Personal Narrative: A Career As A Surgical Technologist

In accordance with the World Health Organisation (WHO 2008) checklist and Local trust policies, a team briefing was held before the day’s list started. The checklist is part of a second Global Patient Safety Challenge initiative entitled ‘Safe Surgery Saves Lives’, aimed at reducing the number of surgical deaths worldwide and was launched in June 2008. This not

This paper will explore the role of the surgical technologist as the first scrub. It will discuss the education and training needed for this profession. Furthermore, the paper will look at the career advancement and opportunities to specialize that the surgical technologist can explore with more schooling and experience. There are different work environments available for this occupation and I will mention a few of them. Equally as important, I will examine some of the different surgical specialties and give examples of operating procedures that the surgical technologist will use to help the surgical team perform the operations. I was able to find the information contained in this paper using two publications found on the Internet

Surgical technologists, not only are skilled helpers, but the life of the operating room. If one is too tense during the surgery, it can cause everyone else to be as well, therefore they must remain calm to make sure

The term “safety comes first” or more simply put, “safety first,” is a message that patients not only want to hear, but also want to know is the focus of the professionals that are caring for them; in particular, when they are under anesthesia and have limited or no ability to speak up or lookout for themselves. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has implemented two initiatives; Rocognising and Responding Appropriately to Early Signs of Deterioration in Hospitalised Patients (NPSA, 2007) and How to Guide: Five Steps to Safer Surgery (NPSA, 2010). Understanding that human beings make up the healthcare professional workforce, it is evident that tools and checklist can and will only be as good as the how people utilize and follow

I soon snapped out of this state, hastily trying to stretch my muscles, which were cramping because I was so anxious. I heard the announcer yell “Ready, Set, Go!” followed by the pop of the starting pistol. Startled I took off running as fast as I could momentary forgetting to pace myself. I knew I would run out of energy if I didn’t do something to correct myself, so I slowed down and matched my breath to my steps. This way I could get an adequate amount of air into my lungs for aerobic respiration. By doing this I cruised through the first mile of the

When I went on my first run, in the hot humid weather, I felt something that I hadn’t felt in a long time - happiness - and peace with everyone and everything around me. I began to look at myself in a new light. Over the course of the summer I managed to

Every runner wore a bib number with the time they start on it. As I was running people were passing me who had started after me, and I kept thinking I was going too slow and that I shouldn’t be taking this long to complete it. Through words of encouragement from my mom and decipline mentras from myself I finished the race, I crosses the fanish line and the feeling of triumph as I crossed it was something I’ll never forget.

The day before Christmas in 2012 was one of the most exciting and anxiety filled days of my life. First of all, it was the day before Christmas,so as a kid I was naturally excited, second is because it was the day I ran my first 5K. A few weeks before Christmas, my parents had signed my family up for a 5K. If you didn’t know a 5k, or an “impossible task for a fourth grader”, is a 3.2 mile run. My Mom said it would be a fun challenge that would make me so much stronger. Of course that was before she told me and my sister how far we’d be running. As soon as I heard it, it instantly sounded like something I’d never be able to do. But somehow and someway I managed to do it.

It was a perfect night for a run. Around 70 degrees with a slight breeze. I wait in my Dark Blue Mini Cooper as my watch gets my location. Feet trembling with adrenaline, much like an addict, I’m itching for a run. With a loud “BEEP,” I know the smartwatch is ready and I’m off. As time progresses, I start running faster, faster, and faster. The whispering wind would flow through my hair as I make my way down the trail. Bliss. I notice my surroundings, trees, deer, and the bright light of my headlamp. Chills go up my spine every so often. All I hear is the pitter pattering of my red running shoes and the occasional rustle of bushes. After what feels like the shortest moment ever, my half-hour run is over and I sigh with relief.

A quote stated by Todd Hofheins, CFO of Providence Regional Medical Center, “Hospital leadership may drive these types of visions and strategies, but ultimately you need the engagement of anesthesia to feed into how we move forward” (Driving). Surgeons and Anesthesiologists have to be one with each other in order to save lives. An anesthesiologist will put a patient down while the surgeon completes the operation. If either of these tasks is performed wrong, the patient’s life is at risk. A career in Anesthesiology provides assurance to a patient’s life and is a growing field due to the constant need for new physicians and surgeons.

So as you can tell one of my biggest wishes is to run the Boston Marathon and I have a whole plan based out on how to get there. Now I just need to take them time and effort to get there. And as Neil Weygandt said it’s one of the best marathons in the

In the medical field, healthcare professionals need to always look into both major and minor aspects including advancement of medical sciences and technology. The process of selecting, hiring and management in a health care environment should involve the basic hiring criteria, and including knowledge in areas that could be irrelevant with critical thinking and patient needs. In health care, professionals deal with situations and dilemmas that are not usually experienced by general public. This includes the necessity of taking into consideration, the common good of all patients, hence the branch of medical ethics called applied ethics, meaning that it deals with the field of practical application of moral standards that is beneficiary for the patients (Bonnie F. Fregmen, 2012).

One might think of surgery as simple as going to the hospital and receiving a complex operation that saves ones life or improves their quality of life. What most people do not realize is the hardships that those people go through unless they had surgery performed on them themselves, and same thing for the surgeons it is not easy for them as well, even though they are professional and highly trained.

Competent at anticipating surgeons’ needs during surgeries and ensuring that they are met in a prompt fashion. Proficient in Aseptic Technique with the ability to create and maintain a sterile field. Remain calm and work well under demanding conditions.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) implemented the surgical safety checklist, to minimise the discrepancies that occur as a result of improper identification of the patient (appendix O post 3). Improper identification leads to wrong procedure, hence complication and possibly death (Position Statement Surgical Safety 2015). The WHO checklist helps to improve surgical safety through confirming safety practices are upheld and developing better communication within the multidisciplinary team (Position Statement Surgical Safety 2015), thus providing optimum patient care (ACORN Competency standard 5). Surgery related complication and mortality was reduce by 33%, through a study of eight hospitals from 2007 to 2008 (Position Statement Surgical Safety 2015). Therefore proving that compliance with safety measure were increased as a result of endorsing the SSC, and obliges to competency standard 3.3. Through briefing and debriefing, standard of care is improved, as the whole multidisciplinary team is made aware of the procedure, and allows for optimal performance, which decrease surgery time, thus improve surgical safety (ACORN Competency Standard 9). Furthermore it is important that each hospital adapt their own policy in regards to the type of facility, such as in the occurrence of near miss episode (appendix 1,), institutions must refine their policy to provide the best care for the patients (Position Statement Surgical Safety 2015).