I'm on call for 72 hours every 6th weekend, so technically, if there is an emergency case that goes for 24 hours, I'm supposed to stay. But usually for situations like that, my coworkers will voluntarily take over for a few hours so I can have a break even though they're not on call. For safety reasons of course, I speak up if I get exhausted and usually we can figure something out.
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Reply to How do shifts work on really long medical operations? by TerjiD
I'm on call for 72 hours every 6th weekend, so technically, if there is an emergency case that goes for 24 hours, I'm supposed to stay. But usually for situations like that, my coworkers will voluntarily take over for a few hours so I can have a break even though they're not on call. For safety reasons of course, I speak up if I get exhausted and usually we can figure something out.