On Call Life #1

So I'm getting supplies for an oxygenator changeout when I get a page saying "patient coding, need ECMO now". I run up to the unit and its a madhouse in the patient room. The other surgeon won't get here in time so I had to scrub in with the fellow to put this patient on. Everyone is stressed and anxious. The fellow and I are barking out orders. We ask the RN for clamps for the tubing. The RN says "Take the big ones, the small ones doesn't work as well." And with precision timing I replied, "That's what she said." The entire room burst out laughing. Tension eased. Patient lives. #OnCallLife