Crew Resource Management training (the model for medical team training) has been mandatory for commercial aviation since 1991. 7 Although most surgeons consider themselves to be …

The modern surgeon is involved with the management of a patient from preoperative evaluation, through the conduct of the operation into the postoperative care period, and often into …

It is a clean environment, and bags and other items bring microorganisms in. When you enter the OR, introduce yourself to the circulating nurse (at a minimum). If you haven’t met the surgeon …

Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, Enrico Benedetti, Alberto Mangano Gateways in Vascular Surgery: An Operative Atlas Timur P. Sarac, Vikram S. Kashyap The General Surgeon’s Guide to Passing …

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The surgical team works together to safely transfer the patient, usually with a basic roller board. The surgeon and/or resident and the circulator verify the safety of the patient. The patient is …

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Robotic surgery requires the primary surgeon to step outside the sterile field and relinquish control to the team at the patient’s bedside. As a result, having a well-trained assistant becomes critical.

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The surgeon should position table-mounted bars at the level of the axilla on the left or right side of the patient to allow for self-retaining retractor affixation. A small roll or bump is placed at the …