Hay Bach! The "OR Quotes" Twitter Feed

[George K]

[bachophile]

and then there was the time when a student was scrubbed in a neck dissection, and the attending dissected and exposed the accessory nerve. He pointed to it and asked the student sternly, what’s this nerve do? The student was taken aback, looked left and right to see if any help was coming and then just shrugged his shoulders. The attending says…”exactly, why can’t all the students know anatomy like this guy”

[George K]

@bachophile

[George K]

During the time out on a septic patient with multiple medical problems.

RN: "Any concerns?"

Surgeon: "I have no concerns."

Anesthesiologist: "Well, aren't you blessed."

[George K]

Orthopedic surgeon: "My department chair called to tell me I was late for all but 2 of my 41 first start cases. I told him the data has to be flawed. There's no way I was on time twice."

[George K]

Orthopedic surgeon, responding to a question about why he would choose suture or staples to close a wound: "Staples if they're already ugly."

[George K]

General surgeon, draining a large retroperitoneal abscess: "Dr. Pimple Popper, eat your heart out."

Surgeon to anesthesiologist at the start of a long day: "Are you ready for the string of doom?"

[bachophile]

Seen on Twitter. I think only George will really understand….

if electrolytes could talk I just KNOW potassium would be soooo annoying

[George K]

@bachophile said in Hay Bach! The "OR Quotes" Twitter Feed:

if electrolytes could talk I just KNOW potassium would be soooo annoying

Either that or sodium.

[George K]

True story. At my place...

Surgeon: "Can't you move faster."
Nurse: "Doc, I have two speeds: this one and slower. Which would you like?"

[George K]

Surgeon: "Usually people who aren't good at what they do focus on the rules."

[George K]

Urology clinic WiFi named "It burns when IP".

[George K]

Orthopedic surgeon: "There's no good case after 5 pm."

I'll add a qualifier - "Unless I scheduled it."

[Ivorythumper]

@George-K said in Hay Bach! The "OR Quotes" Twitter Feed:

Orthopedic surgeon, responding to a question about why he would choose suture or staples to close a wound: "Staples if they're already ugly."

The was a line in MASH asking whether the patient was an officer or enlisted.

"He's enlisted".

"Make the stitches bigger."

[George K]

Vascular surgeon to scrub tech: "I'm not smarter than you, I've just made more mistakes than you."

[George K]

(probably only @bachophile will get this)

Vascular tech, on being a vascular patient: "It's like being in the mafia. Once you're in, you can never get out."

[George K]

Bad omen for your Friday.

General surgeon, at the start of the case: "Good thing I have a long playlist."

[bachophile]

@George-K haha

I usually put on Spotify or apple set lists but I do check they have enough songs per case

60s 70s mix….residents think I’m ancient.

[George K]

@bachophile said in Hay Bach! The "OR Quotes" Twitter Feed:

@George-K haha

I usually put on Spotify or apple set lists but I do check they have enough songs per case

60s 70s mix….residents think I’m ancient.

When I first went into private practice, each of us had our own "cart" which we were responsible for stocking with medications, supplies, etc. Most of us had a tape player or radio on the cart for music in the OR. Of the 5 drawers in the cart, two of mine were filled with cassette tapes, and later CDs.

Since the cart was the anesthesiologist's "territory," it became pretty much tradition that the gas passer chose the music. I tried to accommodate pretty much everyone's taste (no rap, however).

Once we lost the individual carts, a cd player and/or powered speakers into which you could plug a phone/ipod became the norm. It was only as I was retiring that surgeons discovered they could bring their own music.

[George K]

RN: "Your mask is bloody. Do you want a new one?"

Surgeon: "No, I want to look like a warrior."