Introduction to the operating room / edited by Amalia Cochran, MD, FACS, FCCM, Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Education and Professionalism, University of Utah Department of Surgery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ruth Braga, MSN, RN, Surgery Education Coordinator, University of Utah Department of Surgery, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Other author Cochran, Amalia.
Other author Braga, Ruth.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
Descriptionx, 228 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Subjects

Contents The OR as a study in cultural anthropology / Amalia Cochran -- From start to finish : understanding how we get here / Ruth Braga -- The myth of the kind surgeon / Thomas K. Varghese Jr. -- Who are these people? -- Teamwork and communication in the operating room / Louise Hull and Nick Sevdalis -- The OR and humor / Ruth Braga -- Personalities in the operating room / Ross M. Blagg -- 2015 Grammy awards category : music in the operating room / Marie Crandall -- Welcome to the jungle : the five senses of the operating room / Elizabeth Hanes -- Operating room equipment from A to Z / Diane Tyler and Ruth Braga -- Robot basics-the nurses' perspective / Sebrena Banecker -- My robot experience, or how surgeons learn new techniques / Walter Medlin -- Dancing around the room -- The OR and the surgical field / Karen Porter -- Lines and tubes : what are all of those things sticking out of the patient's body? / Halle Kogan and Thaona D. Garber -- Positioning the patient / Karen Porter -- Patient safety in the OR / Jon Worthen -- Distractions and interruptions in the operating room / Nick Sevdalis and Louise Hull -- Intraoperative photos -- Notes from your attending / Lawrence A. Shirley and Christian Jones -- Tomfoolery, shenanigans, and hazing in surgery / Luke V. Selby -- Privacy--keep it to yourself! / Ruth Braga -- Keep calm and trust the count / Cynthia Howard.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016009504
ISBN9781259587283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1259587282 (pbk. : alk. paper)