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[@davidp2888]

I've spent more time on an OR table as a patient than I care to discuss (34 procedures over 54 years). Thanks for making these informative and really interesting videos, Shane.

[@helpmyspaghettiiseatingme]

I hope you’re doing okay ❤️

[@tintin6455]

Hope you are well ❤

[@adrianoliva7919]

Bro I'm so glad you posted again

[@scottgranger5862]

perfect timing. going over this in med term now. I know when I had an ortho operation, I was in a or designated specifically for ortho procedures. I can definetly talk about arm placement. I had an injury to my right index finger in which both my tendons were sliced and needed to be repaired. It was like a two-hour procedure in which both my arms were extended. my right arm obviously because that was the arm they were working one and my left arm because of the iv placement.My first iv actually had to be replaced because it came out due to poor placement. I came out of surgery with a huge cast, two bruises from the ivs and a large scar that extends my whole finger. luckily she decided not to do exploratory surgery to locate the second tendon and just ket it die off or I would have a scar extending my whole palm.

[@mynattimynatti4139]

Definitely needed this and its funny that my class is having a test on this Tuesday

[@funmilayo.a9895]

I am a Nurse Educator, and I have been using your videos for our new Nurses in the OR. I just want to say your videos are so helpful and informative; better than the AORN videos. Certainly, not boring! I have watched a lot of videos, many are quite far from standard practice but your videos are pretty much the standard practice and straight forward. Thank you so much.

[@dianaflores4070]

Thanks very helpful 😊 Currently in a surgical technology program in NC

[@RobMBG]

Thanks Bud. I loved the beginning it looked like the table was doing the robot! Lol. Thanks for the good content.

[@kjsworld4920]

This was very informative for a 1st time surgery patient. Thank you.

[@amandadewitt1238]

I just had my positioning test this morning 😂

[@AMR2125]

Thank you for these videos! They are so informative! Can you post a video of books that are needed for the schooling?

[@jessemee]

I’m planning to be an OR nurse and your videos are so practical and informative! Thank you!

[@richardtirado7136]

Thanks bro, i loved your videos. I am an OR RN and CNOR for 10 years.

[@panagvang1888]

New grad OR nurse here...your videos are super helpful 😢 thank you!

[@chaircatsup5832]

I just want to let you know that you're a great help to my education, I've yet to experience being on the field due to the pandemic but your videos give me a sneak peek at what it's like. So thank you! Edit: I just found out my professors use your videos as a reference as well, so congrats! expect more views from students from my university this semester. lol

[@clownfishocd6550]

Thank you!! for making these great teaching videos, they help me very much.

[@juansantiago9786]

Thank you for doing these videos!

[@juvairiyapk8161]

Really helpful.. Thnkzz for all your videos

[@user-yb1jz9xh1y]

amazing teacher

[@DrAdnan]

I remember helping the nurses, techs, and anesthesiologists set up on obgyn. Nice video!

[@AsadKhan-lm6yr]

Your teaching style is excellent!!!!

[@alimate1025]

Great explanation keep up the good work

[@melissasullivan5899]

Another excellent lesson! Thank you.

[@paulfelixokoth7927]

i like your teaching and do enjoy your lesson

[@terriportie8641]

Good morning , thanks for another great video. 🤗

[@frostrap]

Fascinating information! Thanks for sharing.

[@Whit-09]

Thanks to your videos I finally decided I’m going for surgical tech! You’re an inspiration and great professional. Again, thanks for your vids

[@lorifrederick2367]

Thanks for another great video. Been on those beds conscious and unconscious. (Have had a lot of skin biopsies.) You're right, those beds are really comfy. Last one I had, I was in the lateral position, pillows tucked all around, waiting for frozen sections done on my arm and back. I almost fell asleep. Well a couple months ago, comes time to get a new mattress.....being really picky, told the hubby and salesperson that I wanted something like the bed in the OR. The looks they gave me....oy!

[@paigerideout6996]

Thanks, Shane!

[@sotero5674]

Ty for this! So helpful!

[@ryanprince1890]

I love your videos! we watch them all the time in the surgical tech program I just started. Could you please do a video on pharmacology and intraoperative drugs?

[@croweater75]

Nice one bud.... great heads up for newbies, well done

[@Kristonia69]

Just got accepted into the program at my alma mater!! Thanks for making these vids. I'm sure they will be of great importance this coming fall. What really pushed me was seeing a wrench that was cut from around a man's penis. The surgery nurse who dropped it off to me in the lab was just as shocked as I was. I was more than shocked though, I was inspired.

[@armoredtoo1156]

So helpful! Thank you!! 😀

[@kightremin]

This is a very good channel, it needs more attention

[@jarrettpelkey1127]

Nicely done

[@petesoebekti2022]

happy new year to you Shane and your family i hope you guys have a wonderful new year :)

[@Insightsofkalisha]

Thanks for sharing. I am CST about 1 year now but I can’t find a job. Most places are looking for experience. Anyway I watch your videos to keep myself up to date

[@maryc5905]

Thank you for making these videos!! They are so helpful. Could you possibly make a video on how to put on the OR table arms, setting up the egg armshell pads, etc? I know they are pretty basic tasks, but I find that I am always confused about this. I just started my surgery rotation, and would like to be better oriented with proper OR positioning! Thanks!

[@melissarainchild]

Helped me tru my upcoming exams, thanks :)

[@areebsaqib811]

Thanks man ❤

[@AnaSanchez-mi2eb]

Thank you 😊Very Educational 👍👍

[@janicepamute7420]

Thank you sir

[@jaimee1399]

Very informative,thank u

[@pragatikuchankar7603]

Thx it helped me a lot

[@farhiyodahir6061]

Thanks alot

[@nyakwezidiana5629]

Nice presentation

[@michelleesposito4884]

thank you for the video :)

[@ritaree4239]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 "The More You Know" nailed it!💯

[@alibahari9519]

that was great! keep going dude...

[@terrancesampson5141]

You always do a great job 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@abhishekupadhyay7400]

Thank you sir it is of a great help 👌👍

[@instantnowon]

Very informative.

[@hannahghoul7889]

Im currently finishing my prereq courses for my surg tech program and i have to write a paper in my psychology class asking current surg tech questions about the job. If you could please take some time to answer these few questions id greatly appreciate your input. 1. What was the most stressful or challenging surgery in which you participated? How did you cope with the stress?

-How do you manage your stress -Does having routines help with stress? -Do you have any type of routine before or after a case? 1. If you have a disagreement with a surgeon or another staff member, how do you handle it? 
-Have you ever been in a situation where because you were 'lower' then someone, that you didn’t feel like you were being heard? If so how did you resolve it. 

 1. How do you deal with people from other cultures or who shared different values/ views then you? -Have you ever dealt with or experienced prejudice in your workplace, whether that be with a coworker or patient.

[@sajidparvez2659]

Very much informative 👍

[@HA-00]

PLEASE..... tell us more!! Love your videos!

[@cskiles318]

Thank you

[@wiccagoddess6022]

Really well made video. Table looks interesting, I'd probably feel comfy. Never been on one yet. Maybe one day

[@juliawedrychowska262]

I forgot I was subscribed to you and I was so confused when I got the notification

[@PolarRoller37]

Hi there. Another great video. I was wondering if you could do a video on cardiac pans/procedures and setup. I’m interested in joining a heart team and would like to see what the set up looks like. Thank you.

[@immaculavilson-paul8181]

Great. Tips ,thank you.

[@ryanmcvey2295]

Shane great job!

[@ghadeerabuyassen61]

Thank you . Can you make a video about the most common medication in the operating room plz

[@heatherthompson9938]

👋 thanks for sharing 👍 sometime I wake up sore the next day. I had back and side surgery.

[@alibahari9519]

that was really practical and intresting ... thank by the vay...

[@gostx6]

Hey Shane! I love you videos! Do you have any tips for building a resume and what types of things you should put on it? I’m not sure if I’m putting the right stuff on mine, thanks and hope to hear back from you! (:

[@RebelRed]

Hi not sure if this channel is still active but it’s a great resource! Would love to see a video on safe peri operative care of bariatric patients

[@alimaisamnazari9256]

Hi Bro ! I am a medical student and your videos effective and Awesome. Please continue and post videos soon .. Also make a video about sutures Thank you .. 🌸

[@sus3858]

i had surgery this last tuesday and i was so surprised at how comfy the OR table was!

[@sierraschoep1501]

really? bc whenever i have surgery its so uncomfortable. the table is just flat and hard.

[@DeeDgaf09]

Hello! Can you do a video on working with trauma/what exactly do they do. My professor mentioned working for trauma as a CST and it confused me. Can a CST work on certain specialties?

[@sajahasan3789]

Your videos are so helpful. I started my surgical tech program but I failed one of my classes 😢( I did pass the class with B- the school wants a B from me to pass), but Im going back in January to finish the program. I learned so much from your videos specially when they closed schools this year and I had to teach my self and learn everything. It was a good experience but I was upset because my teacher wasn't helpful as your videos. I wish you do videos of how to preparing for the test specially when English its my second language. Thank you again

[@thedoggamer16]

When you get surgery do they strap you in

[@rolandkronqvist1034]

8:34 "Oooh, I can't believe I'm doing this!" :D

[@Hfgdksue7]

Hope you upload a new video soon, love your channel!

[@kamerondiaz9192]

Have you ever used Anki? If so what was your experience?

[@valentin3690]

Can you show us the different OR tables? :)

[@brandiembry5751]

How does one go about becoming a first assist if you don’t live near any of the program institutions?

[@ianshelton6662]

Do a video of the Anaesthetic machine please!

[@papayaw5679]

Great Job. For the lithotomy position, i believe it’s more convenient to remove the head piece of the bed and put it at the feet. So that when you put them in stirrups or in position, you have their 'butt' exactly where you want it at the edge of the bed. This helps the surgeon with easy access and same for anesthesiologist (so they don’t have to stretch their circuit to secure their airway). Thank you 👍🏾

[@IAMdevilwomen]

interesting! I go in for ulnar nerve transposition on the 19th of this month...am scared to death, surgery doesn't scare me, but getting into the or sets off a panic attack, and when they put the mask on my face it triggers a anxiety attack so bad my bp goes haywire

[@chanthao730]

Do one on all the Ortho beds. Those can be tricky with all the attachments.

[@kfirie]

Question is all the positioning done when the patient is already under?

[@zuesdelrey4348]

What are your thoughts on Public Colleges vs Private Career Colleges?

[@mistyolds7947]

Hi iam new to your channel and would like your opinion on people who have been scrub tech and want to return to scrubbing after being out of the game for years.. I myself havnt scrubbed in almost 14 yrs but have continued to be part of a surgical setting for about 10 yrs currently iam a core tech but have been in spd and supplies as well. I very nervous about returning to scrubbing. I have never scrubbed in a hospital setting only surgery center. So its alot more intense sence we are a level 1 trauma center. Please help me with any advice you have thanks.

[@karlacharrez3712]

How physically fit do you have to be to be a surgical tech ? I’m fairly small 5ft and I weight 100lbs and I’m not sure if I could be a st

[@Trinity4me]

Equipment placement in relation to the bed for different surgeries would be a great video!

[@ccoop3774]

That's why the preference cards should be detailed and kept updated. You should be able to read that card and know where the anesthesia equipment, boom, bed, tables etc need to be.

[@rapunzel39]

c coop With the advent of computerized preference cards, that is easier said than done. In my workplace, only the charge nurses can get into the program to make edits, and they don’t always get the job done, or get it right, even if you give them written, detailed instructions.

[@ccoop3774]

@@rapunzel39 That's how it was done where I worked. Any of us could make changes or corrections to the card. Then it was turned in to be formally changed. It's amazing the number of people that never bothered to make any changes to the cards. I mean the group that does, say, totals mostly. Then a couple of people out of that group go on vacation and all Hell breaks loose!

[@rapunzel39]

c coop Do you remember the old “recipe cards” we used before computers changed everything? They were always written in pencil, and anyone could edit them. I once took a blank one, and, just for fun, made a preference card for myself. A few years ago, I found it, and had one of the gals in the office recreate it on her computer. She made me a stack of prints, which I use to make my own notes for big cases. I also give them out to the young students I precept...they love it!

[@rapunzel39]

Oh, and all hell would break loose if one of those old recipe cards got lost!

[@Deklein2ft]

With so much spine surgery and the use of Mayfield Bed, please do a video on turning a patient & Neuro-surgical Sensing got to the point

[@stevenmendoza1212]

Would it be possible to become a forensic tech with a surgical tech certificate?

[@BrawlFreak786]

had a nose surgery recently probably in the supine position

[@gauravjain7653]

Gosh ,I love you!

[@bluespinel12]

What is the position of a urology case

[@j_marie._]

Nice hoist onto the OR table lol

[@pennyreinmuth9249]

I will be graduating the 19th Dec. Not sure I'm going to find a job as ST right off. If I take a job doing something else, how will I remember procedures and sterile technique in the OR? Your videos are awesome and I have watched almost all of them. Thank you

[@adyo92]

Hi Shane. I just started my clinicals for Surgical Tech at USC Keck in California. I'm considering moving to Henderson, NV after I graduate which will be in January. I was wondering if you knew the approximate starting pay rate for a newly graduated Surgical Tech over there. Also hoping you can give me a few pointers in places to apply for a job over there. Thank you!

[@Giulio1708]

What about the CPR performed on a soft bed like that? I always saw "tables" in OR, not beds

[@jeprox718]

All OR tables/beds are padded like that. It's not as soft as it looks and is actually way firmer than a hospital bed.

[@Phoenixhunter157]

Giulio17 you put a backboard under the patient when doing cpr.

[@Giulio1708]

@@Phoenixhunter157 ​ I see, thank you. Here where I'm studying they're a bit different. They're padded, but pretty firm and hard. Maybe it's a different type we use or just the video showing them softer than they are

[@promokk]

Nice thanks..from la children's Hospital

[@Tker1970]

I had a TT and neck dissection last month. Read the surgical notes after. They set me up then rotated the table 180 degrees. Didn't understand why they just didn't start that way.

[@drzackhidig1360]

I’m emergency surgeon resident , mostly I ask the nurse or anesthesiologists to help me positioning when ever I need a different position during the operation.

[@metakoerner-vollrath9879]

I am also a stomach sleeper but since I have back ache, it hard for me to stand up again

[@msbananas4333]

I see you havent been around much lately, but i had a video idea for you.. I think a video on draping a microscope, Carm, and ultrasound and/or other probs would be very helpful!

[@jeprox718]

I hate draping the microscope!!

[@judeabeljangnap7241]

The More You Know ✊🏿

[@gcmacyman]

Nice socks when you did the lithotomy position lol.