| Contents |
The OR as a study in cultural anthropology / Amalia Cochran -- From start to finish : understanding how we get here / Ruth Braga -- The myth of the kind surgeon / Thomas K. Varghese Jr. -- Who are these people? -- Teamwork and communication in the operating room / Louise Hull and Nick Sevdalis -- The OR and humor / Ruth Braga -- Personalities in the operating room / Ross M. Blagg -- 2015 Grammy awards category : music in the operating room / Marie Crandall -- Welcome to the jungle : the five senses of the operating room / Elizabeth Hanes -- Operating room equipment from A to Z / Diane Tyler and Ruth Braga -- Robot basics-the nurses' perspective / Sebrena Banecker -- My robot experience, or how surgeons learn new techniques / Walter Medlin -- Dancing around the room -- The OR and the surgical field / Karen Porter -- Lines and tubes : what are all of those things sticking out of the patient's body? / Halle Kogan and Thaona D. Garber -- Positioning the patient / Karen Porter -- Patient safety in the OR / Jon Worthen -- Distractions and interruptions in the operating room / Nick Sevdalis and Louise Hull -- Intraoperative photos -- Notes from your attending / Lawrence A. Shirley and Christian Jones -- Tomfoolery, shenanigans, and hazing in surgery / Luke V. Selby -- Privacy -- keep it to yourself! / Ruth Braga -- Keep calm and trust the count / Cynthia Howard. |
