emergency cases - what's your record?

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what's your record?

I recently did a caesarean where we went from knife to skin to baby out in under a minute. I was also involved in a DHS that took seven minutes from first incision to final suture. I'd love to hear about other peoples speed surgeries!

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Specializes in NICU, ER, OR.

lap chole, 2o min skin to skin

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forgot to add, would also love to hear about your marathon efforts on traditionally quick cases - we did a 4 hour pacemaker the other day.

20 minute lap chole is pretty impressive!! for extra points, did you do an intra-op cholangiogram?

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

appy- 15 min skin to skin

trofix- 8 min skin to skin

lap chole- 18 min skin to skin

lap colon resection- 62 min

Not having students/residents- priceless!

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Specializes in Obs & gynae theatres.

LAVH 24 mins from kts

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Specializes in orthopaedics, perioperative.

ORIF wrist 6.5 hours

cervical decompression and fusion with instrumentation 10 hours (went beyond my shift!)

nothing is ever short where I work LOL :jester:

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Specializes in Obs & gynae theatres.

Conversely Abdo Hyst - 6 hours

LAVH - 3.5 hours :uhoh3:

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Specializes in MedSurg (Ortho), OR.

lap appy 13

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

I worked with a surgeon in a private hospital who did 6 (yes, SIX) total joint replacements in an 8 hour shift...routinely!

I also worked with a surgeon who did a Gamma Nail in 24 minutes, skin to skin. WOW!

Knee scope-4 minutes...with debridement!

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new one: three hour cancellation! Patient on the table at 2, then an emergency in recovery, so anaesthetist had to go out there, then there was a query about his post op destination, then waiting on test results... cancelled him at 5pm.

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I worked with a surgeon in a private hospital who did 6 (yes, SIX) total joint replacements in an 8 hour shift...routinely!

I've got one of these guys too. on a half day lust he'll have two or three joints and usually something else as well.

I did a case once where I scrubbed for a joint, got the patient out and the next one in, then went to go for morning tea. As I was leaving the theatre, I was asked to go help another theatre get going because they hadn't even had kts on their first patient.

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Specializes in NICU, ER, OR.
On 7/22/2010 at 9:53 PM, NurseLumpia said:

lap appy 13

#HOURS!!!???

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