Do you have specific call for services?

shodobe · Oct 9, 2004

The one hospital I work part-time at has one scrub on call for the hearts and one for neuro. There are still two on general call for all other cases. Now when there is a heart to be done or a neuro case not only does the call scrub person come in, the two general call people also come in. There would be then 3 people called in. The dept thinks 3 people should come in for difficult cases and alleviate any potential problems. The two special call personel ONLY come in for hearts or neuro and not for anything else. Mike

mcmike55 · Oct 16, 2004

We are a small level III trauma hospital in rural Ohio. We run 3 OR's, and we just take general call.

What ever comes in, it's yours!!!

There is also only one anes. doc on call, so we try real hard not to get too tied up doing anything real lengthy in case a stat OB call comes in, etc.

We have one OR RN, one scrub tech, and one PACU RN on call at all times.

We have, occasionally called in off duty personnel, but thank heavens, we haven't had to do that too often.

We don't do heart or neuro by the way, there has been talk over the years, but so far, that's all it is.....talk! :chuckle

kimballina · Oct 19, 2004

I work in a large inner city hospital here in australia which has 22 theatres.In total we have five people on call overnight . One for cardiac, one is for neuro, one is for transplant, and two are for general. The specialities which are considered "high skilled areas" are filled by scrubbed sisters/senior staff. (ie will be scrubbing for the case)This is for cardiac, neuro, and transplant .As for the general call this includes everyone and is done on a rotating basis. I must say this does not always work. For instance the on call person usually does a late shift on their on call days and it is usually then that you need the extra person, but you are counted in the numbers, so the extra on call person is actually on shift !!!!!. So what it means is the on call person has to stay back. Because of the high number of junior/ inexperienced staff, we have only a limited number of people who do cardiac, neuro, and transplant call.I do the transplant call and i must say my life would be much easier if i had another person on call with me . Sometimes you feel like you are always on call!!!!, plus, usually i have put with me a scout that has never seen a hernia let alone a transplant!!!, and it is most frustrating to say the least :uhoh3: .But due to costs involved and the lack of nurses this is the way it shall stay . Sorry for all the whinging!!!!!!!! I hope i answered your question .

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Oct 19, 2004

PACU, orthopedics, neuro, and general all have different people for different call.

Ethel · Oct 19, 2004

We are starting to discuss how to cover certian busy services in our OR. Do you have call for specific services and not just a general call? Do you have dedicated staff to any services other than cardiac?

We have staff on call for Ceasars, eye theatre, ENT, cardiacs. General surgery and orthopedics as well as plastics are covered by the night staff in theatre as well as neuro surgery. The ENT call staff cover Maxillo-facial.