To ask what its like being a surgeon/scrub nurse/anaesthetist?

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

Beginning Greys again to feel something

Is it as lifechanging as it seems, seeing inside someone, operating?

Are the theatre politics as crazy as they seem?

Do you get it on inside of elevators?!

Fun fact - if I had my time again, i'd be a heart surgeon. Unfortunately my head is too full of Gifs and Reality TV for that now 😅

Whats it like?

Bump

I have no idea but watching my son go under, I fancied retraining as anaesthetist. If I can spell it!

They make so much money! And dont even have to do as much as the surgeons!!

It's routine after a while. You see the same internal organs day in day out tbh.

There is quite a bit of procedure, prepping, times on boards, counting, checking. In our speciality, some people get poorly which gets everyones adrenaline going to fix the issue.

Also, if people are awake, we keep it jolly. If they are are under anaesthetist, it is still generally friendly but quiet as I like to concentrate. We generally chat about the work in hand.

They do, but in a different way. It’s a tremendous responsibility keeping someone alive during an op!

Well other than keep them alive…

I'm only joking, I know its not something just anyone can do x

They do an enormous amount and have a far more complex job than surgeons. If an anaesthetist looks like they’re doing ‘nothing’ then they’re doing their job very well.. Nobody in the hospital is looking for an orthopaedic surgeon when a crash call goes out, that’s for sure!!

I'm only joking!!!! 😄

When a crash call goes out in A&E, do the anaesthetist attend? Didn't know that

Yep anaesthetist will attend and usually manage the airway.

YABU

Ahh

How many crash calls would a&e see a day?

Is there just an anaesthetist that will work in a&e permanently?

This.

And don’t forget your ODPs! Everyone always does!

Oh sorry I missed this

Can you share your specialty?

I can imagine it must get routine tbh - does everyone's insides look pretty similar?

Whats an odp?

I love my job. I'm an odp so can scrub and help the anaesthetists. It's amazing but just everyday for me tbh.

Do you have to do long shifts? Do you get to take a seat in theatre if you need one?

Anaesthetists are the largest group by specialty in the NHS.

There’s no surgery without them or intensive care.

When they did a survey in the UK 40% didn’t know anaesthetists were doctors 😮

Usual shifts are 8-6 4 days a week but I work in a major trauma centre so it's 24/7 and we do long days which are 8-21.30 and nights which are 2100-8am.

Plenty of chairs to sit down lol. I did do 22k steps the other day. Was a really busy long day though.

Anaesthetist… Set up for arrests is different in different types of hospital/parts of the hospital. In some places ED will manage an arrest ‘in house’, but in others they will activate an ‘arrest call’ and get anaesthetists/medics/odps/icu/outreach in varying quantities.

we also go to medical emergencies/paed emergencies & arrests/trauma calls/obstetrics/do elective & emergency theatre lists/pre-assessment & chronic pain clinics/manage icu in lots of places/do pain rounds and a whole bunch of other things.

Thats amazing

How many arrests would you attend, at a major trauma centre?

Do you work with the same people all the time?

Sorry for pestering you all, genuinely curious and a bit of a fan

Ahh thank you @Greybeardy

In the event of an arrest where they outreach people, how long does it take to get pwople on the scene? Given theres like 3 mins, is it, to save the patient?

The team with the patient would start CPR etc and the anaesthetists will take over the airway when they arrive.

Which are the most arrogant surgeons?