# BRAIN SURGERY

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Yeah, right.. like you know how to do brain surgery on Extraterrestrial being from other stars or maybe even galaxies... Still, it's probably a good idea to sterlize the wound with povidone iodide solution and check cat scans and xrays one more time before entering the brain. In humans you never had to anesthetize the brain because it does not contain any pain receptors. Only the skin needs to be anesthetized.
Bleeding blood vessels are sealed with an electric cauterizing scalpel. "This is remarkable," you think to yourself. In Humans this kind of bleeding is almost always fatal. Gently separating the folds of the Extraterrestrial brain you find your way to a fragment of.. what is it??? It looks like metal but is extremely lightweight. It glows / flickers with a bright blue light. As you exit from the wound you wonder what the blue fragment is and who these Extraterrestrial beings are...
The wound is then closed with dissolving sutures.

Things to do:
Cauterize bleeding blood vessels
Change inhation gas mixture and respiration
Change Blood Pressure
Establish an intravenous line
Examine for infection
General anesthetic
Local anesthetic
Obtain CAT scans
Obtain samples for pathologic examination and drug sensitivity tests
Obtain X-rays
Open skull for access to brain
Perform brain surgery
Remove body fluid from cavity
Remove fragment of spaceship from tissue
Splice and reconstruct skeleton
Sterilize skin with povidone iodide solution
Suture and reconnect vital organs
Treatment History
Members of the surgical team
Examine patient / Status report
Electronic mail
Return to first page
Quit and return to BBS