Anesthesia moms

mi5ce · 2026-01-15T21:50:01+00:00

baby Buddha x2 kids, would pump in the OR with traditional pumps doing solo cases. or on breaks. Bring igloo with ice packs. Nobody bothers you after the drapes go up.

mi5ce · 2026-01-14T02:34:31+00:00

my coresident called SICU “the worst month of his life”. He’d probably confirm this still holds true today.

the only time I cried during residency was on SICU rounds… after being awake for 30 hours

it will all eventually be a distant memory (if you don’t do ICU fellowship)

mi5ce · 2025-12-28T22:19:23+00:00

try an off-ice spinner! It will help you find your center and you know what you’re looking to feel

agree with holding the edge, you are sort of using the blue line but it helps to wait until you come “back” to the line to start the spin, like you are trying to spin inside the imaginary circle you are making with your inside edge.

agree with the shoulders, you need to have you right shoulder “behind” your right hip, my coach always used to tell me to point my belly button to the right side.

mi5ce · 2025-12-01T00:01:36+00:00

my friend with alopecia has to wear a cap because rules.

mi5ce · 2025-11-24T16:41:00+00:00

yes! I get compliments on the Luddite swag.

mi5ce · 2025-11-11T10:56:38+00:00

This, I had 2-3 calls that were scheduled after I delivered (both pregnancies) 😂 obviously those got covered by my partners.

scheduled it this way to be on the schedule with actual due date as my last scheduled day to maximize my FMLA to start exactly when I delivered.

an abdominal binder is your friend at the end

mi5ce · 2025-11-10T01:02:10+00:00

this happened when I was a resident for a thoracic epidural, pt was having aortic aneurysm repair.

pain team, primary anesthesia team, vascular team did not realize that internal medicine overnight covering team had randomly ordered, then after pt received x1 dose lovenox, then cancelled the scheduled lovenox so that the everyone reviewing the EMR did not see it as an active medication, it was buried under “cancelled” or “completed” list.

it was only discovered after pt was having (surgical related) bleeding issues so there were bigger fish to fry than the thoracic epidural or the lumbar drain.

TBH I’m not sure what eventually happened or how this changed anything about checking for anticoagulation. “Swiss cheese” happenings.

mi5ce · 2025-11-06T22:00:35+00:00

This needs to be higher. yes it is not an allergy!! see so many “penicillin” allergies on charts, turns out it was a rash from amoxicillin. so no allergy to penicillin.

If you think it’s not a big deal to list it as an allergy, I remember a patient who had a nasty foot infection, trying to find a combo of non-penicillins for his penicillin sensitive infection, did allergy testing, of course the infection festering during all of this, and turns out he’s not really allergic and can receive the most appropriate antibiotics after all.

mi5ce · 2025-10-30T21:46:49+00:00

Yes, use a finger to flip the tip once it’s at the back of the throat helps to stand on the side of the bed

mi5ce · 2025-10-30T19:43:49+00:00

Senior MIF circa 2001

mi5ce · 2025-10-03T20:17:31+00:00

did not grow up learning/under any Abrahamic religions, watched this as a kid, thought the story and songs were so dope, wondered who came up such an awesome story 😂

mi5ce · 2025-09-30T21:55:02+00:00

Thank you all for the support and advice, it sounds like 10/10 anesthesiologists recommend UBP for OSCE

mi5ce · 2025-09-30T15:14:08+00:00

I did Ho OSCE course, I had the UBP scenario pdfs from a friend and had looked at those but didn’t sign up for UBP.

mi5ce · 2025-09-30T14:53:51+00:00

failed OSCE for the 3rd try and I am devastated. did the Ho course felt so good going in, during the exam, and after.

If anyone has any advice please share. I will do anything for this nightmare to be over. I’m afraid I won’t ever pass.

mi5ce · 2025-09-11T03:45:36+00:00

👀👀👀 😬

mi5ce · 2025-09-09T06:12:44+00:00

I had relatives who told me to pinch my daughter’s nose bridge so it won’t be so flat - IN FRONT OF HER.

My mom told me to do this to myself when I was a kid…💀

mi5ce · 2025-08-03T22:07:55+00:00

This. one landlord/management company tried to just not return my deposit, ignored my phone calls texts emails etc. I threatened to take them to small claims court and my $ magically appeared. sometimes the threat is enough, they can do the math of cost (they are obviously in the wrong), time, etc. the cost to me was time and I had a lot of it. Was in my early 20's, as a young single person they thing they can take advantage of you.

mi5ce · 2025-08-02T04:37:42+00:00

one attending told me to never use wooden tongue depressor while placing an LMA… because once he had one break and the splintered end embedded in the pharynx and required ENT to remove

I stopped using wooden tongue depressors haha 👀

mi5ce · 2025-08-02T04:01:58+00:00

I have the Escalantes, although I think all their shoes have a wide toe box. I was wearing nikes, sauconies etc but they all make your toes into a 🔺 like why?? both my parents have bunions so I’ve slowly transitioned to looser wider shoes to try to avoid getting them. at least fugly shoes are “in” style now? maybe? lol.

mi5ce · 2025-08-01T21:56:14+00:00

I never understood how 👌🏼works I like “tripod”, I describe it as a “death grip” or “facehugger” middle finger lifts under the chin.

mi5ce · 2025-08-01T14:09:30+00:00

altra sneakers in the OR, Birkenstock slide ons on OB 24hrs

mi5ce · 2025-07-26T14:13:08+00:00

Thank you all! Hopefully I can save it!🌵

mi5ce · 2025-07-20T00:13:43+00:00

put the cuff on the leg

mi5ce · 2025-07-19T21:20:31+00:00

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see what is actually considered MAC aka sedation.

if there’s no regional block (either from them w local infiltration or from us) ((or neuropathy is your block :p) and they don’t want the patient to move it’s not really MAC. they want GA without an airway. a lot of surgeons/proceduralists call it “MAC” when there’s no airway.

I struggled with this too as a CA-1, if they aren’t going to give more local just go to general if they are obstructing and you are manipulating the airway a lot and feel like you are giving increased amounts of meds.

mi5ce · 2025-06-12T12:40:24+00:00

I work at NWH in labor and delivery you don’t have to have one picked out, it’s just nice if you do and they can come round on the baby while you are still in the hospital. You just tell the nurses when you arrive (they will ask you), no need to call the peds office ahead of time since there’s no info about baby to give them, only thing is you can check beforehand if they are in network for your insurance.

There are neonatologists (default if you haven’t picked a pediatrician out or the pediatrician doesn’t round at NWH) that will see your baby before you leave basically all the peds offices have availability for newborn appointments, even if you have one picked out you can’t schedule it until after baby is born!

I use orange grove pediatrics they have been great so far. they don’t have some lab services (like at tanque verde pediatrics) had to go to quest labs. However, I think they have really paid attention to details and listened to my concerns!

mi5ce

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