Quote: Griff @ June 25 2009, 5:03 PM BSTPM-ing you so that the whole thing doesn't get stirred up again.
Too late!
Even the word 'presentation' makes me want to lock myself in the toilets and cry.
Blimey. I've got to do a presentation! Page 4
Quote: zooo @ June 25 2009, 5:05 PM BSTToo late!
Even the word 'presentation' makes me want to lock myself in the toilets and cry.
Kinky.
Quote: zooo @ June 25 2009, 5:05 PM BSTEven the word 'presentation' makes me want to lock myself in the toilets and cry.
I had to do a presentation about the film 'Shaft' once.
Quote: Griff @ June 25 2009, 5:12 PM BSTThe new one or the old one?
Old.
I had to a presentation a while back on "second gas effect" in anaesthetics and its relationship to partial pressue settings of oxygen, nitrous oxide and isoflurane/sevoflurane during induction of sleep: referencing estimated and actual MAC (mean alveolar concentration) and its implications in pulmonary mismatch syndromes.
It was a brilliant opportunity to slip a few cheeky gags, as you can imagine.
Quote: Griff @ June 25 2009, 5:05 PM BSTcertain posters who only come on here to dish out lies and abuse and remain unwarned.
How do you know they've not been warned? You all complained like unfed children when I, rightly or wrongly, warned the aforementioned people in public. You can't have it both ways.
I've had to do a presentation recently too. It went okay.
I dissaprove of people being nasty to other people, and condemnation of it should apply to everyone.
Me and Chip are happy bunnies. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ June 25 2009, 5:21 PM BSTI had to a presentation a while back on "second gas effect" in anaesthetics and its relationship to partial pressue settings of oxygen, nitrous oxide and isoflurane/sevoflurane during induction of sleep: referencing estimated and actual MAC (mean alveolar concentration) and its implications in pulmonary mismatch syndromes.
It was a brilliant opportunity to slip a few cheeky gags, as you can imagine.
Is it true some people (despite weight and size) are harder to knock out than others and tolerate anaesthesia better? I've had local with sedation and hated it, because I could remember stuff and kept talking, whereas other people just go to sleep. I also recover quickly from generals.
Quote: Tim Walker @ June 25 2009, 5:22 PM BSTMe and Chip are happy bunnies.
Chip likes to have a go at me too. I think he only does it to the people he likes.
Quote: Griff @ June 25 2009, 5:25 PM BSTI heard that gingers are rubbish at being anaesthetised. Is that true, Dr.Tim?
It's because of the melanin. Eating pineapples before can help.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ June 25 2009, 5:25 PM BSTChip likes to have a go at me too. I think he only does it to the people he likes.
He must f**king love me then...
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ June 25 2009, 5:24 PM BSTIs it true some people (despite weight and size) are harder to knock out than others and tolerate anaesthesia better? I've had local with sedation and hated it, because I could remember stuff and kept talking, whereas other people just go to sleep. I also recover quickly from generals.
Every person is different in their reaction to anaesthesia etc. Modern monitoring means that "awareness" of surgery during general anaesthesia is very, very rare. I've knocked-out thousands and never had a case of awareness. I'm mostly of the opinion that, unless general anaesthesia is going to be very unsafe, if a patient is unhappy to be aware during a local anaesthetic procedure, it is better to just put them to sleep than to risk poor sedation. However, how effective sedation also will depend on the experience of the person administering it. If you had been sedated by an experienced anaesthetist (as opposed to one of the surgeons,) you probably would have had a nice light snooze and not remember the procedure afterwards.
Quote: Griff @ June 25 2009, 5:25 PM BSTI heard that gingers are rubbish at being anaesthetised. Is that true, Dr.Tim?
There is no evidence that I can think of but... yes, probably they are rubbish. It's just common sense that they are.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ June 25 2009, 5:24 PM BSTIs it true some people (despite weight and size) are harder to knock out than others and tolerate anaesthesia better? I've had local with sedation and hated it, because I could remember stuff and kept talking, whereas other people just go to sleep. I also recover quickly from generals.
Actually your weight does'nt alter the amount of anesthesia you have. When I had my op I thought I would have to have the amount to knock out an Elephant ( herd) but its the same amount actually.
Quote: Griff @ June 25 2009, 5:25 PM BSTI heard that gingers are rubbish at being anaesthetised. Is that true, Dr.Tim?
Gingers are perfectly easy to anaethatise. It's difficult curbing the natural instinctual desire of anethatists to gas them to death.