I'm such a dinosaur
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I used to be pretty good with a needle.
As a resident, I was at about 80% successful with axillary blocks.
Internal jugular? About 95%.
Arterial lines? Even better.
Epidurals/Spinals? I can count on the fingers of one hand (well, maybe two) the number I couldn't get in - even if it took me a while.
I saw a tweet by an anesthesiologist who said she was 100% successful with epidurals/spinals, and never bothered to "touch" the patient to find where the bones were - using ultrasound.
I was good in my day, but that sun has set, and I'm a dinosaur.
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And I imagine you have mixed emotions about that.
It’s not great to be the ‘dinosaur’, but at the same time it’s great to see progress.
@jon-nyc said in I'm such a dinosaur:
It’s not great to be the ‘dinosaur’, but at the same time it’s great to see progress.
You've said that before.
When our group lost its contact, one of my partners ended up in a place with a LARGE group.
He said, "You wouldn't believe where these young guys are sticking needles with ultrasound."
I feel like, today, I could no longer practice. That's probably a good thing, now that I'm years out.
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@jon-nyc said in I'm such a dinosaur:
Yeah but you’d learn the new tricks in 4-6 weeks.
Exactly. It is pretty obvious that you are a smart guy, and if you continued to work in your specialty, you would have picked up these new things as they came along.
I'm sure a doctor that retired about the time you started, and was still alive when you retired would be amazed at the advances that had taken place over the time of your career.
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goddamn blocks add ten minutes to getting the case going. Bah humbug.
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goddamn blocks add ten minutes to getting the case going. Bah humbug.
@bachophile said in I'm such a dinosaur:
goddamn blocks add ten minutes to getting the case going. Bah humbug.
And how much time do they save in postop care?
