…run over by a ten wheeler truck

My OR experience was really different….its kinda typical in a not so typical way….

…first exposure was purely observation..Do- not- touch- anything- just- watch Rule pervaded the entire OR..intended specifically for us student nurses…fine with me.

Next, we were given schedules on who to go on DR first, OR first…the rest will just have to observe…still fine with me.

I decided to observe inside the OR instead of the DR…i was more fascinated with scalpels, retractors, kelly clamps than dilating cervixes(….eww)…there was C-section going on..every one of us were tensed( students are always tensed…agree?)….when the neonate was lifted from the womb and placed on the waiting crib, my Ci was telling the one who was about to do cord dressing to bring the baby fast to the DR room to be suctioned( the DR was in the next room )..and so everyone was on their feet…..busy…busy…busy…. 

Still observing..I followed my Ci and and another student to the DR..i wanted to see the baby being suctioned and cord dressed….while in the DR, my Ci suddenly asked me to go back hurriedly to the OR to retrieve the baby’s information sheet which the student in charge forgot to bring with her…and so i went,..hurriedly..(being aware about cold stress and the desire to impress my Ci with fast moves)..i literally ran from one room to the other…then…WHAM!…as i was about to open the OR door..i hit the anesthesiologist right in the face…not fine.

No one spoke for a moment…then as i was about to blurt out my sincerest apologies….he screamed at me…ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME???!!!…..(fyi: I’M 5′ TALL, 42 KLS, SMALL-BONED, petite and cute)…..and he screams at me as if he has just been run over by a speeding ten wheeler truck….KILL HIM?..

I wish i had….

Didn’t apologize…

Apologies are meant for humans..

Not raving animals called over acting Anesthesiologists.