What's the most amazing thing you've seen in the OR?

[familygirlRn]

As a student, I had to work in the OR(well, we call it OT where I'm from).

I worked as a scrub nurse that day. The patient was having a penile cancer removed. I was fine at first, but after I saw that the entire member and scrotum had to be removed, I'd started to loose my nerve .

The doctors noticed that I was starting to sweat, so they tried to talk me through it, (and being that they were males) and joked abit saying 'Hey, if WE can get through it, YOU, will have to too'.

After that it was not so bad. I just tried my best to relax and concentrated on passing the right instruments and not on the guy loosing his package!( Hey I was mortified!!) :chair:

I've never seen anything like that in my LIFE!!!

SO....... go ahead and share your OR story, what have you seen that amazed you?!!

[GolfNut]

I was working in an OR in Texas. I was scrubbed, the circ. was a new grad. in training for the OR. I don't even remember what the case was anymore, but she had to insert a foley cath. She frog legged the MAN and opened her kit, realized that his member was under part of his thigh. She moved his leg more and still no end in sight, she's RED now and trying to fish this thing out from under the patient. He was laying on it under his entire buttocks. By the time she got it out and tryed to insert the foley, she looked as though she had gone through a down pour rain storm, sweat dripping, the poor new grad., the foley cath was too short!! He was that long, should have been in pictures. The patient was freed from himself and the new grad asked to be relieved. I remained scrubbed in trying to hold back the chuckles of the situation. I bet new grad. will never forget this.:penguin:

Everything IS bigger in Texas...haha