feels like i'm a rigger or a pit-monkey
Had a hard day today in theatre 5. not bad from a mental standpoint, more from a physical perspective. No. 5 is orthopaedic trauma and given the time of year (both with the weather and the surgeons trying to clear the decks for their 1 day off a year) we were going hell-for-leather from the whistle.
I had my counseling and then came back down to get ready for clearing the 1st case (Gamma nail) and doing the prep for the second (THR!!!).
I didn't scrub, my senior pulled me as I was washing my hands given the surgeon wanting speed over a teaching session which is what it would've turned into had I been scrubbing. I was mildly miffed i think, but took it graciously afterwards.
I then worked on back-to-back DHS cases before we finished with an forearm to take us to the dot of six o'clock.
I went to see kB, who's still an inpatient and then came home.
Of course currently i also consumed enough chocolate, cake and biscuits to sink a ship, the surgeons keep bringing us food by way of a thankyou.
this may seem nice but we heard that the porters, anesthetic assistants and ODP's have all received a £50 gift voucher from the anesthetists.
Surgeons give the scrub crew and HCA's chocolate instead?
Unfair but I'm not surprised, most of the surgeons i wouldn't interact with outside of the theatres, some i'd avoid and some i'd openly try and verbally abuse (depending on my alcohol intake). That they think chocolate is a good thankyou present to the staff that go above and beyond the call of duty 90% of the time says a lot about surgeons I think.
one more day tomorrow, one more day...
I had my counseling and then came back down to get ready for clearing the 1st case (Gamma nail) and doing the prep for the second (THR!!!).
I didn't scrub, my senior pulled me as I was washing my hands given the surgeon wanting speed over a teaching session which is what it would've turned into had I been scrubbing. I was mildly miffed i think, but took it graciously afterwards.
I then worked on back-to-back DHS cases before we finished with an forearm to take us to the dot of six o'clock.
I went to see kB, who's still an inpatient and then came home.
Of course currently i also consumed enough chocolate, cake and biscuits to sink a ship, the surgeons keep bringing us food by way of a thankyou.
this may seem nice but we heard that the porters, anesthetic assistants and ODP's have all received a £50 gift voucher from the anesthetists.
Surgeons give the scrub crew and HCA's chocolate instead?
Unfair but I'm not surprised, most of the surgeons i wouldn't interact with outside of the theatres, some i'd avoid and some i'd openly try and verbally abuse (depending on my alcohol intake). That they think chocolate is a good thankyou present to the staff that go above and beyond the call of duty 90% of the time says a lot about surgeons I think.
one more day tomorrow, one more day...