"Who wants to be anesthetized and monitored by someone who is checking his e-mail?"
But it's an epidemic. Everybody's addicted to their gadgets nowadays, says anesthesologist Peter J. Papadakos, MD, the director of critical care at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.
"When you come onto the surgical wing, you pass the unit secretary who is texting on her smartphone, then the nurse, who is surfing the Web, then the resident, who is gaming on his tablet," he says.
This is harsh, but think of holding a cell phone to your ear like holding a gun to your patient's head. OSM
