Good morning! I work at a hospital.
That's a coincidence, because I work at a hospital too! I'm at a general hospital, and do some work in their emergency department.
Interesting! Are you a doctor or a nurse?
I'm actually a medical researcher. So I spend most of my time interacting with the medical and nursing staff at the hospital, and using medical equipment.
What kinds of things do you research?
Most of my research is on wide-awake surgery. It's an interesting area!
That's cool, can you tell me more about wide-awake surgery?
Basically, it's surgery without general anesthesia, sedation, or tourniquet. Just some local freezing. It sounds scary, but patients love it.
That's really interesting! How does the freezing work?
Just like a dentist's freezing. My hospital is a teaching hospital, so there are a lot of medical students. It makes them nervous when patients start talking during surgery!