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To: gas_dr

Good catch. Like I say, my experience was 30 years ago. I was a damn wizard in the ICU. You had to prove that in my day to get a “seat in the OR” in your next year. Some programs surgical interns didn’t know where the damn OR was. Thankfully, not mine. I did a couple gall bladders the “old way” as an intern. That was a reward damn few got.

Today I don’t recognize the names of drugs, the old MA IIs are long gone. When I was a Neurosurgery Resident I set the vent wherever I wanted it and told the Nurse to document the order. When I was a Family Practice resident a number of folks didn’t realize I had done a prior Residency. I vividly recall changing the vent settings on a patient and you’d have thought I had set the damn building on fire. People came running form all corners of the ICU yelling, “What are you doing?”. I realized they were probably right. I never touched a vent again.


131 posted on 03/29/2020 6:02:32 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

I just knew you had surgical training somewhere. It’s why we argue and disagree but still can maintain relationships. Surgeons and anesthesiologists. The odd couple of medicine.


136 posted on 03/29/2020 6:06:07 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America)
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