do anasthesiologists wear white coats during their shifts like other physicians?
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N2b8 said:And what should the women do, considering just about all of us practice some sort of hair removal (hence the metrosexuality doesn't really apply) and we would never, ever make a public offering of any of our bodily waste products?
zippy2u said:For the women, if you have that South Miami Beach look, please keep it off however, if you have that frumpy, Pillsbury doughy look, please wear that white coat at all times. Warmest regards, ---Zippy
gaslady said:A lot of anesthesia peeps wear those short colored coats in the OR because it's damn cold and you freeze your a** off, except for peds where you are dying in the heat. The problem with wearing white coats in the OR, even if they are just for the OR is that no one would be able to tell that they were just for the OR. That's why OR clothes are different. People wouldn't follow the rules.
ThinkFast007 said:ur totally right ppl wouldnt follow the rules.
however, why not wear longer blue coats, instead of those small ones. even for the reason you mentioned (getting confused with nurses), long blue coats would mk the distinction. granted, i'm not referring to long DARK blue coats, but you know something suave wouldnt be bad.
alright before you guys think i'm some flamer, i'll quit.
peace
Gas said:I agree with gaslady. Already, many other specialties consider us to be pseudo-doctors and not wearing the white coat on the floors perpetuates that stereotype. I wear my white coat to work in the AM, and it spends most of the day hanging on a hook outside the OR, but when I go do preops or to provide anesthesia service outside the OR, I make a point to wear it whenever I can.
jetproppilot said:Sorry folks, I'm in disagreement here. Unlike the academic world where status/titles/white coats are everything, white coats dont make you a doctor. Your reputation on how you take care of patients makes you a doctor.
And if a dude/dudette in scrubs comes in the patients room and introduces themselves as Doctor so-and-so, I dont see that being inferior to wearing a white coat.
Best nerosurgeon at my previous gig didnt even own a white coat, and patients flocked to him because he was a nice guy who rocked out with his c*ck out in the OR. Craniotomy, 1 hour. One level discectomy 30 minutes, etc etc, with great results.
MAC10 said:We are expected to wear our white coats outside of the OR. I dont really mind...
Discectomy in 30 min..OMG . It takes 30 min to position the pt now.