Who is in the OR during a c-section?

[kirchnerfamily]

Hi! I'm trying to put together a little handout on c-sec's and I wanted to have a figure to represent mom and baby with stick people representing the folks in the OR. Going off of what I have personally seen having had 3 c-sections, I know that in a normal term delivery there is the anesthesiologist, the L&D nurse and the OB...but who are all the other people? It seems there is maybe a NICU nurse and a few surgical techs and one or two more doctors assisting the OB. It would be helpful to know exact titles and any extras one might find in a premature or twin delivery. Thanks!

[rylandsmom1985]

From personal experience... OB doc, specialist to assist, crna, anesthesiologist, a pediatric team of 5 ( baby was only 3 weeks early). from what i remember 3 RN's and 2 nursing students who stood against a wall to watch... this was a learning facility. There may have been more I am forgetting.

[tntrn, ASN, RN]

Who nobody mentioned and probably nobody has but everybody needs is a scribe: someone to make the danged computer happy on the timely basis. Why the PTB think that we have time to fuss with it during a section is beyond me.

[ArmyRNOB]

Where I work it is bare bones staffing. This is who is present:

OB Doc

Scrub Tech (who acts as First Assist as well)

CRNA

Pediatrician

OR Nurse

Baby Nurse

We require the pedi to be there as the staffing is so bare. There is also an L&D nurse on the floor whom we could call if things get hairy, say if we need to resuscitate the baby. There are no anesthesiologists, back up OB docs, extra nurses, or anything like that. It's a very small facility.