Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I offer the thought, again from first hand experience, that drinking a lot of strong coffee prior to scrubbing in at surgery is that what-goes-in-must-come-out... Coffee is a diuretic and having to take a leak during surgery is not always convenient. Think of the hassle of speeding down the hall to a rest room that might not be convenient and that scrubs do not have zippered flys.... I have known surgeons who catheterized themselves prior to long surgeries... no, really! drink minimal coffee prior to visiting the OR! cheers Jack McLain Tucson, AZ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Shooting question - an Operating Room > Yes - the coffee sits for hours at a time making it truly MUD. It is > free though. I once selected which hospital in town to concentrate my > activities at by the free-ness of the coffee. One hospital lost out > because they prohibited you from taking coffee out of the dinning room > up to the patient floors! It wasn't a quality hospital anyway but that > was the last straw. Now it is common to see me do rounds with coffee > in hand - it may not be proper etiquette but I tell patients that they > definitely do NOT want me caring for them without the coffee on board :) > > ernie > On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 12:40 PM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 9/24/03 8:31:28 AM, enitka@twcny.rr.com writes: > > > > << My cure was to have black coffee ( preferrably from a Bunn-o-Matic) > > circulating well before hand. >> > > > > In my perambulations in hospitals I've noticed that coffee apparatus > > are > > everywhere and the coffee is gratis. On my next visitation I'll bring > > along my M3 > > to document them. And I'm always warned that the coffee they dispense > > is > > horrible. But that doesn't stop staff people from imbibing. I wonder > > how many other > > industries are run on caffeine. > > > > br > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html