This started out after the /r/todayilearned post regarding chloroform's slow action and someone in the link mentioned halothane. After that, I quickly found sevoflurane, isoflurane and desflurane, and I realised that all these anaesthetic agents contain halogens. Why is that?
Khurram Saleem Khan, Ivan Hayes, and Donal J Buggy Pharmacology of anaesthetics II: inhalation anaesthetic agents Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain first published online September 25, 2013 doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkt038
Background: in the UK its very common to have an anaesthetic room with a ventilator and all where a patient gets induced in, then disconnected and quickly transfered to another connecting room (the theatre) with another ventilator and reconnected to.
I have heard that in the states and other countries this is not the case and induction just happens in the operating theatre. I have never worked in the USA however.
Other than the benefit of having a less noisy enviorment for inducing agent, what are the other benefits of doing it this way?
I just feel like its a waste of money to pay for 2 anaesthetic machines when everything could be done with one machine.
Edit: thanks for the amazing answers!
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
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Dear Dr Eastley,
I'm afraid to say I was disappointed, but unsurprised, to receive your letter of resignation. As you know, we take the emotional well-being of our research teams very seriously at IPSET.
However, I want you to know that the threats you made, both legal and otherwise, prompted us to take recourse. I felt it would be prudent to remind you of a few truths. As much as I accept that I am the, as you put it, "bastard that dragged (you) into all this shit", it would be wise to remember the reality of the events you rather childishly refuse to accept responsibility for.
Firstly, your enlistment with IPSET. Nobody forced your hand to sign the contract. Yes, I do accept that under the circumstances you were somewhat incentivised to do so. However, as you frequently pointed out in your letter, "(you) would rather die than work another day for (us) freaks". I'd like to remind you that when given the freedom to choose between death and IPSET, you chose IPSET. We cannot be held responsible for you feeling you made the wrong decision after the fact.
Secondly, your tenure in the nursery of the North Sea Facility. As per procedure, you were given a full brief of the acidity of the larval-stage Entity-0090 secretions. I have seen the safety video myself. Human Resources could not have been clearer about the need to maintain a 19ft radius at all times. I don't care how often you repeated yourself in your letter, but "(we) didn't tell (you) they could fucking talk" isn't an excuse. I have seen the footage of the incident. I do accept that your injuries looked painful, however, IPSET holds no responsibility for your inability to resist telesuggestive speech patterns.
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It really does, I swear!
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Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
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A play on words.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
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What did 0 say to 8 ?
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Hi,
Hopefully someone knows the answer. My senior cat needs some dental work for gingivitis and plaque/tartar. Just trying to research everything. I understand gas anaesthesia is safer then injectables.
My question is, when using a gas version, is that all they use or is an injectable sedative also used?
I am in the UK (England) if that makes a difference
Many thanks
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
When I got home, they were still there.
Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
