[idiot900]

I'm an anesthesiologist and I cannot imagine taking a picture of a patient, let alone posting it to social media. Even if anonymized.

There is an element of coercion when you ask the patient who is about to place their life in your hands, for consent to do this sort of thing.

[haldujai]

It’s my understanding the plastic surgeons ask after the fact, pre/post photos are taken for the medical record. If the patients are happy at their follow up you ask for consent.

In your situation it does seem coercive to ask beforehand.

[manquer]

it is a power relationship no matter when you are being asked.

you still need good post op care from the doctor after the follow up to , people would tend to consent when their doctor asks

[haldujai]

At the final follow-up (which isn’t very much for aesthetics) not right after the surgery, sorry I wasn’t clear.

[willcipriano]

If anything happened while I was under I'd forever blame the guy who wanted to fool around on social media during a serious event like that.

[bobowzki]

We are quite a few anesthesiologists on HN it seems.

[haldujai]

Is HN the new sudoku? Haha.

[bobowzki]

Haha. Took me a second since anesthesiologists in the Nordics generelly do not stay in the room, but keep 2-3 rooms going and have specialist nurses for monitoring.

[haldujai]

Oh interesting, so you’re only in the room for induction and reversal/extubation?

I trained in Canada where the anesthesiologist stays in the room for the whole case, I joke around with my anesthesia friends that 95% of their day job is playing sudoku or trading stocks haha.

Not sure if the Canadian system is evidence-based or political given what’s happened in the US.

My understanding is the Nordic systems are public? Curious your thoughts as to whether keeping an anesthesiologist in the room for the entire case is inefficient / wasted resources or there is a real safety benefit.

[idiot900]

Same here in the USA, those nurses are called Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.