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CUTTING REMARKS
John D. Kelly IV, MD
Will the OR Drama Ever End?
One big, happy family in the OR? Yeah, right.
S
ome days
there's more
drama in my
operating room than
on the set of General
Hospital.
Interpersonal conflicts. Mood disorders.
Love affairs starting up
and flaming out. And
that's when everyone's
in good spirits and has
taken their medications. Some reruns
never get old.
DRAMA-FREE ZONE? There's a reason the
OR is known as the operating "theatre."
• Lunch relief. One of our scrub techs is notorious for returning several
minutes late after his allotted hour off for lunch. This guy will be late
for his own funeral. Some scrubs tolerate his tardiness, but others
demonstrate angry responses, ranging from quiet complaining to outright rage. On one occasion I had to nearly call security when a scrub
expressed abject fury. The 2 principles almost came to blows. I had to
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