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. Considering the extremely limited amount of time available, what should be opened first, and what can be opened as the case progresses?

Clinical reasoning Scenario: Two patients are admitted to the day surgery unit for arthroscopies. One patient is a 30-year-old who will ambulate with crutches and the other is a 75-year-old who lives alone. How would your assessments, preoperative education, preparation and discharge planning differ for these two patients?

Describe the process of producing a gamma camera image including the preparation of the patient and how the gamma camera works. You will need to include a fully labelled diagram of the gamma camera and refer to it in your answer.

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You are working the night shift on a medical-surgical unit. You assignment includes a 19 year old woman admitted early this morning. She has sustained burns over 30% of her body surface area, with partial-thickness burns on her legs and back.   Instructions Briefly discuss the following:. The client was sleeping when the fire started and managed to make her way out of the house through thick smoke. You are concerned about possible smoke inhalation. What assessment finding would corroborate this concern?

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.    What instrument trays should be gathered for this case?

Jane has been working in a Medical Device Reprocessing Department for 6 months. She is assigned to work in the Storage and Distribution area of the department for the day. Jane feels very confident about her ability to work in this area. Half way through her shift Jane notices a senior technician has dropped a sterile steri-peeled item on the floor, picked it up and then returned it to the shelf. The senior technician did not know that Jane saw this happen.    Things to Consider: · If Jane does nothing, do you feel that she is being a conscientious technician? · If Jane takes the contaminated item from the shelf to the decontamination area herself without saying anything, is there a chance that the senior technician will continue this action? · If Jane talks with other technicians, is it considered gossiping? · If Jane talks to the senior technician, do you feel that she will come across as a “know it all”? · If Jane informs the supervisor, will she come across as being the department…