I would give the surgeon the benefit of a doubt here. Surgical consents always include some kind of wording about "and indicated procedures" for cases like this where they don't always know what...
This is what we do in my facility and it works great. I like being able to see the patient and assess positioning needs, etc. before setting up the room. After the case the patient is usually...
This just came in the mail today...thanks for the tip! Looked ok on my jawline but I haven't looked at it in the natural light yet. I have red acne marks all over so I'm really rooting for this
Yeah...I think we just don't have the volume to have a dedicated call team since we only get around 4-5 transplants per year. It would just complicate the existing call schedule and be a real pain to...
...you read the news story about the head transplant and think, "You couldn't pay me enough to do that case...that OR is going to be a **** show!" Valery Spiridonov will have his head transplanted...
We do kidney transplants occasionally where I work in peds. If it's a living donor and the case is during the day, they just assign the staff that know how to do it and we don't get paid any...
Foggy14 replied to sweetdreame's topic in Operating Room
I agree with Asprin that a lot of it boils down to respecting our time. The anesthesia provider in my room can really make my day miserable with poor time management and requests that cut into the...