Category Life in the operating room

Yelling, cursing less likely to break out in operating rooms when female surgeons are present

By Katie Langin In 2015, a surgeon at a teaching hospital in Georgia—exasperated with his surgical team—shouted, “Am I not speaking clearly?! I’m going to have to start yelling!” Later,

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Five-Second Rule Validated in the Operating Room

By Skelepuns Disclaimer: This post is from GomerBlog, a satirical site about healthcare. CHICAGO – In a paradigm shift for the operating room, a new study has found that reusing

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Difference Between Scrub Nurse & Circulating Nurse

Scrub nurses and circulating nurses are involved with the medical care of patients during operations. The nature of their duties differs, however. Read on to learn more about how these

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I’m a surgeon who operated on a man who had just committed a horrific murder — here’s how I control my emotions during surgery

By Paul A. Ruggieri In his book, surgeon Paul A. Ruggieri recounts an occasion in which he was called into surgery to urgently operate on a man who had just

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