u/gas_busters

Dumb comment from surgeon - so I’m in acute theatre (anaesthetic trainee) and just finishing a laparotomy- had the usual works going on (TIVA, art line etc ) and as the dressings go on the surgeons (consultant and reg) both ask to brief for the next while the current one is on the table.
I say no and they ask why not (isn’t it self explanatory? but whatever) - I explain why we shouldn’t brief right now (nobody can concentrate properly) . Still they ask for a brief (the next patient is a lap chole who’s been waiting for 3 days by the way) and I say no again.
Then the consultant says ‘well you’re not doing anything anyway so why can’t we’ … hmm just preparing for a safe extubation, no biggie.
Surgeon walks off in a strop (??)