tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post1601879223690441969..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: swoonBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-17516724898947098862010-04-11T05:28:59.109+02:002010-04-11T05:28:59.109+02:00I'm an intern of medicine (that means last yea...I'm an intern of medicine (that means last year of college) here in Chile.<br /><br />I did my surgery rotation a few months ago. A friend of mine who was assisting the chief of surgery in the hospital in a hernia operation, fainted. That's right, fainted just in front of all the OR staff. Another friend, who was doing anesthesia rotation and was there, took him immediately a quick glucose test. He had like 40 mg/dl.<br /><br />I don't know if it was stress, sleep deprivation, the typical i-woke-up-early-and-didn't-eat or some real pathology to have that hipoglycemia.<br /><br />Anyway, we always remember it and laugh about it. He wants to be a traumatologist, though.<br /><br /><br />PS. Excellent blog, Mr. Bongi. I don't like surgeons in general, but I feel like you are one of the atypical ones :).naldo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17064643104148402491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-78133889212004321612008-04-02T20:38:00.000+02:002008-04-02T20:38:00.000+02:00ive never fainted, but i swear, i have nightmares ...ive never fainted, but i swear, i have nightmares at least once a week of being in a particularly gruesome operation and collapsing like a sack of wet flour. its coming, i can feel it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-58252217506645077412007-10-26T17:42:00.000+02:002007-10-26T17:42:00.000+02:00Ok, this makes me feel better. I actually posted a...Ok, this makes me feel better. <BR/><BR/>I actually posted a fainting blog today as well!EEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13697074755915208566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-74580816227477518722007-10-19T03:52:00.000+02:002007-10-19T03:52:00.000+02:00I have yet to faint in the OR but I have major con...I have yet to faint in the OR but I have major control issues so I refuse to give in! I have become light-headed during laparoscopic procedures. This seems to be a fairly common experience. I have seen two surgeons who have had to step away from the field for a moment and it has always been during a laparoscopy. You stare at the monitor and your field of vision narrows and the edges become fuzzy. I've learned to look away from the screen and look at something across the room (if possible without moving the camera) or speak to someone if this happens. But the best advice I've ever had is "Don't forget to breathe"make mine traumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149160428613740527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-74382378276515304572007-10-18T22:30:00.000+02:002007-10-18T22:30:00.000+02:00jeff, that's actually bad advice i'm giving you. e...jeff, that's actually bad advice i'm giving you. eating is good. repeat after me, eating is good.<BR/><BR/>greg, bad smells is covered in my post entitled tough surgeon.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-49533711991806952132007-10-18T15:53:00.000+02:002007-10-18T15:53:00.000+02:00About the only near-problems I've had are the OMG ...About the only near-problems I've had are the OMG stench moments in certain circumstances. One quickly learns the value of mouth-breathing.Greg Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422487877167541900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-51422135400228356612007-10-18T14:14:00.000+02:002007-10-18T14:14:00.000+02:00advice noted.u might read on my blog next year dur...advice noted.<BR/>u might read on my blog next year during my gen surg rotations about my experiences.<BR/><BR/>hope u wont be reading a "bongi told me to not eat and i did not, it ended up with me fainting in front of the chief of surgery, the chief registrar, the intern in charge, and all the staff nurses, an experience i will never forget" account<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>seriously i will try it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-45100481098599614412007-10-17T19:16:00.000+02:002007-10-17T19:16:00.000+02:00From the "anonyme" above:Sorry, I did not want to ...From the "anonyme" above:<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I did not want to be a spelling-nazi, it was just so funny an image that I almost spluttered coffee on my screen. And I'm at work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-8085759590875398612007-10-17T18:01:00.000+02:002007-10-17T18:01:00.000+02:00anon, thank you for the correction. i have edited ...anon, thank you for the correction. i have edited the correct spelling into the post. but you must admit, the survival rate for transplanting a piece of meat into the heart can't be too high.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-13479745735760256152007-10-17T17:55:00.000+02:002007-10-17T17:55:00.000+02:00rl,i did not pass out!!! i excused myself from the...rl,i did not pass out!!! i excused myself from the operation and quietly collapsed in the corner of theater. not done on purpose.<BR/><BR/>buckeye, i was also not overly proud of this episode. makes for a good story though.<BR/><BR/>jeff, if i can give you advice, if you absolutely insist on passing out (or collapsing in the corner) try to do it when there are not three profs and one senior consultant present in the theater.<BR/><BR/>but seriously, jeff, i actually went the other way. i stopped eating breakfast and conditioned myself to not pass out even on an empty stomach. that way, if i missed a meal, which does happen quite a lot, it would pose no problem.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-37220504962273072232007-10-17T17:49:00.000+02:002007-10-17T17:49:00.000+02:00"....you actually had to cut off his head before h..."....you actually had to cut off his head before he would die. i think a steak through the heart might have sufficed"<BR/><BR/>I guess the steak should be a stake.<BR/><BR/>And now I'm stuck with the image of a vampire in scrubs with prime beef embedded in his chest. LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-87841874478705516452007-10-17T08:34:00.000+02:002007-10-17T08:34:00.000+02:00i have yet to faint in the limited surgical proced...i have yet to faint in the limited surgical procedures i witnessed or assisted in (thyroidectomy, gastrectomy). im thinking necrotising pancreatitis might actually do it for me. i hope not!! any tips, seniors? i heard them say nv go into OT with an empty stomach?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-1592160532069489652007-10-17T04:48:00.000+02:002007-10-17T04:48:00.000+02:00As a med student, I worked private shifts at night...As a med student, I worked private shifts at night to help pay for my studies so I often assisted registrars while sleep deprived. I remember leaning into the surgical field eyes closed and awaking to a sharp reprimand from the observing prof who had already caught me napping during one of his lectures that week.<BR/><BR/>But the time I needed to excuse myself for feeling ill was during a debridement of a necrotising fasciitis arm that looked worse than a prop from a teen slasher flick! Freddy Kueger would have fainted!Amanzi Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235667869792256049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-16229986563578989012007-10-16T20:17:00.000+02:002007-10-16T20:17:00.000+02:00As a second year med student, I passed out in a ch...As a second year med student, I passed out in a chair while watching a mole removal. Not one of my proudest moments.Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-61175086083921141252007-10-16T20:09:00.000+02:002007-10-16T20:09:00.000+02:00Once, while doing a hernia repair, I noticed my sc...Once, while doing a hernia repair, I noticed my scrub nurse/assistant leaning unusually close. (Doing hernias, I had no assistant other than the scrub. This one was a mostly retired old hand, about 75, who now worked at a surgery center and would only work with me and an orthopod she liked.) As she leaned closer and closer -- at first I thought she'd seen something amiss -- I realized she was going down. I reached over the patient and his open wound and managed to grab her arm enough to ease her to the floor, where, fortunately, she eventually awoke.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-23976028899100588112007-10-16T19:59:00.000+02:002007-10-16T19:59:00.000+02:00So did you really faint? or was it planned so you...So did you really faint? or was it planned so you could distract the profs?<BR/><BR/>I, fortunately, have never fainted. I remember the first surgery I ever scrubbed in on, as a third year student. It was a gangrenous, diabetic foot. I know the surgery residents were waiting for me to do so. I earned a small amount of respect by not.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.com