student is completing rotation at the clinical site’s central sterile processing department. The preceptor notifies the student that a patient has just arrived in the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the chest, and the student needs to assemble a case cart containing everything that will—or might—be needed for the case. The patient will be in the OR in 10 minutes, so the student must quickly work. What instrument trays should be gathered for this case? What equipment must be in the

student is completing rotation at the clinical site’s central sterile processing department. The preceptor notifies the student that a patient has just arrived in the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the chest, and the student needs to assemble a case cart containing everything that will—or might—be needed for the case. The patient will be in the OR in 10 minutes, so the student must quickly work. What instrument trays should be gathered for this case? What equipment must be in the

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