A Typical Day in the OR |
0600 - 0630
Room and machine setup
Check out drugs
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0630 - 0700
Daily Resident Conference |
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0700 - 0730
See first patient of the day and prepare for surgery (start IV, premedication, epidural/block, lines)
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0730 - 0930
Patient to OR
Start first case
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0930 - 0945
Coffee Break
Visit in Anesthesia Lounge or Library
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0945 - 1245
Continue OR work
Sometimes your first case lasts the entire day, and sometimes you have eight cases on the same day. Typically, you'll have three or four cases per day.
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1245 - 1315
Relieved by attending or float CRNA for Lunch
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1315 - 1650
Continue OR work |
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1650
Finish last case
Some days end as early as 1530 or as late as 1800 |
1650 - 1730
See post-ops from previous day; See any in-house pre-ops for next day
(65% of patients are seen in our pre-op clinic, the results of which are easily obtainable online from home)
Discuss the next day's cases with attending |
1800
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