A Day in the Life of a Trauma Surgeon
For a split second, the ER is totally silent.All eyes – and there are a lot of them: nurses, doctors, techs, an EMT standing just off to the side –…
The Ego of the Surgeon
I’m Interested In The Surgeon’s Ego… Social sciences fascinate me. Social psychology, influence, compliance gaining, emotional intelligence, interpersonal dynamics, how to lead change…all of these topics run rampant in our…
Cochlear obtains FDA approval for bone conduction implant
The Osia system bypasses the damaged parts of the ear and then sends vibrations through the bone to the cochlea. Australia-based Cochlear has received clearance from the US Food and…
Adult Advanced Life Support (ALS): Principles and Algorithms
Adult ALS includes advanced interventions after basic life support has started and when appropriate an AED has been used. The transition between basic and advanced life support should be seamless…
Halo-Gravity Traction: What you need to know!
Halo-gravity traction is a way to pull the head and spine upward carefully, applying a slow stretch to the spine. Doctors do this by attaching a halo (a metal ring…
Never Events in Surgery; What you need to know!
The point of surgical procedures is to save or improve the quality of our lives, but things can and do go wrong because of system or human errors. In too…
Doctors remove giant kidney weighing 16.3 pounds
Surgeons have removed a kidney weighing 7.4 kilograms (16.3 pounds) — the equivalent size of two newborn babies — from a patient in India. It is thought to be the…
New Jersey hospital admits giving a kidney transplant to the wrong person
A patient at a southern New Jersey hospital inadvertently got a transplanted kidney that was intended for another patient, officials confirmed to CNN Tuesday. The 51-year-old patient was on the…
Double-booked surgery cited in death at MGH, records indicate
The president of Massachusetts General Hospital has long insisted that it was perfectly safe for some surgeons to oversee two operations at the same time. Dr. Peter Slavin told the…
Good Samaritan Hospital cancels more than 140 elective surgeries
Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup said Sunday it is canceling more than 140 elective surgeries this week after discovering flecks of plastic on some surgical trays. KIRO 7 reached out…
Cleveland Clinic Performs Its First In Utero Fetal Surgery
Kalan, M.D., (left) and Darrell Cass, M.D., (right) perform in utero spina bifida surgery. Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina bifida…
Basics of Robotic Surgery
Robotic surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery. “Minimally invasive” means that instead of operating on patients through large incisions, we use miniaturized surgical instruments that fit through a…
Surgical objects left in patients on the rise in Canada, data shows
TORONTO — More than 550 objects have been unintentionally left in Canadian medical and surgery patients between 2016 and 2018, and the problem appears to be getting worse. A new…
World’s First Penis And Scrotum Transplant Is Fully Functional Over One Year On
Over a year since the history-making operation, the recipient of the world’s first total penis and scrotum transplant – an injured veteran of the US Armed Forces – is “feeling…
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Cleveland Clinic First in the World to Perform Robotic Single-Port Kidney Transplant
Cleveland Clinic is the first hospital in the world to successfully perform a robotic single-port kidney transplant, which enables all surgical instruments and the donor kidney to be placed through…
The secret life of an anaesthetist: if surgeons are the blood, we are the brains
You have to get used to being invisible as an anaesthetist. A large percentage of the public has no idea that we’re medically qualified. I’ve been asked how many GCSEs…
So you want to become a specialist surgeon? Here’s how!
A specialist surgeon is someone who focuses on a particular field of medicine such as cardiology, neurology, or another specific medical field. All specialist doctors have many years of education…
Infection Control
Instuments
Operating Room Policy and Procedure
Operating Theatre Preparation
Perioperative Education
Preparation for Surgery
Sterile Processing: What you need to know!
Sterile Processing Department The Sterile Processing Department (SPD), also known as the Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD), is the area in a hospital where cleaning and sterilization of devices used…
Wairoa woman’s death during long surgery wait ‘could have been avoided’
A young woman’s life could have been saved if she had had urgent surgery more quickly, a coroner has ruled. Arohaina Gilbert, 25, died within hours of being rushed to…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): What you need to know!
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a type of scan that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the body. An MRI scanner…
Setting-up a new operating room: What you need to know!
Building a new operating room is a complex process that involves balancing needs of facility staff with construction costs, while also looking forward to future healthcare trends. To make planning…
Operating Theatre Preparation
Patient Safety
Perioperative Education
Surgical Positioning
Surgical Safety
Kraske or Jackknife position
In this variation of the prone position, the patient’s head and feet are both lower than the hips. The jackknife position is used most frequently for proctologic procedures. It is…
Surgical Wound
What is a surgical wound? A surgical wound is a cut or incision in the skin that is usually made by a scalpel during surgery. A surgical wound can also…
World Heart Day 2019 (Sept. 29): My Heart, Your Heart!
17,900,000 people die every yearfrom CVD, including heart disease and stroke This year on World Heart Day, as part of our mission to ensure heart health equity for all, we…
Interventional Radiology
Interventional radiology is a rapidly growing area of medicine. Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments performed using imaging guidance. Interventional radiology procedures are an advance…
Introducing Operating Room Implant Bill Only Automation
Automating Processes with One Click. Patient work, not Paperwork A cloud based solution that offers true seamless collaboration between vendors and hospitals with specific focus on high value surgeries. Delivered…
How Surgery Is Used for Cancer Treatment
Surgery is used to prevent, diagnose, stage, and treat cancer. Surgery can also relieve (palliate) discomfort or problems related to cancer. Sometimes, one surgery can take care of more than…
Man’s hand left dangling by skin and bone reattached by surgeons after sewing it to his groin for two weeks
A carpenter who severed his hand with an electric saw, leaving it dangling from slivers of skin and bone, had it largely saved after surgeons temporarily reattached it to his…
Austin Hospital cancels 150 elective surgeries after washers break down
Melbourne’s Austin Hospital has been forced to cancel 150 elective surgeries after a number of their medical washers broke down. In a statement, the hospital said it had realised there…
The Surgical Tech’s Creed; The Humble Technologist
The Surgical Tech’s Creed was written to show the world how much more surgical technologists do than just pass instruments and count sponges. They are the backbone of every OR,…