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. Bleeding always stops.
Nothing is uglier than a code in the radiology suite.
Low risk, but not no risk. The patient who can t be intubated should be intubated. Inspirational Aphorisms Character is behavior when no one is watching. Fall in love with what you do for a living. Act as though failing is impossible.