A surgical technology student is completing rotation at the clinical site’s central sterile processing department. The student is notified by the preceptor 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. 3. What supplies must be available for this case?

A surgical technology student is completing rotation at the clinical site’s central sterile processing department. The student is notified by the preceptor 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. 3. What supplies must be available for this case?

Surgical Tech For Surgical Tech Pos Care

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Chapter10: Instrumentation, Equipment, And Supplies

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