Does that put them at a higher risk for complications in the surgery? I love my job. Why don't you consider ophthalmology. Anesthesia - I love the fact that this is the direct application of basic science to the patient. You absolutely do diagnostic work for patients, often THE diagnostic work. He was half in the bag and generally unhappy to talk about work, but some well aimed goading got him to reveal the following: Under general anesthesia, anestheticians (?) Cross posting from r/anesthesiology. Of course, it's a hypothetical. Of course there are things we have to do to avoid this complication - in some cases we will even put the patient on a heart-lung machine prior to anesthetic induction. Good answer. Hi there, I’m 1.5 years into Anesthesia practice at medium size community shop. 3 years later, I am so, so glad I chose anaesthesia. The depth of IM is nice. I don't know how someone can do this for 35 years and not resent it. Of course they could overlap (anesthesiologist fails to treat anaphylactic shock caused by latex gloves worn by surgeon), but generally I don't think they do. There is plenty of depth in rads and anesthesia. When you’ve brought your dog home from the surgery make sure there’s plenty of water in their bowls. ... especially in high doses. In the 1940s, the going rate was around 1 in 2,500. Local anesthetic is the "mildest" form of anesthesia used to just numb the area. General anesthesia is a combination of medications that put you in a sleep-like state before a surgery or other medical procedure. Good mix of pharm, path and physio. For some people, it is mandatory due to anxiety, fear, or complexity of the surgery. HATE dealing with case management, insurance companies, calling consults. Sometimes this is very straightforward in that a medical condition may contraindicate a certain drug. There are many disease states that make anesthesia much more dangerous than for a healthy patient, and many of them are much more common than MH. Some radically different medicines were stored in nearly identical containers. However, the use of general anesthesia may be contraindicated for some affected dogs. I do a mix of general and cardiac anesthesia. Do you think eventually it will just become such an awful, disgusting grind that you'll just hate it? Yes. The local anaesthetic given for a lumbar puncture is very safe compared to the risks of the actual lumbar puncture which include central nervous system infection, bleeding and neurological injury. Also, the salaries look like they're starting to taper downwards in DR. What's going on there? Surgical complication. It'll be even worse on Christmas day or a Saturday at 3am. Some of the bad stuff that you will dodge includes a lot of paperwork and typing, complicated call schedules (most hospitals work a night float or night hawk system), and the dreaded patient interaction. I don't think he meant it that way. You listed no negatives for radiology, that's a start. The danger for such a patient is that positive-pressure ventilation (such as through a mask or endotracheal tube after a patient becomes apneic secondary to anesthetic induction) can cause the mass to obstruct the trachea or large bronchi, leading to inability to ventilate and subsequent death. In general, the sicker you are, the higher your risk. Following this internet discussion thread to figure out difficult questions to my own life. This is fairly simple (I guess) I think they use a barbituate while monitoring brain wave function (ECG) to see if you're perceiving much. I can give a different perspective here as I wasn't happy with anaesthesia when I began. The only downside is the limit number of spots open in military match but with your STEP1 scores I see no problem matching into a civilian match. administer several compounds which suppress or stimulate various functions. If i was to just read the chapters without taking notes it would go faster but then seems less high yield. Rads vs Anesthesia then. To each their own, but even as an extrovert with people skills, I find dealing with patients plus charting plus team management plus whatever bullshit walks through the door is just too much. Can you please do the Reddit community a big service by discussing the danger of general anesthesia without an anesthesiologist around? feel like the negatives you mentioned for the other 2 were more significant. Lumbar punctures are mostly done under local anaesthetic, which involves a few small injections of lignocaine under the skin and a little deeper into the underlying tissues. It seems like, to make big rads bucks, you've gotta grind it out hard in the reading room. You feel drained from EM now. Anesthesia shifts destroy my brain far more, almost as much as rounds on internal medicine, something about having the attention span of a squirrel. Hey I really appreciate this writeup. 31 lumbar puncture survivor here. Patient coded on induction of anesthesia? It'll be even worse on Christmas day or a Saturday at 3am. If you can eliminate IM then do so. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Like nicotine, marijuana can complicate surgery and should be avoided in the weeks and even months prior to your procedure. A patient with increased intracranial pressure due (for instance) to a tumor should not receive ketamine, which increases that pressure further (at least, this is the classical teaching). But, it doesn't sound like you enjoy the day-to-day of IM. It's a muscle paralytic which prevents you from moving during surgery. Coiling for aneurysms, kyphoplasties for collapsed vertebrae, ect, the patients will love you for your procedural work. There are a time and place for these methods. You don't need to love what you do, but you should like it. Rads vs anesthesia - do you like dark rooms? HPSP MS3 here. While general anesthesia is sometimes necessary, ask about other approaches -- like a local or spinal anesthetic. Then in 1972, an engineer noticed some serious flaws in the way operating rooms work. Nope. Another thing is: one radiologist I know told me practically 90% of DRs do a fellowship. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. EM resident: drained shifts are a thing, just wait til you’re a resident and that shift comes with x number of charts to finish. Ask a science question, get a science answer. Similarly you are a specialist, but you require a broad range of knowledge because patients with every conceivable disease will present for surgery. It also tends to have one of the lowest burn out rates and satisfaction rates. Coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), remains a public health emergency of international concern with high levels of community transmission and a high mortality rate in high‐risk groups [].The care of patients with COVID‐19 has put a significant strain on intensive care unit (ICU) resources worldwide. 1 decade ago. General anesthetics are usually achieved with combinations of drugs, and there are many ways to do this. I think the biggest downside is whether you want to supervise. these can cause strictures and small bowel obstruction, which often means another abdominal surgery. Just to mix it up and keep things interesting? This is not to say that you should not use these latter two methods. Longest residency of the specialties listed. really, with all of the sensors and monitors now, i would say that anesthesia is not very risky, and i would trust my anesthesiologist. 253 on step 1. compensation isn't important (everyone gets nearly the salary in the military +/- bonuses). there was historically a much larger problem with anesthesia being dangerous, as the the signs of things going really poorly (such as poor oxygenation) were the patient showing physical signs (blue or gray skin discoloration). this is the anesthesiologists greatest concern, usually. I’ve had a few fellow students try to dissuade me from it because of CNRAs taking the available positions. Much of this change was brought about by frank recognition of the hazards, and a constructive addressing of the risks. Overview As is the case for us, our four-legged friends may require anesthesia as part of a surgery or procedure. Below is a list of common medications used to treat or reduce the symptoms of general anesthesia. If I recall they monitor heart function and issue antagonistic stimulants and suppressants to assure that your heart function is working between necessary limits (except for heart surgery duh) while a controlled rate of paralytic is administered. Anesthesia is the source of hilarious videos gone viral, depicting dazed hospital patients waking up from operations and saying weird things. Things I used to find stressful and challenging now I don’t really think twice about, and I imagine I will feel that way about a lot more things after 20 more years of doing this. I imagine the 1000th time you treat a CAP patient, or remove that routine galbladder, or whatever it may be doesn’t seem nearly as exciting as the first 100 times you did it. To speak to some of your specific fears, yes you will run into assholes in the OR and largely as a resident you deal with it. Most of the time, within an hour or 2 after the surgery, there are no effects at all from the anesthesia. Don't do EM if you dont like working extremely hard for a shift. Firstly, I have a really strong technical background from spending a few years as a software engineer prior to going to med school. I would do anesthesia or rads, but i'm biased since i'm doing anesthesia. Welcome to /r/MedicalSchool: An international community for medical students. However, they might prescribe you pain medication.. lol. 1 0. I don't think you should do EM. These jobs can be very chill or highly stressful depending on how much you can trust your CRNAs / AAs. Background Balloon‐tipped bronchial blocker catheters are widely used in pediatric thoracic anesthesia to establish single‐lung ventilation. Supervisory positions are probably considered the norm. (crashing patient, etc..). As for that standing around, now I know how many things are going on that I have to monitor and take care of. No, general anesthesia puts you to sleep, and fast. share. No insurance bs. 5-year AA here. General is the anesthesia type we think of most during a surgery where the patient is completely asleep. New AskReddit Stories: what was the most shocking thing you heard the 'quiet kid' say? I also hear people say they think my job looks boring, well some days it is, but remember eventually anything becomes routine if you do it enough. Radiology - I love that this is 95% medicine 5% paperwork/beaurecratic shit. General anesthesia usually uses a combination of intravenous drugs and inhaled gasses (anesthetics).General anesthesia is more than just being asleep, though it will likely feel that way to you. No rounds. See if you might have a choice. However, I feel many patients too quickly defer to their peers suggestions and surgeons recommendations. Within 10 years, the rate of death by anaesthesia fell from 1 in 10k to 1 in 200k. I don't think you should do EM. do you like the OR? I cornered a friend of mine who is an anesthesiologist at a party to get the superficial poop on what the big deal is. There is a big jump when you go from M4 to PGY-1 and that mostly comes in the form of expectations. It is what my professor told me, so take it as you will. Much like smoking cigarettes, abstaining from marijuana in the weeks before surgery can decrease the likelihood of complications during and after surgery. save. The case I would build for going into radiology is that you get a lot of the good of medicine and side step the bad. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Malignant hyperthermia is also known in the veterinary realm; I know of one dog that was saved from malignant hyperthermia by being taken from neuter surgery and put into a snowdrift when they went into uncontrollable overheating. (edited thanks to response from anesthesiologist) it is typically genetic, and is very much 'no bueno' (which is why they will ask you about a family history of reaction during anesthesia). There is some truth to the notion that semi-conscious sedation and full anesthesia are recommended for the convenience of the oral surgeon. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I love my job and recently took the next step by working on a "locum tenens" contract basis (1099) instead of full-time (W-2). (Upside is you do get shorter hours than say surgery). Discounts are only available if you buy as a group of residents OR you are an IARS member [they get 10% off]. Anesthesia did it. MH is a concern, I don't know if it's my greatest concern. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Thoracic high‐resolution computed tomographic (T‐HRCT) findings for Canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis acquired under general anesthesia have been described previously. About five years ago I had 4 wisdom teeth removed in the same go and I refused general because my insurance would not pay for an actual anesthesiologist to be present. Work life balance present. We mostly manage chronic conditions. report. IM - I love the depth of this. Few people regret rads or anesthesia. however, i will say that there is a condition that is called malignant hyperthermia, and results from really bad reactions to common drugs used during anesthesia. Not to hijack the thread but I'm also considering rads and maybe my questions will be useful to OP. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the medicalschool community. even post-op, when someone is on a lot of antibiotics, that can kill of most of the intestinal bacterial flora, which leaves a ripe bowel in which clostridium difficile can grow, leading to colitis and possibly toxic megacolon. Can message me if you care to answer and sorry if off topic. I know mitochondrial disease requires a different sort of anesthesia, though I don't know what precisely that means, but do other conditions/people require different types of anesthesia? See if you can meet with your anesthesiology team. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Im seriously considering the above 4 things but am open. In addition it's one of the few specialties that is still mostly still dominated by private clinics. I get to dodge most of the annoying paper work, when I’m done and not on call I can walk out the door and forget work, I don’t have to maintain a clinic. Drugs.com provides accurate and independent information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products. I'm also curious how much the risk changes between people being put under for the first time, and people who have been through it previously without complications. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Pulmonary Medicine | Internal Medicine | Inflammation. It’s eerie to read the description given by the radiology resident above because I feel nearly the same thing can be said of anesthesia. Anesthesia is more dangerous to people with chronic heart disease and chronic respiratory disease. I agree that the complications attributable to major surgery are more common overall and harder to prevent. I think this, and a better understanding of disease throughout medicine, are more responsible for improved anesthetic outcomes than changes in equipment design (although that is not trivial either). But anesthesiology, despite meeting both those criteria (high pay and infamous for being a "you just sit around for 90% of the time" job), isn't as hard to get into. Here are the different types of anesthesia: Local—Numbs only the area treated. Introduction. From the makers of our beloved OpenAnesthesia and in conjunction with IARS [International Anesthesia Research Society – they produce the journal, Anesthesia & Analgesia] there is a new study tool called Self Study Plus. I'm personally skeptical about whether this correlation means causation. It offers a good procedural and clinical mix. This can take a few days to pass. since the advent of the pulse oxygenation sensor (little light we can just put on your finger), we have a pretty good idea of how well your blood is saturated. ... help Reddit App Reddit coins Reddit premium Reddit gifts. I'm worried about a few things and wonder if you have any input? I'm not terribly sure if that counts as credible in this subreddit. Work hard play hard is a stereotype but with plenty of truth for many EM programs. New AskReddit Stories: Doctors, nurses, and hospital staff of Reddit - what are your experiences (funny, sad, horrible) with people waking from anesthesia? If you're a people person you will still get plenty of people time interacting with patients during their procedures (which there are a lot of) and you will interact with other doctors, PAs, techs, and students quite a bit if you like. If you don’t mind me asking, how do you feel about CRNAs? I was afraid I would miss diagnosing and treating patients and be mistreated by surgeons. I'm curious about comparing the isolated risks of each. Patient coded after the surgeon lacerated the inferior vena cava and failed to control the bleeding? But it’s also a highly complicated and specialized aspect of medicine, sporting a long history and a significant role in many operations. Share on Reddit. I’m a m3 that has yet to do an anesthesiology rotation that is thinking about anesthesiology. In other cases, a particular drug might not be contraindicated, but the chosen plan must take into account unique dangers. large surgeries always carry risks. Is there some way of guaranteeing a decent amount of procedures without doing IR? Additionally, I noticed the burnout rate is quite high (about the same as EM, which is frankly terrifying). even in well controlled environments, the way the body reacts to having any invasion is really dependent on the individual. A third compound is very critical. That was not necessary for me today, fortunately. Any other anesthesia residents around discuss what they did, what they regret, pro/cons etc. However, if you want recognition and gratitude from your patients, if you want to be able to diagnose and practice clinical medicine, you might not like anaesthesia. --- LIKE AND I WILL UPLOAD MORE REDDIT STORIES! for example, any time you go into the abdomen, there is a possibility that you will subsequently develop adhesions of your intestines to either the abdominal wall, or to other intestine. 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