#Surgical Technologist

[kemetic-dreams]

Vivien Thomas, African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. Thomas was also offered the position of Chief of Surgery at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins in 1941.

[j-morgan-fly]

This year I made a huge choice to explore other careers in healthcare, after careful research and consideration I decided to embark on the journey to become a Certified Surgical Technologist.

Since August I have been studying like crazy so I could pass the required HESI A2 exam in order to qualify for the program. I decided to hold off till the very last chance I had to take the test before the deadline in order to give myself as long as I could to study as hard as I could. Especially in math.

Last month I took the test and passed!

Today, the college sent me my acceptance letter for their spring term.

I start classes in February!!!!

[scrubbaite]

So I started working recently and oh my gosh I gotta say thats its TERRIFYING to be left on your own after so long as a student, with preceptors.

[drjadesargent]

Surgery.

How could it be so hard to become a surgeon? Why is there so many years of school? So many steps....so many years of residency....so many tests, and so many small mistakes that could determine your final outcome of life. I want to take you through the process. So many people go to a four year college to get their bachelors, then go to med school, go through an internship, go through residency, take the "big test" and finally become an attending. However, 18% of people fail out of med school, the acceptance rate of med school is only 43%, and 35% of residents fail their board exams to become a surgeon. Is there a fall back solution? What if you could still be in the OR, help people, and be hands on, but not have the responsibility of all that school and tests? Or if you went through everything you could and came to a halt. Becoming a surgical assistant or surgical tech could be a great job. But how do you become one? The first step to becoming a surgical tech and later a surgical assistant is going to school. There are many tech schools that offer the entire surgical tech program. From there, internships start to spill in, and you land a job at a hospital that could set you up for your long time career. Next, you have a job that makes you good money, you are in the OR, handing the attending the tools necessary to save the lives of many people....but you want to be hands on, looking into the body, because that is your biggest career dream. After being a surgical tech for awhile, there are just a few tests to take to become a surgical assistant. Finally, you are making incisions, placing clamps, and closing incision sites. My biggest dream is to become a surgeon, but if I am part of any of those percents, I would be proud to be a surgical assistant doing everything a surgeon could do, but I would be the one doing it because surgeons NEED that help, but the mistakes are more minor, and it is less school, but lots of hands on experience.

[scalpelstan]

Do you really work in the operating room if you don't use expired suture to repair various stuffed animals and dog toys lol

[stargirlfics]

Was scrolling through the CST tag cuz I start clinicals next week. Do you have any tips ?

Ooh wishing you luck!! You got this! 💌

Clinicals were a little scary at the beginning and of course being in the OR is just a whole world of its own and can be overwhelming at first so try to keep in mind that you’re gonna feel a little out of place at first and that’s ok! You’re gonna see crazy and amazing things, what the body actually really looks like on the inside and all the ins and outs of the before, during and after of a surgery and it’s a lotttt but it will all start to make sense as you go and you’ll get more comfortable as you go!

I’m thinking about tips to give you and just remembering one of my instructors saying “try and be a sponge” lol so soak in as much as you can and jotting down notes when you can will be super important! I would bring a small notepad or at the very least always have a pen on you to write down cases you’re in and what’s being done, even small details or suggestions you receive, there’s gonna be a lot of info flying at you and it’s just a good way to keep some of that organized and having notes to look back helps when you’re tired and trying to process everything you’ve done and seen at the end of the day

At first this will be hard cause it’s all new but in the same sphere of note taking I would always try and write down what’s being done or what I think is being done during a surgery cause you’ll see later than when you start to understand what the surgeon is doing it’s easier to then anticipate what will be needed next and along with that it’s totally ok to ask questions about what is being done on/in the body, it’ll show that you’re curious and engaged with what’s going on!

Always being extra snacks too, I would keep a stash of granola bars/fruit snacks/whatever snack you like in your bag especially during the first few weeks of clinicals as you get used to being at the hospital and on your feet for long periods of time and it’s just good habit to get into cause even now that I’ve graduated and am working as a surgical tech when I find moments to go to the bathroom or eat something real quick I definitely take them!

Another tip I would give is to try and offer to help with setting up as much as you can especially in your first few weeks and helping your circulating nurse or helping wherever you can or are allowed but also knowing when it’s best to stay out of the way, that’s always a bit tricky trying to find that line of like I’m here and I’m learning and starting to put into practice what I’ve learned but at times there won’t always be moments or surgeries you’ll be in that are best for teaching and you just kinda have to roll with it and take what you can from it

Oh another thing! You’re gonna be with many preceptors and around a lot of people, especially surgeons, who have big personalities and have certain ways they do things, certain hospital policies can be different too but always try and stick to and refer back to what you’ve been taught cause your instructors want to see that you’re doing things by the book and by taught techniques and what’s best practice, not everyone that’s gonna be training you is gonna do things as they should so sticking to the basics of what you know will help you navigate that!

One last thing I can think of is seeing if you can take pictures of different table set ups for the surgeries you see, that was helpful for me to have an actual visual of it because it’s not always easy to recall from memory the best way to set up a table when you’re first starting out and of course I’m sure you’ve heard this a million times already but set things up the same way every time!

I think that’s all I have in tips to start out with but if you ever have questions or need to talk about clinicals I am always here, it’s exciting talking about this on here cause idk many people online who do this job as well! I’m always here for ya! Wishing you luck again, you’re gonna be great! 💕

[thehyperfixpod]

ITS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST WEEK!

Season 4 Episode 2 we speak with Jennifer who is a Surgical Technologist and tells us about her Hyperfixation and Profession! Learn more with @iappreciateyourbutt on today's episode!

CONTENT WARNING: We do discuss topics surrounding the profession of Surgical Technicians. This includes blood, death, organs, other related details. We also discuss suicide in this episode. If these topics are not what you want to hear today, please feel free to skip this one this week.

[pooksbedamned]

Happy Surgical Tech week!

Gifts to me were: a homemade badge reel (with kidneys) and a shark themed vocera cover

BITES YOU BITES YOU BITES YOU

[gibbiiginnii]

Tech Kelly #1: Surgical Timeout

i forgor to post this here lmao

[k12academics]

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[peachminaj]

I think im gonna start posting my interesting surgery stories on here. Not sure if people would like that but its worth a try 🤷🏽‍♀️

[onlinesurgicaltechcourses247]

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[scrubbaite]

Recently graduated scrub tech school so I thought Id make a silly little blog to write about my experiences.

[superfirstaidcoursescalgary]

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[scalpelstan]

It's been 3 years and being on call still gives me so much anxiety 💀