄

As for the voodoo medicine, WTF???? That's completely embarassing.

True. But never underestimate the power of placebo. If it works on surgeons ("um, yeah, zero twitches there genius, proceed") it can work on patients, or more importantly, patients' families. I for one could not keep a straight face while chasing away the ghosties, but if they want a nurse to come in and do the chicken dance, fine by me.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

I would go to bed every night and wake up every morning hating my life if I had to wear that crap.