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We are 30 minutes - from the time that you are paged. That includes time to change. Must be in scrubs and ready to accept patient in 30 minutes. The hospital across the street has a 20 minute resonse time, but that is to punch in, not to be changed. So, it all evens out between the two. It is forgivable if you are a few minutes late and it does not delay the procedure.
We are a small rural hospital in Ohio, ans for us it's 20 minutes.
That's call-to-clock time, normally it's only a fews mins. more to dress then set up starts.
On an average. I'd say 30-35 mins from time of call to pt's bedside,
We do not cover sections, other than the on call scrub tech, who is often called in on nights and week ends to first assist.
Years ago one of our people was in a wreck hurrying back in for a case that, in retrospect wasn't that big of an emergency.
Since then most of us try to keep things in perspective when coming in.
Mike
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what is the time that you are expected to make it back to the hospital when on call and called in for a case?