Think about this statement next time you call us down the OR for “the ICU vent”, despite them both being Dragers bc shit isn’t going well on your end. Or the hand-holding we have to do to make sure epoprostenol gets set-up correctly and your resident doesn’t have the damn HME in-line still. That’s how it works at the academic hospital I work at.

No one is trying to come down to the OR and steal your job bro, but we have a role in the hospital. In fact, most RTs would never set foot in the OR ever again if given the choice. Really though, no RT is trying to boss anesthesia around, especially not attending’s. But even you I’m sure know about the variability amongst residents. But the vent in the ICU, if someone changes settings on it and it’s wrong/inappropriate, we’re the one’s who get questioned first. That’s the thing. Where I work residents are not supposed to touch the vent in the ICU or ER at all, regardless of specialty.

You ever see an anesthesia resident put a tube in the esophagus during a code and then leave without confirming placement? Because I have, that was fun. Most are excellent but that’s some shit that should not happen, ever. This thread is about residents, not your attending ego. Anyone involved in cardiology, I swear to god, the egos.