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Anyone know a good website or something to quickly get a handle on the various surgical instruments?
dust said:Anyone know a good website or something to quickly get a handle on the various surgical instruments?
dust said:Anyone know a good website or something to quickly get a handle on the various surgical instruments?
dust said:Anyone know a good website or something to quickly get a handle on the various surgical instruments?
group_theory said:The two golden rules of surgery that's not in any Surgery Recall book.
Billy Shears said:You also will find out that different surgeons use varying names for each of the instruments, sometimes to the point of calling them the wrong name altogether. There are surgeons that call hemostats mosquitoes and kellys hemostats, but when they ask for a kelly, they seem satisfied when they get a "hemostat". Some instruments really do have multiple names, like Parkers/Goulets, Right Angles/Army-Navys, Malleables/Ribbons, the list goes on. Forceps can also be called fingers. It very much depends on who is talking about what.
pillowhead said:I think there's a chapter in Surgical Recall with that stuff in it.
njbmd said:Hi there,
When I was a medical student and president of the Student Surgical Society, we made our own PowerPoint presentation of the most common surgical instruments, how to handle them and their common uses. With the help of one of the scrub nurses, we photographed things like major lap tray, minor procedure tray, plastics tray with each instrument named it's use.
If you can enlist of a scrub nurse or a surgical technician (equally nice at my medical school) you might be able to take your digital camera and get what you need. Otherwise, consult the book "Basic Surgical Technique" which has a pretty good listing of different instruments and their uses.
Good luck!
njbmd
JPHazelton said:Oh...and dont eat Junior Mints while scrubbed in.
JPHazelton said:3 rules.
Know what a kocher is
Know how to hold an army/navy
Never cut suture with the metz
That will get your through a surgical rotation without getting yelled at.
To impress you need to pay attention.
Oh...and dont eat Junior Mints while scrubbed in.
IMHO, if you make a post like this, you should offer the ppt.Hi there,
When I was a medical student and president of the Student Surgical Society, we made our own PowerPoint presentation of the most common surgical instruments, how to handle them and their common uses. With the help of one of the scrub nurses, we photographed things like major lap tray, minor procedure tray, plastics tray with each instrument named it's use.
If you can enlist of a scrub nurse or a surgical technician (equally nice at my medical school) you might be able to take your digital camera and get what you need. Otherwise, consult the book "Basic Surgical Technique" which has a pretty good listing of different instruments and their uses.
Good luck!
njbmd
Well, the upside. I've learned quite a few of the instruments... The downside, wow the scrub nurse gets pissed when you reach onto her mayo stand! Just a little pearl.
"A little pearl?" It's rule #1! If you learn nothing else in surgery, you should learn that.
Rule #1: Never touch the Mayo stand without asking first
Rule #2: If you're sterile, only touch sterile objects
Rule #3: If you're unsterile, only touch unsterile objects
What is the reason behind that, just wondering. Why is it so wrong to grab things from the Mayo stand?
What is the reason behind that, just wondering. Why is it so wrong to grab things from the Mayo stand?
I was also told that it makes it hard for the scrub tech to keep track of which instrument is where when multiple people are taking things off the stand.
What is the reason behind that, just wondering. Why is it so wrong to grab things from the Mayo stand?
One of the scrubs would let me get stuff off the Mayo for myself during laparoscopic cases. The first time he said I could grab something for myself I think I stood there contemplating whether I actually should (with my hand hovering over the Mayo) before I actually grabbed it!!!
Ah, it was like a trick question!
Sort of like when the residents used to tell us (as med students), "There's nothing else going on now, you guys can go home if you want."
And we'd stand there, internally debating - Does this really mean I'm free to go home? Or is it some sort of test, where if I leave they'll give me a bad grade?
I decided that my rule was that if I wanted to go home, I had to be told 2-3 times to go home. I figure if they repeat themselves, they mean it!
My other trick is that I ask, "Is there anything I can do?" which gives me a chance to help get them in shape for signout AND calls attention to the fact that a) I'm still there and b) I'm done with my work. Honestly, I don't mind staying and helping with whatever needs to be done, especially if it means I can help get the whole team out on time.
That's prudent thinking!
That's the other game that gets played almost every afternoon:
Student (looking at the clock, noticing it's 5 pm, and realizing that he hasn't studied a single bit that day): "Hey, John, is there anything I can do to help you?"
Resident (also noticing it's 5 pm, but still having a pile of charts to dictate): "Nah, Steve, nothing much going on here, I'm just finishing up paperwork."
Student (seeing an opportunity to leave, starting to become tachycardic, but still worrying about being labelled as "lazy" or "not a team player"): "Oh, are you sure? I'm always happy to help!"
Resident (knowing what the student's thinking, feeling bitter about leaving the hospital late again but knowing that there's not much left for the student to do): "Nah, it's OK. You can stay if you're interested and want to see what I'm doing, but it's probably more educational for you to go home and study."
Student (now freaking out because he's worried that leaving will be portrayed as "not being interested"): "Well, I'm always willing to learn! I can stay, it's OK."
Resident (by now figuring out that the student is only torn between staying or leaving because of grade concerns): "Don't worry, dude. It's OK to go home, you did a good job today."
Student (relieved): "Thanks. See you tomorrow!"
Then one of two options:
Mean resident (watching student leave, thinking to himself): Lazy med student. I'm going to give him a C for the rotation.
OR
Nice resident (watching student leave, thinking to himself): What a good med student! He's a hard worker and a team player.
God I hate mean residents