Bathroom breaks during surgery? Operating with a cold? Thirsty mid-procedure? Sid Schwab tells us what it’s like.
Update:
Fellow surgeon-blogger Orac comments.
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I’ve seen a couple pass out from exhaustion, skipping meals, etc.
I had a heart surgeon pass out…..with the patient on bypass. No pulse. I was ready to do CPR on the guy when he woke up. He ended up with a pacemaker later that day.
Fortunately, there was another surgeon available to finish the heart surgery.
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