I was working as a surgical orderly in the mid-80's.
A patient came into an emergency surgery with a ruptured aorta. Bad thing to have. The doctors were bickering with the anesthesiologists, telling them that they needed to keep the blood pressure up. The main anesthesiologist levelly replied that if the surgeons slowed the bleeding, they would be able to keep the pressure higher. It was a frantic but orderly scene. Crazy busy calm.
Then suddenly they decided to give up. I don't know who. Main surgeon? Maybe it had been too long for the patient to possibly live through the lack of oxygen? Everyone just stopped, said "Okay, that's it!" and left the room. Off to the break room for coffee.
I was left in there with a dead guy. Blood all over the place.
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Date: 2009-03-14 05:22 am (UTC)I was working as a surgical orderly in the mid-80's.
A patient came into an emergency surgery with a ruptured aorta. Bad thing to have. The doctors were bickering with the anesthesiologists, telling them that they needed to keep the blood pressure up. The main anesthesiologist levelly replied that if the surgeons slowed the bleeding, they would be able to keep the pressure higher. It was a frantic but orderly scene. Crazy busy calm.
Then suddenly they decided to give up. I don't know who. Main surgeon? Maybe it had been too long for the patient to possibly live through the lack of oxygen? Everyone just stopped, said "Okay, that's it!" and left the room. Off to the break room for coffee.
I was left in there with a dead guy. Blood all over the place.