That Surg Tech Lyfe

Certified Surgical Technologist. Gloving people. Slapping instruments in hands. Giving them what they need not what they ask for. I am the guardian of the sterile field.

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IM FUCKING DYING

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A regular day in the life of an ST

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😷😂

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Things that go on in the O.R. during down time 😂

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*~just scrub tech things~*

almost being all set up and then the circulator finds a hair in the bottom filter

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On the 12th day of surgery, my surgeon gave to me 12 perfusion cannulas An 11 blade 10 4x8s 9 locking screws 8 fish hooks 7 suture needles 6 vessel loops 5 bloody laps 4 micro bulldogs 3 trocars 2 pacing wire needles And a specimen in formalin

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Doc: shall we have a reading from the book of consent?

Me: oh yes let’s.

Circulator: Time-out!!! Nobody move. Nobody breathe.

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Anesthesiologist: how’s it lookin doc? Doc: the right heart is bangin’ Me: same

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*whispers to himself as he struggles to glove himself* I’m in my senior fellowship.