Wah, i didn't post for a day you guys kutuk us anaes people nicely... hahaha. Hmmm, answering to Mr. Docter, for a medical student going for anaes posting, the bread and butter of our discipline is physiology. Especially Respiratory Physiology and Cardiovascular Physiology. It's good to learn the common drugs used in emergency and familiarize yourself with the protocols in managing common emergencies like cardiac arrest, etc... also brush up on your CPR skills. Anaes is fun!

Haha, for the rest of you guys... We only go for 'tea breaks' usually for cases under Spinal Anaesthesia when the patient is still awake and spontaneously breathing. This also we will always leave either an anaes house officer or another MO colleague. We take staggered breaks la! We don't usually leave patient unattended wan wei... dunno about your facility, maybe they too terror already, so slumber.

As for playing with Ipad... someone sponsor me an Ipad first la! The next thing is you can't expect our eyes to be glued to the monitor for a 6 hour laparotomy right? Look at the monitor until go crazy... Thats why we rely on our ears as well... We listen to the tone of the SpO2 beeping to tell us whether 100 or dropping to 99, 90 etc... Then when the automated BP give us the beep, then we will look up to note the BP lor... Alarms are our friends in anaes. I usually will take a medical book and read lor during these times. Never can learn too much one.

Hope you guys have a better understanding and acceptance of us poor group of misunderstood doctors who are force to sit in the cold ICU and OT all day long...