Short YouTube-video transcript of a conversation between Robert Whitfield MD and a patient/participant named Danica about pre-surgery rituals and reassurance. The surgeon emphasizes the importance of surgeon confidence and experience (noting ~20,000 cases) in calming patients; Danica responds with common patient worries about dying during surgery.
About 20,000 cases.
Everybody asked me every morning, Danica, before surgery, did I sleep well? Of course. All right. And nobody's excited about it.
The last thing I say to my.
Doctors, please.
Take good care of me.
Right? I mean, because.
If that's going to make them try harder.
Right. And, like, just. Just so you know, after doing, like, 20,000 cases, if I can't operate on you or I slept or not, you shouldn't have chosen me.
Right. The only thing that's going to happen is I croak while it happens. That's the only thing that's going to stop this from going well.
Yeah, I'm good. Don't worry about me.
Yeah, you talked about fast transfer, and I've heard about that, too.
