Statements taken completely out of context...and are FUNNY!

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

I work mostly in Ortho trauma. Something I said last week turned into fodder for entertainment by my group of docs. We were reaming for an ICBG and I had never used a reamer before. The surgeon patiently showed me how to change out the heads of the reamers. Not so easy. He likes to do his cases quickly and appreciates efficiency. He told me to have one reamer up on the mayo and have another prepared so that he can ream while I am saving the reamings for the graft.

I was starting to get the hang of it, but this one reamer head WOULD NOT COME OFF! He was starting to get impatient with me. I said, "I'm sorry Dr. X, but I CANNOT GET THIS HEAD OFF!" One of the techs started to snicker while I was sweating bullets. Dr. X says in an exasperated voice, "Canes, just grab it real hard and jerk it off! It's not that difficult!" Well, the entire room fell into fits of laughter.

Another day last month I was coming in to relieve a scrub tech for lunch. Sometimes they like to wait until all of the implants are in before being relieved. We were putting in plates and screws for a humeral ORIF and the tech says to me, "I don't want to leave until we are done screwing. Come back in 5." Oh my goodness. Again, everyone laughed like little kids!

I think the funniest thing that I have heard was our surgeon announcing after a difficult hardware removal, "We are one screw away from calling this a victory!"

What are some of the things that you have said or heard during a case that turned out to be funny?

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Seeing that my post did not receive any replies, I must interpret that as my post being offensive to some, and for that I totally apologize. It was meant as sharing some heated moments that were turned into funny moments. Again, my sincerest apologies if I have offended.

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Specializes in OR.

I, for one, was not offended. I know I've said or heard similar things...just can't recall them at this time!

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Specializes in LTAC, OR.

Oh no Canes, no offense whatsoever! I was wishing I had something funny to post too, but I don't right at the moment. It takes more than a joke about screwing to offend an OR nurse...:lol2:

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

WHEW! Thanks guys for the comments.

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Specializes in OR Hearts 10.

I thought we just did something similar to this not long ago....

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Specializes in L&D, OR, travel.

Canesdukegirl, I too did not find any offense in the post. It was a good giggle or 2. I'm just not a storyteller....but I do LOL here in front of my computer and sometimes all day in the OR. I enjoy all your posts, really and I love your name and your avatar. Tell us what they mean!

Deb in KY

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Specializes in NICU, ER, OR.

we say this almost everyday ...

" can you two DO EACHOTHER for lunch?

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Specializes in OR.

I was trying to figure out the Wound Class for a lap chole. I was TRYING to say "Did you have any stone or bile spillage?" Instead I mixed the two words together and asked the surgeon, "Dr. X, did you have a bone, er...I mean" He just started laughing and said, well you do look really nice today, but no. I was so embarrassed.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
I was trying to figure out the Wound Class for a lap chole. I was TRYING to say "Did you have any stone or bile spillage?" Instead I mixed the two words together and asked the surgeon, "Dr. X, did you have a bone, er...I mean" He just started laughing and said, well you do look really nice today, but no. I was so embarrassed.

How FUNNY!!!

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
Canesdukegirl, I too did not find any offense in the post. It was a good giggle or 2. I'm just not a storyteller....but I do LOL here in front of my computer and sometimes all day in the OR. I enjoy all your posts, really and I love your name and your avatar. Tell us what they mean!

Deb in KY

Deb, thank you for saying that you were not offended. Sometimes I hesitate to post the comments that can seem inappropriate, but some of the things that are said are just too funny not to share! When you are dealing with bones and screws, there are bound to be some funny stories that arise!

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its ironic how a lot of these scenarios come from ortho cases. I got 2: 1 from ortho and 1 from general.

i was scrubbed in on a total knee. I was always taught that when cementing, u keep a piece of cement for yourself so u can feel how dry is has become. Well that day i had a large piece so i split it in half and was handling it and marveling how warm that cement got. Well needless to say i got a laughter from everyone in the room when the doctor asked me how the cement was coming along to which i replied "its only gets hard if u play with it"

the second scenario involved a lap chole. The surgeon requested a suction irrigator, i quickly opened it and ran to the warmer to get a bag of saline. As I was hanging the bag and attaching the saline to the irrigator the surgeon said "make sure u give my bag a good squeeze"

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