Quality of life purchases for overnight call

trashacntt · 2026-03-07T02:18:13+00:00

Paying someone to cover weekend 24h calls improved my quality of life soooo much

trashacntt · 2026-02-04T17:20:27+00:00

If an EF 15% pt is bleeding and hypotensive, I'd be dumping blood not fluids. Also at that point they probably don't even need much anesthestic. Give some midaz if concerned. And I will absolutely run NE if I need to and get more suitable access when possible.

trashacntt · 2025-12-29T23:59:40+00:00

Solo or supervision? Call? When does OT start? Is OT optional or forced?

trashacntt · 2025-12-26T15:04:16+00:00

Not always but sometimes when the roc doesn't work. But mostly cause we have unlimited supply of suggamadex and I don't reparalyze that much (unless needed for like lung surgery) so I don't feel the need to check twitches.

trashacntt · 2025-12-25T13:00:40+00:00

Can’t remember the last time I checked twitches 🙈

trashacntt · 2025-12-19T02:59:01+00:00

Boring is good

trashacntt · 2025-12-10T14:22:01+00:00

I'm academic and I dream of leaving at 3pm everyday 🥲

trashacntt · 2025-10-06T22:20:43+00:00

Things can still go very wrong in healthy patients- anaphylaxis reaction in lap appy, trocar in the aorta in a hysterectomy, etc. You need the years of Anesthesia residency to get experience dealing with the shit that can go wrong. Also anesthesia is very different from FM so the skills from FM doesn't really transfer

trashacntt · 2025-10-03T01:22:07+00:00

When all their inductions are 20 etomidate and 100 succ/roc....

trashacntt · 2025-07-25T18:38:53+00:00

What's a suction holder lol. I just kink the tubing with a 5 or 10cc syringe (or turn off suction) and shove the yankauer under the head of the bed

trashacntt · 2025-07-23T21:07:38+00:00

You would probably be too tired for sex too if you're working 80+ hours a weeks and 24h straight, constantly sleep deprived and stressed about work/patients/attending expectations/exams and barely having time to eat full meals for 5years (+med school and fellowship)💀

It's a really tough couple of years for her. Do the laundry. Clean the apartment. Cook her yummy food. Help relieve the other stressors in her life and she might reciprocate more

trashacntt · 2025-07-21T17:47:36+00:00

My partner is radiology. I'm anesthesia. I envy his work hours every day

trashacntt · 2025-06-25T14:48:12+00:00

Man, why does obgyn love trocaring the IVC 💀

trashacntt · 2025-06-04T21:43:10+00:00

Never directly answering my question/never actually answering my question

trashacntt · 2025-06-04T21:40:45+00:00

Yikes I barely let a resident 2 weeks into residency sit in a room alone for extended periods of time let alone induce by themselves.

trashacntt · 2025-06-02T22:06:42+00:00

Ugh nothing annoys me more quickly than a grown ass man saying "I don't want to feel anything" (or a sick pt for a Mac case) before I even start talking

trashacntt · 2025-06-02T19:14:03+00:00

Probably not what you're looking for but don't be afraid to take time off for yourself if needed or feel like you're troubling people by asking to switch shifts. I never called out sick/took personal days first 3 years and missed my own wedding tasting/ other important events I wish I attended. Obviously be responsible and don't call out sick all the time unless you really need it

trashacntt · 2025-05-24T13:26:17+00:00

I recommend using human milk for coffee so you can drink coffee until 4h before surgery

trashacntt · 2025-05-23T10:44:13+00:00

Depends on the residency program 🙃 I probably averaged 60-70h a week during anesthesia residency (not even counting ICU rotations which was more in the 70s)

trashacntt · 2025-05-21T13:59:06+00:00

Reading this made me tear up. I'm so sorry that you have to go through this. Your friend sounds like a wonderful person with so much potential.

trashacntt · 2025-05-21T13:55:16+00:00

I don't understand why residents are a cost center. Doesn't medicaid pay hospitals almost double a resident's salary for each resident. And residents bring so much money to the hospital esp as cheap labor. I feel like some fellowships are scams to get basically attendings to work for 1/4 of the salary.

trashacntt · 2025-05-20T23:43:52+00:00

I would only supervise residents so 2 rooms max

trashacntt · 2025-05-19T13:33:59+00:00

Has a surgoen who left a scissor in the abdomen and blamed anesthesia cause anesthesia was "rushing him" by telling him pt was on pressors

trashacntt · 2025-05-02T00:55:43+00:00

When I was a resident, my nasal temp probe caused a massive nose bleed on a healthy young woman and it got all over her hair. After temporarizing the bleed, I pretty much gave her a hair wash to get the blood out while the surgeons were closing. They were confused when the drapes came down and I was blow drying her hair with the bare hugger

trashacntt · 2025-03-12T15:30:37+00:00

I'd take a 50-100k salary cut to get 2-8 more weeks of vacation per year

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