I'm an operating theatre practitioner...AMA!

[wontletmelogin]

I work mainly in scrub sometimes as a surgical first assistant across a huge range of specialities in the private sector.

I also do anaesthetics. AMA

[notacatperson1]

Thank you for your reply. I have read the
information on SSI bundle I understand why they did it xx

[Gibble1]

It’s so that you can’t introduce the risk of infection prior to surgery by giving yourself a shaving cut. You will have been shaved immediately prior to the area being prepped for surgery.
It is one of the 5 steps to safer surgery and is part of the SSI bundle if you want to google it @notacatperson1
And no, they won’t have been talking about you, the only mention of anything to do with shaving will have been asking who shaved the area so that it can be documented in the care plan.

[notacatperson1]

I know this is an old thread but thought someone may answer it. I had a hysterectomy and was told not to shave due to the risk of infection but when I came round my pubic area had been shaved.
I was mortified and imagined everyone in the theatre was talking about me

[hannah1992]

My DH has had a few operations when he was a teenager (played rugby, football and swam) so mainly for sporting injuries. One was to insert a metal plate in his jaw after someone kicked him in it and broke it during a rugby game when he was 17. Fast forward to him being 23 and he was put under for his wisdom tooth to be taken out as it was on the same side that his metal plate is on. A 20-30 min operation turned into 2 hours as there was complications due to the plate and his jaw bone. After it was done they couldn't wake him up. His blood pressure dropped and his temperature went up. They asked me to go down to talk to him to see if a familiar voice would bring him round?! It was terrifying. But once he was awake everything went back to normal and he was fine. I didnt get chance to ask the doctor as I was just relieved he wasnt dead! Why might this have happened? Hes never reacted to anaesthetic before

[GiveMeAllTheGin8]

Such an interesting thread !
I had keyhole surgery this week and the experience was so relaxing !
I did have a sore throat after it but they never mentioned intubation? Are all patients intubated under a general?

[ShirleyPhallus]

Such an interesting thread! Thank you!

[LikeTheFruit]

@Bubblemonkey Really interesting you've asked this! the royal college of anaesthetists have chosen perioperative cardiac arrest as their investigation topic for NAP 7 (National Audit Project). Data collection starts this year and we should have definite numbers of these events following this.

[Catchuptv]

Do you prefer working in the private sector and is it less pressure than the NHS?

[Bubblemonkey]

I work in theatres, @Rebellenny... the main corridor of the main theatre suite definitely has a weird feeling on a night 😖

[GrockleRock]

wontletmelogin

How would you ever truly know if I looked asleep but could feel everything?

Its my worst nightmare, silently screaming inside and nobody notices.

Its literally putting me off having a very wanted procedure done.

[aWeaponCalledtheWord]

and under then not under them. i don’t think they played ‘bundle!’ in the operating theatre.

[aWeaponCalledtheWord]

sats, not stats!

[aWeaponCalledtheWord]

i was recently pulled out of a substernal thyroidectomy as my stats were ‘very low’ and it was hard to intubate me as my trachea is all squished to one side.

how quickly do you make the decision to abandon ship? i went under them came round very confused as my thyroid was still there. the anaesthetist said if an ICU bed had been available they might have carried on.

how low is low enough sats to abandon a procedure? it was all quite distressing but the surgical team couldn’t have been more lovely. i’m just still a little unclear on the thresholds involved.

thank you!

[Bubblemonkey]

Old thread & morbid post — let’s talk arrests... how common are they? I’m a POA, haven’t seen one in 3yrs. Had some patients throw major wobbles, but nothing more than that. Unsure if my speciality means patients have to be generally speaking fit & well prior to surgery or what

[Bloodylegoeverywhere]

Loving the thread, reading the comments about being itchy or shivering reminded me of having my boys. I had completely forgotten how cold/shivery I was and itchy. One was a csection and the other I had an epidural topped with a spinal. They told me it was the drugs making me feel like that.

[Someonesayroadtrip]

I don't have a diagnosis of it or been investigated at all. I am hyper mobile though. I had GI issues before etc. Although I don't think I'm "bad" enough to have a diagnosis of it, although it would make sense.

It's weird though. After my first failed spinal they came and talked to me but no one really spoke to me after the second one. It's frustrating when I have to have any dental work, people thing I'm just being silly but it's agony. It does have some effect, it's not like it doesn't work at all. The spinals did work but it's like Metabolised them too quickly. I don't know. I wish I understood it better.

[LikeTheFruit]

@Someonesayroadtrip Do you have ehlers danlos(EDS)?

[Someonesayroadtrip]

I've had two failed epidurals (they thought I would be assisted as baby was in distress and I was shattered),first one did nothing at all, second one gave patchy areas. Then I had a c section and the analgesia wore off during the surgery, but I was given lots of nice drugs to get me through. Then I had a second c section and the exact same thing happened again, it was more traumatic that time as it wore off sooner and they offered to put me under but I just wanted them to hurry up. I a get problems with local, although every single person just thinks I'm being silly (like dentists) but I almost always feel everything, but occasionally it works.

What could be going in? Is it all connected? Had multiple GAs with no issues what so ever.

[carringtonm]

When I had my tonsils out recently, I was woken up whilst still in theatre and immediately got yelled at to gargle something 😂 Hydrogen Peroxide maybe?

Other people I've spoken to say that they woke up in recovery after the same operation, so why might I have been woken up early?

[LikeTheFruit]

@Mustbetimeforachange yes definitely after IV too

[Mustbetimeforachange]

Thank you. So would it also do that after an IV?

Thank you to both of you, what fascinating jobs you have.

[LikeTheFruit]

@Mustbetimeforachange it would be the opiate in your spinal. Either diamorphine or fentanyl

[OhioOhioOhio]

Thank you. I'll be back with a question later but meanwhile, thank you. I am so grateful for your hard work.

[Mustbetimeforachange]

Why did my nose itch like mad after my spinal for my C sections? It happened both times as it was wearing off.