A CRNA speaks July 4, 2007
Posted by keepbreathing in Medical Blogs, airway management, links, medicine, surgery.trackback
A quick shout-out to fellow airway enthusiast and blogger Terry, who writes about her perspective as a CRNA in the exciting world of the OR over at Counting Sheep. The OR is an interesting place, and Terry writes well, so Counting Sheep is a good place to go for some intriguing reading and another view from the head of the bed, albeit a bed in which people routinely get sliced open and in which Terry runs the show. After all, surgery can not proceed without an anesthetist. Not in this country anyway.
A good introduction to the blog can be found here. An excerpt:
My name is Terry, and I will be your CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist) for today’s scheduled operation.
Please assist us by moving over from your uncomfortable stretcher onto our even more uncomfortable OR table, replete with ice cold sheets and a cozy pink foam headrest.
We can see your face, but YOU cannot see ours. That’s because we are all wearing masks. No, we really have nothing to hide and there’s nothing unsettlingly metaphysical going down here. Surgery must be done in a sterile environment, and that means an absence of all germs and micro-organisms. We cover our mouths and our hair to keep germ counts to a minimum.
Fasten your seatbelt, please. KIDDING! Your OR nurse will place a safety belt across your body to help keep you securely positioned on the OR table. This may be mistakenly misinterpreted by YOU as meaning that you are now permanently shackled in this torture chamber of horrors and ohmigod there’s no turning back. Relax, the drugs should start working any second now.
Go forth and enjoy. Counting Sheep is officially on the blogroll now.
That was pretty cool, RT ! Thanks for the link, and hope you have a good Thursday !
As a couple of people who make their living in other people’s airways, you and I both know and understand what it means to have something caught in your throat. Right now, words escape me, and I don’t know how to thank you for writing such nice things about my blog.
I thoroughly enjoy yours, too, and it’s on my links!