Anesthesiologist: "Where's the blood pressure cuff? The leads
aren't on the patient. Here, put the pulse ox on. Hold the mask on."
Let's see: You're the anesthesia provider. I'm just the circulator.
Surgeon: "Paula and I have a strange and wonderful
relationship — she's strange and I'm wonderful."
One of my favorite orthopedic surgeons would say that to a patient
every time I circulated for him. It was the same joke every time. If I
heard it once, I heard it a thousand times. For some reason though, I
always laughed.
OSM
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