Things You Would Rather Not Hear During Surgery

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#1. that's cool. now can you make his leg twitch by pressing that one?!

#2. wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?

#3. this patient has already had some kids, am i correct?

#4. oh no! where's my rolex?!?!

#5. ya know, there's big money in kidneys ... and this guy's got two of 'em...

#6. well folks, this will be an experiment for all of us.

#7. no, no, no, no, no!! dammit..... oh well....

#8. there go the lights again!

#9. could you stop that thing from beating; it's throwing off my concentration.

#10. sterile schmerile. the floor's clean, right?

#11. rover! come back with that. bad dog!

#12. oops! hey, has anyone ever survived from 500 ml of this stuff before?

#13. ok, now take a picture from this angle. this is truly a freak of nature.

#14. fire! fire! everyone get out!

#15. what's this doing here?

#16. what do you mean "you want a divorce?!?"

#17. i hate it when they're missing stuff in here.

#18. oh no! page 47 of the manual is missing!

#19. i wish i hadn't forgotten my glasses...

#20. everybody stand back! i lost my contact lens!

#21. better save that. we'll need it for the autopsy.

#22. hand me that... uh... that uh... that thingy there.

#23. accept this sacrifice, o great lord of darkness.

#24. what do you mean he wasn't in for a sex change...?

#25. someone call the janitor - we're going to need a mop.

what else would you hate to hear during surgery?

:heartbeat:blushkiss:redpinkhe

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Uh-oh.........

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Specializes in acute care.

Oh, well. What she doesn't know won't hurt her.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I doubt anyone will even be able to tell...

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Specializes in NICU.

My mom was having surgery and the last thing she heard in the OR was "No Steve, not that one." Ha, what a thing to hear as you're being put under anesthesia.

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#26. Holy cow! What's that?

#27. "I was at a wine tasting when they called me in for surgery."

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Specializes in NICU.

Whoa--did you MEAN to do that?

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My mom was having surgery and the last thing she heard in the OR was "No Steve, not that one." Ha, what a thing to hear as you're being put under anesthesia.

oh dear :uhoh21:

i do hope her surgery went smoothly though

:redpinkhe:blushkiss:redpinkhe

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#33. don't worry. i think it is sharp enough.

#34. nurse, did this patient sign the organ donation card?

#35. anyone see where i left that scalpel?

#36. "pass the scalpel" . . . "sure! here you go, dr. kevorkian!"

:heartbeat:icon_hug::redpinkhe

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Specializes in Going to Peds!.

"oops!"

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Specializes in Emergency.

It's OK, he's got another one!

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Specializes in Travel Nursing, ICU, tele, etc.

A AA AAAAA AAAAA CHOOOOOOOOOOOO

Oh Darn!! I just sneezed all over the sterile field!!!!

:uhoh21::uhoh21::uhoh21:

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