https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4568-4114
365 days this year
212 badges in, exchanging greetings with security
862 logins, accessing a patient’s chart
19 years old
33 previous surgeries, no problems with anesthesia
103 years old
0 surgeries so far
32 weeks postconception age
105 cc’s estimated blood volume
74 years old
4.2 hemoglobin, “I feel good, Doc”
51 years old
13.2 hemoglobin A1C
4 surgeries starting with a toe
1 leg now
57 years old
28 allergies
61 years old
33 prescribed medicines
212 retrievals from the scrub machine
862 “I’ll be your anesthesiologist today”
30 seconds spent, “Doc, I know all about anesthesia, don’t tell me a thing”
20 minutes to say goodbye
16 loved ones each need their time
212 times pulling the green scrub shirt over my head
862 “Signing here gives me permission to give you anesthesia”
0 fingers, his signature is better than mine
10 fingers, hand too weak to sign consent for bladder mass surgery
212 times tying my scrub pants’ orange drawstring
862 “We keep it pretty cold in the operating room”
76.7 BMI the stretcher is hard to push as patient is rolled in to get a gastric bypass, she’s planning for a better life
14.9 BMI the stretcher is too easy to push for this trauma call, incision to wrists, she planned to end her life
212 times putting on my compression socks
862 “I’m going to put some monitors on you”
29 BPM
.2 mg glycopyrolate
187 SVT, “Doc, sometimes I feel my heart racing”
80 MAP, “Can you get the pressure down”
45 MAP
2 pressors
.3 MAC Sevo
6 L crystalloid in
212 masks put on
862 “I’m going to let you breathe a little oxygen before I administer the anesthesia”
422 endotracheal tubes
302 LMAs
2 laryngospasms
1 failed intubation
212 visits to pharmacy, retrieving drug box
862 “I’ll be giving you medicine now to get you off to sleep”
2,267 vials of propofol
18,760 cc’s propofol used
13,783 syringes
212 scrub hats worn
862 “I will take good care of you”
My day #132: 29 hours
11 surgeries
4 granola bars
5 glasses of water
0 hours of sleep
212 pairs of disposable shoe covers
862 “I will be by your side throughout the surgery”
8-minute cataract
13-hour spine fusion
7 years old
1 loose tooth before surgery
0 loose teeth after surgery
1 visit from the tooth fairy
63 years old ruptured AAA
7.1 pH
8,400 cc blood loss
3,000 cc cell saver
12 units blood
22 years old
6 children at home
10-cm dilation
39 years old
0 children at home
1, 3, 4 Apgar score
861 “Your procedure is over. We will go to recovery now”
1 “I’m sorry your mother didn’t make it through”
212 times taking my compression socks off
365 days next year
