When performing procedures on awake patients, we are careful to - TopicsExpress



          

When performing procedures on awake patients, we are careful to avoid words like oops, wow, blood. My favorite thing an attending has said to me in the OR was during a nerve block in the neck... The attending was working on finding the correct placement for the needle, which involved avoiding the carotid artery, jugular vein and vertebral artery. He pulled back on the syringe, turned to look at me with big eyes and raised eyebrows and stated calmly, weve got heme.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:30:22 +0000

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