<p>She wasn’t in there with just the attending whole time…her’s was a scheduled surgery. It’s just when the gunshot arrived half the team left. Nope just a mere MS3. lol That’s why the coolness factor. I really don’t know if it was “just two”. There may well have been other docs around, just not on her team And she’d have mentioned if the patient died since she spent some time talking to the family.</p>
<p>She was just in the right place at the right time to get to do something more than hold the retractor.</p>
<p>A bovie cauterizes/burns stuff–so when they slice, and little vessels running perpendicular to the slice start bleeding and filling the field with blood, the bovie holder zaps them so they stop bleeding. It’s a delightful sizzle and smell (akin to branding); almost as enjoyable as using the bone striker (=saw). (that was sarcasm)</p>
<p>agree with kristin. im on head/neck right now. so many things in such a tiny space. i eagerly await upper and lower limbs after my head neck exam on mon</p>
<p>curm (and others): first assist is the one standing next to the dr. assisting. Usually it is a resident but can be a student or nurse. Sounds like your D has the calling to be a surgeon!</p>
<p>When my D had her 3rd year rotation in surgery and now this year as a 4th year in plastic surgery and now general surgery audition rotations, she calls me just so excited. I haven’t seen her so “over the moon” in years, probably since high school or early college years. You know they are on the right path when you hear that level of excitement.</p>
<p>S had same level of excitement during his surgery rotation. Now in his first year of surgical residency we mostly hear about how tired he is…he recently had a procedure that began at 1PM and ended at 4 AM…</p>
<p>He obviously loves what he is doing and is getting rave reviews from his attendings and the Med students he oversees which I am sure helps to make up for the beating that a surgery residency is but I can tell how tired he is just by hearing him speak.</p>
<p>Day 1- surgery rotation, hour 2: “hmm, you have a break in your orientation, lets see who is operating” Perforated bowel: “cool”</p>
<p>Apparently the focus is on getting the student to scrub in on as many ‘cool’ surgeries as possible, if they are scheduled for one procedure and a cooler one comes up they will be shifted to the cool one. DD likes the attitude.</p>
<p>lol. I don’t even know what it means. Came by text. Next text. “Will call . We need to talk about careers.” Jeebus. I sure hope it involves being a doctor. ;)</p>
<p>@curmudgeon: What med. school does your daughter go to? I’m in high school, but I’m still undecided, so I was wondering about how your daughter got interested in medical sciences.</p>
<p>Foodlover, which med school anyone attends is not really critical to your process. Your best chance will be your state school (unless you are in CA!), then you may apply to other schools, too, but the reasons for choosing them are quite personal.</p>
<p>Look at the main page of the pre-med topic forum and read the stickies, they will give you a great starting point to understand the process.</p>
<p>Each person’s motivation, interest and journey will be different. I have 2 children–one in med school and one who will <crosses fingers=""> be going in a year and a half. Although they lived in the same house with the same parents, grew up together, went to the same elementary/middle/high schools, even had some of the same teachers etc., their motivation to study medicine and the path each followed to medical school has been very different.</crosses></p>
<p>You can read about the process and educate yourself about the generalities, but the path to med school will be your own unique journey.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks. I’m just not sure because there are so many jobs out there!! Yes, I have heard that going to state med. schools are better!! Again, thanks!!</p>
Too " neuro". Likes part of it but…</p>