Know the Anatomy Before Every Case

[DGlaucomflecken]

Honestly, superior mesenteric was a pretty good guess

[marysimmons]

I made the mistake as a third year of telling the infectious disease specialist that the patient had 'sores'. I know a lot of adjectives for skin lesions now...

[phoenix_lament]

I’m an x-ray student and in my first C-arm surgery case the surgeon asked me to please point out C6 in the image. I told him that was impossible as we are imaging a lumbar spine, he laughed and then had me name all the vertebrae of the lumber spine and I swear I have never been so stressed in my life. I nailed it though and he said he was glad I didn’t appear to be a complete moron. I took it as a very high compliment from a neurosurgeon.

[Imohadah]

I remember seeing veins and arteries in a cadavar, I felt betrayed. I asked, "why aren't they blue and red? Like the pictures? So you mean I have to palpate the thickness level of their walls to differentiate them? They all look like smashed spaghetti strands to me"

It was a mind blowing experience.

[qwerty]

Lol. The “anticipate deceit” gave me war flashbacks. At least my student loans are finally paid off so I can now spend my money on expensive therapy.

[morticialily]

As an embalmer I had to learn the veins and arteries and honestly that is pretty much what they look like and our teachers were pretty much the same. I always just figured at least we didn't have the pressure of possibly killing someone. Somebody had already done that for us😆

[billsabado]

I honestly thought the answer was going to be: No. These are wires.

[kekkler]

I have no connections to the medical field but I can’t stop tuning in on these jokes that I don’t really get, and these comment sections which I can’t really relate to. It’s pretty fun to get this funny window into the strange world of medicine and residency.

[dannibble]

"hand me what I need, not what i ask for" -surgeons

[reut]

Okay, Ima need a flair button for my badge that says "anticipate my deceit" for the first day of every student rotation 🥰

[runwalk]

I'm a vet student and our lecturer told us that he had opened a horse's abdomen for a post mortem exam. He asked a vet student to identify and remove the horse's gallbladder.

The poor student was unsuccessful and started to panic before having to be reminded that horses do not possess gallbladders.

[calmcove]

Your skits are just unlocking new fears for me as a 2nd year med student

[meganlai]

Textbook drawings vs. What it looks like in the patient

[fariesz]

PoV: you're facing a super-villain who is highly offended by your lack of preparation for an encounter with them specifically

[TiagoLattari]

I am a surgeon. And as a med student, I couldn't imagine how much fun is doing that to med students.

Even better is to ask the med student, and when he doesn't know, ask the 1st year resident, then the 2nd year, and go climbing the hierarchy (and watching the faces of senior residents praying for someone to get it right before their turn)

[morningcall]

surgery was my most dreaded rotation as a med student/intern. the surgeon would usually ask you to identify anatomical parts that you can't distinguish amongst each other because of all the blood and expect you to know how to properly retract when it wasn't even taught in lectures😂 this was so accurate and they would never let you off even if you guessed correctly. they'd find a way to ask you something you can't answer😢

[yashgulave]

"...also, next time anticipate my deceit."

Bro, forget about reading the anatomy, start reading the Art of War by Sun Tzu, you're gonna need it 💀💀

[gugusgigi]

The other day a med student in our OR said: "I can't identify the structure you're asking about because there is too much blood to see the anatomy". The surgeon got so mad, he prides himself on good hemostasis...things not too say to a surgeon!

[CScottyW]

Here’s hoping next time the med student anticipates the deceit, but the surgeon does not deceive. Double deceit!

[dsturo]

As a retired RN I enjoy these videos. As a student nurse in the OR, I was pretty much ignored. Thankful now!