SurgeXperiences #113
Jan 20th, 2008 by Terry
The sun goes down, but the OR lights do not go out. Most people pursue a break in the action on the weekends, but no so for the Operating Room. The unexpected and uninvited operation can occur ANY time, and usually does! Surgery after hours . . . .
Buckeye Surgeon knows all too well what it’s like to do surgery after hours. He tells us about two cases of peritonitis that very well may make your own stomach do flip-flops. Emergency surgery has no regard for what time or what day it is.
Rlbates receives a weekend phone call from a patient whose wound has opened 6 weeks post-operatively, due to a freak accident. What are the odds?
Dr. Wes’ first time in the Operating Room was truly a Maiden Voyage. He could not have been prepared for his response to the surgical arena during an emergency off-hour case.
LuLuGal, at HowISaveMoney didn’t have surgery after hours; no, she had a surgical experience that took two days to complete. If I may say so, an eye-opening experience.
Bongi, over at Other Things Amanzi, relates his story about a shootout at the OK Corral in South Africa that factors revenge into the after-hours surgical equation. Violence begets more violence, and revenge is its mother and father. Sad.
On a lighter note, Bongi shares the story of a young intern who didn’t realize that she was milking the procedure she was performing for all it was worth. She learned the, er, uh, hard way.
Orac, at Respectful Insolence instructs us that the educated consumer is a wise one to know how to interpret hospital statistics of zero mortality for certain operations.
All it took was a few inadvertent needle sticks during surgery for Nathan at A Jolly Company to realize that a career as a surgeon was not in his future.
The SterileEye performs a blunt dissection of a bacalao, and if you don’t know what part of the body that is, well, you’ll just have to read the article to find out. Definitely food for thought, SterileEye!
As a final entry, I will add my own article from this past June, where I wrote about the different names we are known by, and giving anesthesia for labor after hours.
That’s the roundup for SurgeXperiences for this week. I hope you had some enjoyable reading; I know it was fun for me to host. Thank you to all who submitted. I did not include all submissions - only those that stayed close to this week’s theme. So a big thank you anyway to Hyperhidrosis, Everyone Needs Therapy, and Beyond Horizon Coaching.
Don’t miss SurgeXperiences #114 next week, where it will be hosted at Anesthesioboist.
Keep healthy!
Love the pictures! I think medical pictures from days past are fascinating. How far we’ve come, how far we have to go.
Great job on this, Terry!
Great job! Nice blog too. I agree, the pictures are cool.
Sorry I didn’t get a submission to you in time.
Very nice! Themed editions are great and make for a focused read.
Love the historical photos. Thanks for the inclusion!
Check out SurgeXperience 113…
SurgeXperiences 113 is up at Counting Sheep, the brilliant blog of an anesthetist nurse.
Check it out for some interesting tales of after hours surgery, accompanied by historical photos from the OR.
Edition 114 will be hosted by Anesthesioboist on Feb…
Nice work! Love the old “ORTheater” pics.
great edition! thanks for hosting. loved the pictures. keep supporting this carnival and help it grow! thanks to one and all so far!
Very well done! Thanks for introducing me to all these great blogs.
Hey thanks for featuring my LASIK article in your carnival. On a point of correction: my surgery did not take two days to complete. It was all done in one day, the post is just reporting on how I felt on the day after the surgery.