Patient Interview Procedure
Before a patient or doctor can go into surgery, there are many steps you must go through first. Both patient and doctors must put on a clean gown, scrub cap or hairnet, and specially for the doctor, scrub in. This is an important task to do, the insure bacteria does not spread. When a patient prepares for their surgery, there are informed to start weeks or days prior. Normally it begins with the patient to stop taking a blood thinning pain medicine (if they use it) such as Advil to prevent your blood from not clotting while your body is under extreme measures. You are allowed to take Tylenol or Ibuprofen as a replacement-which are not blood thinners. The next process is for you to stop eating and drinking after midnight the day prior to
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First the doctor must understand what they will be fixing for their patient. They normally go over scans to prepare themselves. The day before, the doctor makes sure to get plenty of sleep. The day of the surgery, the doctor will arrive at the hospital making sure to drink lots of fluids to make sure they are hydrated while in the OR and change into their scrub if not already done. The doctor will then check in on his patient before getting ready to scrub in for the surgery. They normally ask how you are feeling, any concerns, and insure you that everything is going to be fine. Next, the doctor will sign where what they are operating on. Scrubbing for the surgery is by far the most important step for a surgery. The first to scrubbing is wetting your hands with hot water. You will then take a sterile scrub, using the side with soap, start at your fingers and work your way up to your elbow. Then using the opposite side, scrub again from your fingers to elbow for about five minutes. Rise hands and dry with sterile towel. After drying your hands, you will then place your gown on. Keep your hands inside the gown to make use they stay sterile. A nurse and doctor will tie your gown in the back. Place gloves on carefully. Once your gloves are on, you are now sterile and ready for
First the doctor must understand what they will be fixing for their patient. They normally go over scans to prepare themselves. The day before, the doctor makes sure to get plenty of sleep. The day of the surgery, the doctor will arrive at the hospital making sure to drink lots of fluids to make sure they are hydrated while in the OR and change into their scrub if not already done. The doctor will then check in on his patient before getting ready to scrub in for the surgery. They normally ask how you are feeling, any concerns, and insure you that everything is going to be fine. Next, the doctor will sign where what they are operating on. Scrubbing for the surgery is by far the most important step for a surgery. The first to scrubbing is wetting your hands with hot water. You will then take a sterile scrub, using the side with soap, start at your fingers and work your way up to your elbow. Then using the opposite side, scrub again from your fingers to elbow for about five minutes. Rise hands and dry with sterile towel. After drying your hands, you will then place your gown on. Keep your hands inside the gown to make use they stay sterile. A nurse and doctor will tie your gown in the back. Place gloves on carefully. Once your gloves are on, you are now sterile and ready for