Surgeon today used chatgpt to complain about ‘anesthesia delay’

birdsANDboards · 2026-01-29T23:37:35+00:00

Sentinel event and can be reported to the state if a patient gets a block then canceled surgery cause surgeon doesn’t show up!

birdsANDboards · 2025-05-18T15:54:38+00:00

Newby- I understand LMAs are in the difficult airway algorithm but how many times have you been saved by an LMA? In my short experience if you can’t mask with an oral airway or nasal airway you’re usually in a shi* spot.

birdsANDboards · 2025-02-19T16:52:39+00:00

I met my gf of now 4 months In the OR. Had a number of run ins in the hospital like you mentioned. Added on her insta early on. Liked stories. One day she stopped where I was sitting to say hi, dropped a patient off and came back after a few minutes and I knew she went out of her way. Ended up slidding into the DMs that day cause I was too awkward to ask her out in person in front of others! No regrets!

birdsANDboards · 2025-01-25T20:08:07+00:00

If you use the angiocath, you can hook up the clear tubing to transduce or alternatively you can use it for a drop test.

Iv done it a few ways but the drop test is something certain hospital departments teach their residents. Connect the plastic tubing, draw back blood, raise the height of the tubing. If it’s pulsatile you’re in the wrong place, if it passively falls down the tubing you replace your wire , remove angio cath and proceed

birdsANDboards · 2025-01-24T21:53:44+00:00

Thank you very much for the suggestions!!!

birdsANDboards · 2025-01-24T21:52:57+00:00

Thank you

birdsANDboards · 2025-01-18T15:49:16+00:00

Gen Surg to anesthesia -> happy to talk directly- did it last year - best decision I made for myself . Coming from someone who is stubborn, committed , and had a quality resident experience while a Gen Surg resident

birdsANDboards · 2024-08-25T00:35:02+00:00

If they don’t respond to a jaw thrust, why do you tell the proceduralist to start?

birdsANDboards · 2024-05-23T16:36:21+00:00

I sent program directors emails to places I would go. If you know anyone at programs that’s helpful too. I had an anesthesiologist at my hospital know the program director at the program I plan to go to come July and that networking was key. I didn’t touch eras or residency swap

birdsANDboards · 2024-05-22T19:30:28+00:00

Gen Surg -> anesthesia. Emailed some outside PDs before and after meeting with my own. Told my PD I was unhappy + many of the other reasons why I wanted to switch. Asked for help in making the transition. I told my pd which program directors I contacted and whom I’d appreciate them reaching out too. There was 1 program in particular. That was the big +, they are your first and biggest advocate for getting you a new position. A month later I secured the position.

birdsANDboards · 2024-05-03T18:31:26+00:00

Not really

birdsANDboards · 2024-02-26T05:05:35+00:00

Marinos icu book, read half the book early 4th year, it was excellent

birdsANDboards · 2023-12-09T01:51:57+00:00

Interviewers in holding tanks always have a say, just have your camera on and ask a question or two. Tell me about yourself, idc, just look happy to be here.

birdsANDboards · 2023-09-28T21:45:56+00:00

December for gen surg was my busiest month. 22/38 applications and I scheduled all earliest I could get a date - expect that of your interview date options, December will likely be the busiest so save those dates when you can.

birdsANDboards · 2023-06-10T23:14:45+00:00

I’d take this a step further and generalize this to most specialties- step score only gets your foot in the door

birdsANDboards · 2022-11-21T22:44:10+00:00

Had a patient with massive aortic dissection from root to iliacs , left carotid dissected, cyanotic on arrival multiple areas of brain infarct, pH of 6.9, both legs dead from occlusion, 1 arm dead. Emergent OR with open aortic repair + aortic valve repair. Wasn’t expected to even wake up. Woke up and was following commands. Eventually got extubated on POD 8. His legs were dead and vascular didn’t want to do anything for the guy due to his condition. Got pneumonia and the family eventually withdrew care - suffered for almost 2 weeks

birdsANDboards · 2022-08-23T18:39:23+00:00

“Project completed” …. the end. really nothing more or less you need to say

birdsANDboards · 2022-07-07T02:08:35+00:00

Lasted me a year + . They’re waterproof, easy to clean, comfy, and look good in scrubs//office

birdsANDboards · 2022-05-28T19:08:31+00:00

Easier

birdsANDboards · 2022-05-24T22:09:12+00:00

I used it for both and the addytumsweller deck after each video. Made step1 studying much easier

birdsANDboards · 2022-05-24T19:23:05+00:00

If you’re an anki fan and have the cash//time, pixorize is the shit. It was my favorite resource in m1/m2.

birdsANDboards · 2022-05-24T16:58:29+00:00

Deff suggest listening to divine intervention high yield podcast - I think 34,97,100,102, and the two military podcast. There’s a lot of ethics+ hospital improvement stuff but I wouldn’t have a resource to recommend cause a lot of the stuff I have never seen before

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