As a PGY-4, I have two months on the cardiothoracic anesthesia service at Texas Heart Institute (THI) and just finished my first on a memorable note. I was on call yesterday and had the privilege of working alongside an incredible clinical fellow to do a heart transplant case. This is…
During this break, I set a goal to complete the TrueLearn Anesthesiology question bank and just finished a few hours ago! I also reached some important milestones in gaming: This staycation has flown by, and now I’m staring down the barrel of returning to an in-house call shift tomorrow. Overall,…
I just got back from running around Hermann Park and witnessed the “phenomenon” that Pokémon Go has become. I easily passed a hundred park-goers glued to their smartphones surrounding landmarks in large groups. I’ll admit that back in middle school, I collected and traded Pokémon cards because, well, it was…
I’m finished with my first call shift as a senior resident. The shift itself was rather uneventful, so I had a chance to study and set up the operating rooms for today’s cases.
It’s my first “real” day back on the job, and this time as a senior resident. I’m happy to be back among the cardiothoracic anesthesiologists at Texas Heart Institute which initially spurred my interest in this wonderful subspeciality. Although I thoroughly enjoyed the last three months of pediatric anesthesiology, I…
Another July, another transition to the next academic year of my training. I’m now finished with my CA-2 year and entering my final year as an anesthesiology resident physician (CA-3, otherwise known as PGY-4) serving as one of the chief residents of our program.
A final second-call shift tomorrow stands between me and completing this three month rotation in pediatric anesthesiology. What an experience its been!
I’m finished with my very last in-house call as a CA-2 (PGY-3 resident), and it was a grueling one indeed! The calls on this pediatric anesthesia rotation have progressively become more demanding as everyone is out on summer break wanting to get their elective surgeries done early. From my end,…
Total intravenous anesthetics (TIVAs) are awesome. For cases involving neurophysiologic monitoring like motor evoked potentials (MEPs), TIVAs become necessary as volatile anesthetics (ie, anesthesia “gases”) will alter the monitoring. I wanted to share an anesthetic recipe of sorts which has worked great for several idiopathic scoliosis repairs I’ve done on…
I’ve always been unorthodox with regards to my sleeping habits. I tend to stay awake post-call to study, complete chores, and pursue hobbies. After staying awake for 36+ hours, I fall asleep that night with all of my work done. On “regular nights”, I sleep 4-6 hours, caffeinate/hydrate in the…