ashifer22

After being in an OR internship for 6 months, I went on the 11-9 shift where we do a bit of everything. A little after a month I was asked if I wanted to join the liver transplant team. I was trained to scrub and circulate. We do liver call, so it is on top of my regular shift. Most of transplants except kidneys are done by a call team. My best advice would be to talk to the transplant manager or heart/thoracic manger and let them know of your interest. Also, if you're interested in livers, request to be assigned to kidney transplants. You'll get better acquainted with the doctors, sutures, and some instruments. Probably the same goes for hearts and lungs.

Acceptable or not? With our computer system you don't technically "sign" the chart until the end of the case, so is it wrong to prior to a case charting basics such as who will be in the room, what kind of anesthesia it is, wound class, where the pt is coming from and going to, what the serial numbers for the bovie is, etc? Times when you are pressured for a quick turn over or the case will be very fast and you have a bit of time before the case starts, why not chart those misc items? Just wanted hear thoughts from others. Thanks.

That is correct about Bard manufacturer advising NOT to pre-inflate balloons. When they are inflated that creates tons of little cracks that is a medium for bacteria and going from a dirty to clean area it is a risk for infection.