tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post5733064349790827534..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: Cats vs. Dogs, ADNs. vs. BSNs, and the Ultimate O.R. Conflict: Burners vs. KnottersOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-72608721830776610162018-02-07T18:01:06.597-08:002018-02-07T18:01:06.597-08:00Modern Bovies come in bread box sized little boxes...Modern Bovies come in bread box sized little boxes and have all kinds of high tech features and use those tiny little pre gelled grounding pads that can be easily applied and removed. Toward the end of my life in the OR we began using Valleylab electorcautery units. We still called them "Bovies" but something was missing. I think I missed that deep pitched resonant humming as those old washing machine sized Bovies went about their business. I guess it's like comparing a modern Toyota Corolla to a 1950s logging truck.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-87881732064685863192018-02-07T14:02:02.181-08:002018-02-07T14:02:02.181-08:00These are some of the Bovies available today
htt...These are some of the Bovies available today<br /> <br />http://www.boviemedical.com/cauteries/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-20038520614352484222018-02-04T15:51:03.783-08:002018-02-04T15:51:03.783-08:00Reading your blog is a real treat for me as someon...Reading your blog is a real treat for me as someone who trained in the early 1970's (January 1975 I started training) - I feel positively archaic now! When I tell modern nurses how things were back then they look at me as if I lived in the Dark Ages... so it's quite comforting to read a blog by someone who knew much the same times as I did! Cheers, Sue.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-64902864538239535942018-02-03T18:07:12.661-08:002018-02-03T18:07:12.661-08:00Thanks Sue, but at my age I have more foolishness ...Thanks Sue, but at my age I have more foolishness than knowledge!<br /><br />We always referred to surgeons as "Dr" here in the US, but I can see why some surgeons might prefer "Mr" as a way to differentiate themselves form internal medicine MDs.<br /><br />Surgeons believed they were in a special category and above other physicians because by their way of reasoning, they actually did something. My favorite surgeon, Dr. Slambow could make the convincing argument that hospitals should only treat trauma surgery patients.<br /><br />As an oldfoolrn, I've been on the receiving end of several surgeries and surgeons of today are definitely different than the old school docs of yesteryear. Modern surgeons are more patient centered and are very approachable compared to the old ones. Often times, Dr. Slambow refused contact with the patient's family and delegated communication with them to the circulator. I cannot imagine that happening today.<br /><br />Thanks for being such a loyal reader.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-66770698572613418642018-02-03T04:48:53.025-08:002018-02-03T04:48:53.025-08:00I'm off topic here OFRN but I was browsing you...I'm off topic here OFRN but I was browsing your older posts and came across March 2016 where you have a video of a surgeon dealing with a man with acute injuries to his limbs and you comment that modern doctors are so much more approachable in their manner than many of the old time ones were. I felt this was so true I had to comment...<br /><br />I don't know if you had the rule that we here in Australia had, that a surgeon had to be referred to by the title "Mr" not EVER "Dr". If you ever accidentally used the wrong title you were castigated in no uncertain terms by an outraged surgeon who belittled you in front of everyone, staff and public alike... Many of them stayed very aloof. Some of them were terrifying to junior staff.<br /><br />The young medical officer in your video reminded me of the American registrars we had here and the young Australian surgeons we have now - so much less hierarchical in their approach and thankfully the awful "Mr" business has long gone...<br /><br />Thank you as a while away a period of insomnia by browsing through your posts! Always interesting... I never did more than my six weeks in OR back in my training days so I am in awe of your knowledge!<br /><br />Cheers from Sue<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-29680073293699493462018-02-01T22:03:51.459-08:002018-02-01T22:03:51.459-08:00And the Burners were exactly why I could never hav...And the Burners were exactly why I could never have become an OR nurse... one of the few scents I couldn't tolerate!!<br />Give me a Code Brown anytime over a Bovie stench...bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.com