Surgical quipps

Assisted for 2 x 3-4 hr sessions of surgery today.
Reminded of a few things

• Its surprising how quickly one gets use to breathing with a surgical mask on. First time I had it on, I remember feeling like I was suffocating... and get that dejavu feeling if I don it on again after months of absence
• I spend a lot of time wriggling my nose under the mask - Asian noses, no bridges.. difficult fit.
• Rather than turn away to cough, one should cough into the mask so the "germs" fly out the side "vents" and not into the patient.
• Even with eye protection, its still hard to keep from flinching when blood is splurting towards ur eye.
• You can feel EVERY itch on ur face when you're scrubbed in and cant scratch.
• EVERY ITCH
• R u scratching now?