A General Surgeon’s Concept of Time

[lyric]

My headcanon is that Mrs. Anesthesia is also an anesthesiologist, and while it's inconvenient that her husband is getting home late, she's enjoying the surgeon apologizing.

[nicholasmartin]

This is SO true. “This will only take 10 minutes” = 1 hr.
“This will only take an hour” = 2 hours.
“This will take about 3-4 hours” = 6-8 hours.
Surgeons exist in a different space time continuum.
I know - I worked in OR for nearly 40 years.

[robinharding]

The unbroken stare from behind the blood brain barrier. Unflinching. Judging. THE ACCURACY

[denise]

This problem is so common there have actually been scientific studies about it! Surgeons always underestimate time

[userxspldy]

"Mrs. Anesthesia" I'm rolling

[Linda-zgqz]

As a retired operating room nurse, I know all too well a surgeon's idea of time and you have nailed it. But getting him to admit that anything is his fault is the real gem in this one!!

[sopyleecrypt]

I like the way the response to “Hi, is this Mrs. Anaesthesia?” on the phone call must be “yes?”.

[SpeedCQ]

This one hits home. My dad's an anesthesiologist - my whole childhood he wouldn't make it to dinner most days of the work week. He'd come back around 8 or 9pm, and my mom and I would sit with him while he ate his late dinner and talked about his day.

[Aristotle]

The dream of a surgeon taking responsibility for his/her own actions.

[TheRealJBMcMunn]

You learn fast that surgery minutes are like football minutes.

[johndanyi]

Surgeons will be surgeons…but it’s not only anesthesia on the hook, there’s at least a scrub nurse and circulator as well. So when the surgeon wanted to add a non-urgent case, I used to make him buy us all dinner!

[kassyyar]

My dad’s a doctor, I got used at a very young age to just not see him most of the time. When there were important events he would rarely show up.
I grew up and realized how hard being a doctor can be but man, its not fair.

[qwe]

A real surgeon would never admit any responsibility.

[hellsfrozeover]

My granddad was an asthesiologist. I can confirm. He delivered my uncle (at work) after over 30 hours on duty. He was so tired he put "girl" on the birth certificate... because he couldn't tell the difference due to exhaustion.

[thepoetato]

Story time: I had a hernia that was supposed to be a 1 hour surgery. Instead it turned out to be 4 hernias all in a line with a 5 hour surgery and a 3 day hospital stay after. My surgeon actually wrote "swiss cheese" in his report.

[SpidersHandle]

We love Mr. Anesthesia - we love you for what you do - and we appreciate your sacrifices to keep us alive.

[katev]

So accurate 😂 As a med student I assisted in a laparoscopic appendectomy once. Usually done in about 45 minutes. We operated for approximately 3 hours in the end because of some complications. When the appendix was finally out the surgeon left me alone to close up with anaesthesia and the OR nurses constantly asking how much longer it would take. No pressure at all 😅

[truthsmiles]

My girlfriend is a surgical scrub and this is the story I hear at least twice a week. The problem isn’t just add-ons, it’s the surgeon and the scheduling team agreeing that the hernia cases will only take 30 minutes and then putting 16 of them on the eight-hour schedule. By 10am they’re already 2 hours behind. Every single time.

[thenewtaithotel]

My dad worked at a rural hospital since med school. And he was a CRNA? Thank you for making content that we can finally connect over, it is seen and it is very appreciated. You are so talented!!!!

[melodychanribis-roy]

I bribed my ppl to stay late on cases because I liked my team. Turns out they would stay anyway because I only do late surgeries if its really important to the patient. Most have just been told about the cancer that was found in their child and me doing what I can to ease their worry is worth it. I just found out they would stay in the past few weeks when I was myself in hospital for heart issues and they were cheering me up. I love my ppl.