tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post3643898466623095140..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: callousBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-56240250265825189332013-02-17T21:54:31.291+02:002013-02-17T21:54:31.291+02:00Another great story. I would probably have asked i...Another great story. I would probably have asked if I could touch the amputated limb. My blood-thirsty wench of a daughter agrees with me. Perhaps I should send her to you so she can learn surgery!Jabulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847825459654555235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-8124637888886096762009-07-07T12:32:15.714+02:002009-07-07T12:32:15.714+02:00Im currently a matric student, went to the state h...Im currently a matric student, went to the state hospital for a week - mainly in ICU but also a day and a half in theatre! Loved it, must say orthopedics bore me...(no offence to those surgeons), but the other stuff was amazing!<br /><br />And Anna, I think the responsibility is on the student to organise to go work shadow in a hosp., i did it, its part of the whole growing up process - not being spoon-fed the whole time!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020889095568995304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-682260849545135392008-02-08T21:13:00.000+02:002008-02-08T21:13:00.000+02:00I want to be a surgeon, but can't stand amputation...I want to be a surgeon, but can't stand amputations... There is something grotesque with a limb separated from the body. I will have to get more grit to prepare myself later in my career...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-39820146100564387942008-02-08T19:21:00.000+02:002008-02-08T19:21:00.000+02:00Done by orthos here too, when I think about it.Done by orthos here too, when I think about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-15612498438981147782008-02-08T18:28:00.000+02:002008-02-08T18:28:00.000+02:00sterile, here the orthos do those. sometimes they ...sterile, here the orthos do those. sometimes they ask us to get control of the artery and vein before they continue. but no, i've never done that.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-68040707546544496482008-02-08T15:14:00.000+02:002008-02-08T15:14:00.000+02:00Just found out I'm going to film a transpelvic amp...Just found out I'm going to film a transpelvic amputation in two weeks.<BR/><BR/>Should be interesting. Ever done one of those?<BR/><BR/>Fun hearing your (and Dr. Schwab's) voice on the Dr. Anonymous show, btw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-41518061554173987532008-02-08T05:34:00.000+02:002008-02-08T05:34:00.000+02:00Yeah, probably a bad choice for the first experien...Yeah, probably a bad choice for the first experience! I still find handing off the speciman unsettling, but mostly because losing a leg is one of my big fears. <BR/>Sometimes it doesn't matter the procedure....those who can handle it do, and those that can't don't!<BR/><BR/>I imagine that he was horrified by the fact that you could be cutting off a human leg and casually stop to discuss rugby!make mine traumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149160428613740527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-4138589303354062362008-02-08T05:06:00.000+02:002008-02-08T05:06:00.000+02:00The first surgeries I watched were pretty benign -...The first surgeries I watched were pretty benign - however, the kid that had his arm chewed off by a farm machine was pretty groovy. The only time I had to leave the room was for the draining of a very large and seemingly painful abscess on someone's face. I don't know why I can tolerate anything but work done on a person's face. . . I still think it was a great opportunity for those kids. I wish more schools would do that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071711894125638696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-259776145275569902008-02-07T02:51:00.000+02:002008-02-07T02:51:00.000+02:00probably there were operations that would have bee...probably there were operations that would have been more tolerable. bad luck. could have started with a lipoma, or something. <BR/><BR/>amputation, as i wrote once is a good example of the disconnect with which we live: finding some satisfaction from a job well done, in the face of horror.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-43879975902501775352008-02-07T02:19:00.000+02:002008-02-07T02:19:00.000+02:00I remember when I was in high school I got to watc...I remember when I was in high school I got to watch an open heart surgery. The surgeon was also very happy to show me what he was doing: "Look, I've got his heart in my hand." I left soon after that to sit down, but I've gotten over that feeling long ago. Now, I'd ask if I could stick my hand in too.<BR/><BR/>At least you can consider that they were saved from wasting time considering a career that would not have worked out for them. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-89892275772449362008-02-06T20:06:00.000+02:002008-02-06T20:06:00.000+02:00it is so easy to forget the real horror of some of...it is so easy to forget the real horror of some of the stuff we see... i frequently have these wierd moments in casualty while we are suturing horrific, disgusting lacerations etc (usually at 4am) and discussing how plans for the rest of the weekend. its funny how you learn to adapt. i also almost fainted as a matric watching an explorative lap for an elderly lady (LOTS of fat)... have learnt to bite the bullet and carry on. this is our job now: not always glamorous or pretty, but always interesting!the annesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432416924874715632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-5832945007045431702008-02-06T15:54:00.000+02:002008-02-06T15:54:00.000+02:00Nice story. I don't know how I would have been in...Nice story. I don't know how I would have been in that case as a high school student. That was my first case as a med student. I passed.<BR/><BR/>One of the most horrible cases I recall was a young farm worker who has his right arm pulled off his body and half of his trunk skin along with it by the corn harvesting machine. It's a good thing some of us can deal with the "shifting" or "numbing" of emotions required so the life-saving work can be done. Still I am haunted by that case.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-52658782705450179022008-02-06T10:04:00.000+02:002008-02-06T10:04:00.000+02:00Genade! Ok, ek erken, ek sou ook gedink het dis co...Genade! Ok, ek erken, ek sou ook gedink het dis cool. Ek gril nie gou nie, maar ek's nogal verbaas die ou het dit gemaak na jou 2de vraag. My man sou al lankal vlou op die grond gewees het.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-65644748068138477302008-02-06T09:49:00.000+02:002008-02-06T09:49:00.000+02:00Great story!(and nice comment, Jayne :D)I'm the on...Great story!<BR/><BR/>(and nice comment, Jayne :D)<BR/><BR/>I'm the only one in my department who spends time in the OR every week (as a videographer). Every now and then colleagues ask if they can tag along, eager to see some surgical action. I usually play safe and bring them to a laparoscopy or something.<BR/><BR/>But safe is no fun! Maybe I'll choose an amputation next time. Or better still, a pelvic exenteration ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-76390276494666943812008-02-06T09:06:00.000+02:002008-02-06T09:06:00.000+02:00Brilliant post! If you'd said something along the ...Brilliant post! If you'd said something along the lines of "well this is what you get for missing that drop goal" the poor student from the rugby school would've probably crumpled in a heap on the floor!<BR/>(But you wouldn't have said that, because you're terribly professional & I just have a wicked sense of humour, sorry!)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546956519928584352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-36875412748893750392008-02-06T08:47:00.000+02:002008-02-06T08:47:00.000+02:00This post is highly entertaining!I am a premed guy...This post is highly entertaining!<BR/><BR/>I am a premed guy over in Michigan, USA. If I were to walk into that type of OR, I would definitely think thoughts like what you said you would have thought.fulekkeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289880207948124355noreply@blogger.com