Hay Bach! The "OR Quotes" Twitter Feed
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Surgeon: "You're only as good as your plan B."
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Orthopedic Surgeon: "I totally should have peed before this case. Just thought everyone should know."
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Surgeons' comments:
"I need a squirt."
"Clean the tip."
"I didn't recognize you with your clothes on."
"Can you tie me up?"
"I'm wet."
"Suck here."
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Putting only 6 screws in an 8 hole plate.
Nurse: why didn’t we use 8 screws?
Me: Sometimes we don’t fill all the holes.
Nurse: ………….
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General surgeon to RN: "I don't know that you should take it as a compliment that we get along. It may be a sign of pathology."
Plastic surgeon: "Anything that can be done, can be done wrong. Another law of surgery right there."
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One of the real PITA behaviors of some surgeons is having the circulator answer his phone while they are operating.
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Ortho Surgeon: “Can you check that text for me?”
Circulator: (looks at the phone for a second) “It’s Sinnamon, with an ‘S’, she says you left your wallet at her place last night, and thanks for the extra $100.”(Ortho Surgeon looked totally bewildered).
I work with some funny people.
Maybe that’s how you get the surgeon to stop asking you to answer their phone! -
Surgeon's headlight keeps going out...
Anesthesiologist: "Should I direct some of my brilliance at the surgical site?"
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Regarding a patient with a gangrenous digit...
Anesthesiologist 1: "He just needs a chihuahua to chew it off."
Anesthesiologist 2: "He's seeing Dr X, so that's basically the same thing."
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RN: "This expires August '24."
Surgeon: "Holy shit, we better hurry up."
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Surgeon to assistant: “Where is all the blood coming from?”
Anesthesiologist: “The blood bank”
