Does your anethesia dept require a doc in house when placing epidurals? Ours prefers it. The other night, one of our not so reg. docs ordered an epidural for her pt. She was on her way back to the hosp but not in house at the time. Anesthesia wouldn't come to place the epidural until she was back. Fine by me. This pt had a funky strip anyway.
Well, this doc went on and on about how the other facility she delivers at doesn't require the doc to be there, and they don't have to come in to place IUPC's, and they don't have to come in for AROM, and they don't have to come in until the baby's crowning..........
