Ten tasks in theatre
BMJ 2007; 334 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0705197 (Published 01 May 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;334:0705197
- Allan B Lee, intern1,
- Kelvin K Lim, intern2
- 1St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Scrub-The first difference you will notice as a junior doctor on a surgical rotation is that you can scrub for most procedures because you are a part of the team. When the operating theatre is full you can smile smugly at the unscrubbed students standing around the periphery. Be sure to scrub well, and be in theatre gowned and gloved before your boss.
Hand over instruments-It takes a lot of practice to hand instruments from the scrub nurse to the surgeon or the other way. Speed and optimising the angle with which you pass the instrument so that it fits the surgeon's hand perfectly, not dropping it are the main challenges in this …
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