The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA.
J Vasc Surg. 2010 Apr;51(4):1033-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.01.036.
The chief of surgery finds a recently boarded vascular surgeon, Dr B.R. Ash, on the couch in the doctor's lounge where a resident is trying to awaken him for permission to start the elective schedule. Dr Ash had finished an arduous all-nighter emergency case less than an hour ago and mumbles for the resident to proceed. The chief surgeon knows that the case about to be started is a type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair to be followed by a carotid endarterectomy.
外科主任发现刚接班的血管外科医生 B.R. 阿什博士躺在医生休息室的沙发上，一位住院医师正试图叫醒他以获得开始择期手术的许可。阿什博士不到一个小时前刚完成了一个艰难的通宵急诊手术，他含糊不清地告诉住院医师继续进行。外科主任知道即将开始的手术是 IV 型胸腹主动脉瘤修复，随后是颈动脉内膜切除术。
