Blog #4: Newsworthy

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Sources

"Meyer, Josh. "Technician Allegedly did Surgery at County Hospital; Medicine: City Attorney Charges
that Doctor Let Aide Perform Work, and that Hospital Failed to Report Incident. Administrator Says
Medical Board was Notified." Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext), Mar 28 1996, p. 1. ProQuest.
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Blog #3: Job shadow

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Welcome back to "So you wannabe a Surgical Technician"  on today's post I will be talking about my job shadow with "Four Paws Veterinary Center."

How I got my job shadow:

My teacher set up a day where the whole class got to meet with our schools career research counselor. We told her what career we would be interested in and she took it from there. She sent me the email address of the office manager of "Four Paws Veterinary Center." I then sent the office manager an email of my resume and told her I was interested in a job shadow in a Surgical Technician and what days I was available. She then responded and said she had checked with everyone to confirm if it was alright. Then told me what time to come in and what time I leave.

What happen at the Job shadow:

When I got to the animal hospital I introduce myself to the front desk and they took me back to where all the procedures happen and I met the surgical technologists. They introduced themselves and told me what they were doing. In the mornings they have all their patients names and procedures in order on a white board. They then to proceed to take the patients history logs and prepare medicines and make sure all the machines and tools are working right. after that is all set they then prep the patient for surgery. I got to actually witness two surgery's! What I witnessed before surgery they cleaned the incision sight with three different disinfectants. When they applied it they started from the middle and in a circular motion moved towards the outside of the incision sight. The explained that the circular motion prevents germs and bacteria from getting back to the incision sight. They also help the surgeon with his gown. What I noticed during surgery is that one of the technicians helped pass tools to the surgeon . While the other technician watched and took the patients vitals the hole time. She explained she took the patients vitals to look for any changes in the patient so nothing would go wrong with the procedure. After surgery they cleaned up and continued to take the patients vital signs and also watched the incision sight. Then began to prep the next procedure.

I loved the how the job shadow went and I learned a lot about the job and the atmosphere. It definitetly made me more confident in the choice of my career. So if your not sure about your career I would definitetly apply for a job shadow. It helps a lot trust me.

Sources

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2nd Blog: Job Duties, Ect...

Welcome Back to my blog "So you wannabe a Surgical Technician." On today's post we will be taking a look into the Job duties, skills and knowledge and related jobs that apply to a Surgical Tech.

Job Duties:

• Prepare operating rooms for surgery
• Sterilize equipment and make sure that there are adequate supplies for surgery
• Ready patients for surgery, such as by washing and disinfecting incision sites
• Help surgeons during surgery by passing them instruments and other sterile supplies
• Count supplies, such as sponges and instruments
• Maintain a sterile environment
• Observe patients' vital signs.
• Maintain supplies of fluids, such as blood, plasma, or saline.
• Maintain records of surgical procedures.
• Help transfer patients to the recovery room.

Skill and Knowledge:

• Communitation.
• Reason and problem solving.
• Using math and science.
• Managing yourself, people, time and things.
• work with people.
• working with tool and materials.
• perciving and visualizing.

Related jobs:

• Medical assistants.
• Dental assistants.
• Medical and clinical laboratory technologist.
• Licensed practical and licensed vocational Nurses.
• Veterinarian technologist and technician
• Registered nurse
• Radiation therapist

Sources

WOIS - Enter Site Key, www.wois.org/use/careers/viewer.cfm?occnum=100203

“Summary.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 13 Apr. 2018, www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/surgical-technologists.htm

So you want to be a surgical technician?

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Welcome to my blog "So you wanna be a Surgical Technician".   My named is Alexandra Sweet, I am 19 years old and a student at South Seattle College. This blog has started off as a school project in one of my classes, but I think it is brilliant. Due to the fact it's going to lead my way to becoming a Surgical technician. For my project I am going to be blogging about my career choice as a Surgical  Technician, as you know. I want to become a Surgical Technician because I have always had a passion for learning about science and the human body. Part of that reason is because I was diagnosed with diabetes at four years old. Also because science was always one of my top classes in school.

A lot of my family has influenced my decision to become a surgical technician because they all have careers that involve science or the healthcare of people. Two of my great grandfathers were scientist. I have uncles, and great uncles that were doctors and dentist. I have a second cousin that is an ER Doctor. One of my great grandmothers was a nurse and and most of my aunts are nurses. So you can say I have a calling for the healthcare field.

So if you have similar passions to be in the healthcare field. Tag along on this fun journey of learning how to becoming a Surgical Technician.

( All my blog will be based on reliable research)

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