Gentle Giants

Anesthesiologists are the ultimate Gentle-Giants. Proud, imposing, and typically tall, these men (for now they are still typically male, but that's changing...) usually towers over you with intimating amount of practical knowledge and just waiting to burn you with their pimping questions whenever the patient is asleep. When you work with a staff anesthesiologist, you know you're going to be pimped (for there is often nothing else to do during cases). However, it is interesting that they are often quite gentle in manners. They are in the business of pain-relieving, and their voices and tone reflects the quiet calm that they possess under all circumstances. They always address a patient with the most sensitive voices, and their questions always geared towards removing fear and suffering. Even when their actions are quick and precise, they are often still soft and gentle. I watched, as my staff slid in the spinal needle with his delicate fingers, or as he located the exact location of a peripheral nerve under ultrasound-guidance. You look at them and it's as if they would want you to be macho about things. But instead, they constantly remind you, be gentle, be very gentle. 

Interesting people they are. 

And on that topic, I'm 1 for 3 for spinals. Gotta do better.