Who you are: You are an F2 in Vascular Surgery.

Who the patient is: Mrs. Sarah Khan, a 60 year old woman. She has undergone an Aorta-femoral bypass graft in her lower limb due to vascular insufficiency that caused calf pain. She was shifted to the recovery room, after the operation. Your nurse colleague noticed that she was bleeding heavily into the drain, a few hours after the operation. She was given six units of blood products. Your colleagues all scrubbed in to the theatre. She was taken to the theatre for re-exploration. Her husband has come to the hospital to see his wife.

What you should do: Talk to her husband and explain what has happened and address his concerns. There was no error in surgery. This is a known complication of the surgery. Consent from Mrs. Khan has been taken to talk to her husband.