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!
RNOTODAY, BSN, RN 1,116 Posts Specializes in NICU, ER, OR. Has 18 years experience. Jul 20, 2010 lap chole, 2o min skin to skin
goats'r'us, ASN, RN 307 Posts Jul 20, 2010 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?
Editorial Team / Admin Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN 6 Articles; 11,430 Posts Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development. Has 18 years experience. Jul 20, 2010 appy- 15 min skin to skintrofix- 8 min skin to skinlap chole- 18 min skin to skinlap colon resection- 62 minNot having students/residents- priceless!
#1rnstudent 157 Posts Specializes in orthopaedics, perioperative. Jul 20, 2010 ORIF wrist 6.5 hourscervical decompression and fusion with instrumentation 10 hours (went beyond my shift!) nothing is ever short where I work LOL
Libitina 144 Posts Specializes in Obs & gynae theatres. Jul 21, 2010 Conversely Abdo Hyst - 6 hours LAVH - 3.5 hours
canesdukegirl, BSN, RN 8 Articles; 2,543 Posts Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management. Has 14 years experience. Jul 24, 2010 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!
goats'r'us, ASN, RN 307 Posts Aug 1, 2010 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.
goats'r'us, ASN, RN 307 Posts Aug 22, 2010 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.
RNOTODAY, BSN, RN 1,116 Posts Specializes in NICU, ER, OR. Has 18 years experience. Jan 18, 2019 On 7/22/2010 at 9:53 PM, NurseLumpia said:lap appy 13#HOURS!!!???
