Experience comes from bad judgment. There are old anesthesiologists and bold anesthesiologists, but no old, bold anesthesiologists. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. There is no such thing as a little anesthesia. It s hard to kill a breathing patient.
Disease waits for no one.
First, do no harm. When you have a problem with regional anesthesia, it s not the wand, it s the magician. The laryngoscope is a tool, not a weapon. You can lead a surgeon to the sink, but you can t make him scrub. It s not the blood loss you can see that will get you, it s the blood loss you can t see.