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[MuseRider]

18. I think this is a common misconception.

Who do you think keeps you alive while the masterful surgeon does his routine, by the book, 100 times a year boring surgery? Not putting surgeons down but have you ever been in surgery as something other than the patient? Most of it is tedious, everyday work. You can read about all kinds of surgeries and they all come with a set of instructions. It mainly only gets hairy if something is different that they did not know about or something goes wrong that they did not expect. Yes, even in brain surgery. This is not meant to put surgeons down. Oncologists, same. Dermatologists, same. You can go down and get bad having nothing at all to do with the exact surgery you are having and the anesthesiologist might or will be the only one to notice and get you back. Everyone in surgery has a job and they are all important, even the nurse who makes certain everything stays sterile and hand equipment to the surgeon. Same will all the other practices.

I stuck mainly with surgery because of what I was reading above. This is experience from a nurse who spent time in surgeries. They guy standing outside the room to go fetch or take out samples is also very important.