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  1. Please Help...Surg Tech Questions

    zerby1470 replied to JHFaith's topic in Operating Room

    I can help you with a few of these.. 1 & 2. Basic math, ratios etc. For example, doc wants hep lock flush 100 units per CC of injectable saline. You facility is out of flush but does have 1000...

  2. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    zerby1470 replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was a somewhat scheduled induction at 37 weeks - pre-eclampsia. My BP on admission was 228/129. Had gone through the entire pregnancy set on no epidurals, no episiotomy, ambulation during labor,...

  3. The truth about the transition form OR Tech to OR Nurse

    zerby1470 replied to protechterri's topic in Operating Room

    Plus, if you wind up at a community college, look at the course requirements for the ADN, and the AAS for surg. techs. At the school that I went to, nurses and techs both took the same A&P, pharm,...

  4. Nervous About Weekends & Call

    zerby1470 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    My first night of call we got a dissecting AAA, which I had never done or seen. While the team was fastly getting ready to cut, the house charge called in reinforcements, cell saver, notified the...

  5. "Circulating is so easy"

    zerby1470 replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    I think that is a basic definition, although both have more responsibilities than listed. And some hospitals have nurses scrub, and some (though not many) have CST's circulate. I do not believe that...

  6. Another Vaccine Proposed for Kids

    zerby1470 replied to indigo girl's topic in Pediatric

    Thank

  7. Sedation nurse acting as tech too...

    zerby1470 replied to GInurse2007's topic in Gastroenterology

    To me, that seems dangerous. At my facility, we do not do do much RN sedation - most is propofol with a CRNA (whole different debate, not going there), but when we do a sedation, the nurse is never...

  8. longest surgery?

    zerby1470 replied to love2shop's topic in Operating Room

    Leaking AAA, on call. 13 hours, from setup to close. There was no relief available. Thank goodness I didn't need to

  9. Circulators

    zerby1470 replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    Again, I chose what I chose. An orchestra does not perfrom based only on the soloist(the surgeon), but rather on the team as a whole. I am a CST. I am only as good as the team I scrub with, including...

  10. Surgical Techs?

    zerby1470 replied to mgalloLPN's topic in Operating Room

    Surgical techs work in OR's, L&D, outpatient surgical centers, and as private scrubs for doctors. Can you do it at 60? Working as a tech takes a toll on your body, but so does nursing. Lifting,...