Learning a new Doctor…

You guys, I’m sure you all know how nerve-wracking & scary it can be to learn a new doctor! Last week we got a new ophthalmologist – Dr. P. We hadn’t even met him yet and we were starting his cases! Thankfully, he is super nice & patient! We had no clue how to set his things up. We had a picture & instructions from a photo but it was still a huge struggle! It took us an hour before we could even start & then we still didn’t have the right stuff… we ended up only doing one and canceling the rest! Also, instead of the preloaded lenses we are used to, he has very expensive (patient paid) lenses, that we have to manually load!

On Monday I had to do 2 more cataracts with Dr. P. & it went better. It’s just so different than what we’re used to with Dr. H. We are used to doing 17 cataracts in one day or 6 in the afternoon. Dr. H. is VERY quick! He also has way fewer instruments… so it’s a huge adjustment to a new doctor with a different way & a lot more instrumentation to figure out in a short period of time! AND I’m the first to do his cases…

Scrub Tech Memes!

Hey!! So, for scrub tech week I have been making some fun graphics. I decided to make some funny memes. If you have any you’d like me to make, give me a shout!! I’m having so much fun making them. Here are a few I have made so far…

Happy Scrub Tech Week!!

September 17-21 is Certified Surgical Technologist Week!
I made some graphics in honor of our week!

Prepping for Cases

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✂️How I prep for my upcoming cases✂️

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Short Gamma Nail – On Call

🔨We ended up doing back to back Short Gammas (AKA: ORIF Hip Fracture)
🔨Our targeter is broken & a new one is ordered & we only have 2 sets of gamma trays so we had to one tray a targeter our rep brought into the tray with the missing targeter.
🔨BUT one of our newer people in sterile processing one trayed the instruments in the REGULAR TRAY instead of the ONE TRAY… which is not right!! but the doctor told us to use it! My call team & I definitely did not agree that it was okay & were really bothered by it. 😵

anywho… here are some of my photos!! 🙂

Laparoscopic Jejunostomy – On Call

✂️This was a first for me: the procedure & working with the on call Doctor. I had to ask her what she needed for gloves, which scope she preferred, suture, etc.
✂️We grabbed extra supplies/instruments we thought she might want or need later on in the case, just in case she asked for them. We did, however, forget an extra pair of bowel graspers! 🤦
✂️Normally for these we wouldn’t use laparoscopic scissors so I didn’t grab any. I should have brought some in the room just in case. We did open a pair because she had to suture the jejunum up & used the knot pusher & needed lap. scissors to cut the suture at the end. It was cool to see, since I had never seen one done before. And it’s always intersting to see how every surgeon does it differently. I had not used laparoscopic needle drivers before, so that was interesting!! 😂

Laparoscopic Appendectomy – On Call

Our emergency Lap. Appy from our Holiday call. I finally had the chance to break out & get a good photo of one of these for my binder!! We don’t do them too often, but when we do it’s usually an emergency case.

I thought this would be a great opportunity to share my photos & some tips/tricks…

Port Placement Surgery

The thing about surgeons & surgeries is that every surgeon does things differently. I can only give others a general idea of how a case may go & then you just have to adjust to how your surgeon prefers to perform each surgery.

Cataracts – Updated

Cataracts are very fast & were hard to keep up with for me when I first started scrubbing them. My brain takes extra time to process & learn everything. But once I got the hang of it I have really enjoyed scrubbing them. We do up to 18 in a day. But you know what to expect & you pretty much do the same thing over & over again. It can actually be pretty quiet & peaceful.

Hip Hemiarthroplasty – Call Weekend

I figured that it was about time for an update! Life in the O.R. has been so crazy. I’ve just been soaking it all in & learning/remembering what I can.

I noticed you can’t find much information on Hemis for hips (just totals) so I will share some of my photos I was finally able to snag on call this weekend.

Hopefully this helps! 🙂