Last week we had 2 CRNAs (certified nurse anesthetists) visiting us to help with a week booked full of surgeries. They took everything in the stride and learned how to practice anesthesia with flexibility such as hand bagging the patient or using different drugs than they were used to or just plain doing without lots of things we ordinarily use in the States.
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| Starting a case for shunt for a hydrocephalus patient |
Here's another example of how things just don't always go as planned. When changing the CO2 tubing to the monitor during a surgery case, the end broke off inside the machine. After a little fiddling with it and having no success of fixing the problem, we invited Josh, our maintenance guy into the OR. He wore his plain clothes instead of scrubs but we at least made him wear a hat and mask. That kind of thing happens in the States too, right? He takes one look at it and says "Of course, we just need a easy-out". To which we (girls) reply, "Of course! Why didn't we think of that?" We're still not totally sure what it is but it gets things unstuck in hard to reach places!
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| Josh fixing the monitor in the OR during a case. |
It was great to have them - Thanks Gail and Karen!
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