#surgical care

[starful-emporium]

okay I've decided I do want to talk about this part too. incision care isn't particularly painful, but it does make me incredibly nauseous.

this is because topical anesthetics are also used, and so the incisions are still (currently 6 days post op) quite numb. touching my incisions and the surrounding skin to clean/apply ointment is very strange. the outer layer of my skin has mostly regained sensation, but the tissue right underneath it is still numb. this paired with the dissonance of seeing that I am touching a wound and not feeling the associated pain is what makes it suck. the nausea is a vertigo or motion sickness feeling and usually passes once I'm done touching my chest but while I'm still undressed. to manage it, I've been sitting down for scar care and keeping water nearby.

I've experienced this before with orthodontic work, but it was always very mild. so, something to be aware of if you also have history if nausea associated with numbness.

gonna try to keep a running list of random things that hurt post top surgery aside from the basic moving my elbows away from my body that I was warned about.

1. Pushing things, ie, a soap dispenser, that take a lot of force

2. Opening/closing drawers, esp ones that are a little tougher/higher quality

[plastisurge]

When it comes to surgical care, the prevention of infection is of utmost importance. That is why surgical drapes are made from special materials and are tested for durability and comfort before they are used in surgery. Link: https://psidispo.com/blogs/how-surgical-drapes-are-made-tested-and-used/

[drnaineshpatel]

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[shwetaglobereach]

Mastering the Craft: The Comprehensive Guide to Operating Theatre Technicians

Introduction: Unveiling the Crucial Role of Operating Theatre Technicians

Operating Theatre Technicians play a pivotal role in the seamless functioning of healthcare facilities. From preparing operating rooms to assisting surgeons during procedures, these professionals ensure that every aspect of surgical operations is meticulously managed. In this comprehensive guide, we delve deep into the world of Operating Theatre Technicians, shedding light on their responsibilities, skills required, training pathways, and the indispensable contribution they make to the healthcare sector.

Understanding the Responsibilities of Operating Theatre Technicians

Operating Theatre Technicians are entrusted with a myriad of responsibilities that revolve around facilitating surgical procedures. Their duties include but are not limited to:

Preparing Operating Rooms

Operating Theatre Technicians meticulously prepare operating rooms by sterilizing equipment, arranging surgical instruments, and ensuring that the environment is conducive to aseptic practices. Their attention to detail minimizes the risk of infections and ensures a safe surgical environment for patients.

Assisting Surgeons

During surgical procedures, Operating Theatre Technicians provide vital assistance to surgeons by passing instruments, handling specimens, and maintaining a clear field of vision. Their ability to anticipate the needs of surgeons contributes to the efficiency and success of surgeries.

Post-Operative Care

After surgical procedures are completed, Operating Theatre Technicians assist in the post-operative care of patients by transporting them to recovery areas, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring their comfort and safety.

Essential Skills for Operating Theatre Technicians

Becoming a proficient Operating Theatre Technician requires a combination of technical skills, interpersonal abilities, and a strong commitment to patient care. Some essential skills for success in this role include:

Technical Competence

Operating Theatre Technicians must possess a solid understanding of surgical procedures, medical terminology, and the use of specialized equipment. Proficiency in sterile techniques and infection control protocols is paramount to ensuring patient safety.

Attention to Detail

The ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail is crucial for Operating Theatre Technicians, as even the smallest oversight can have significant consequences in a surgical setting. From verifying surgical counts to double-checking equipment, meticulousness is key to success in this role.

Communication Skills

Effective communication is essential for Operating Theatre Technicians to collaborate seamlessly with surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Clear and concise communication ensures that everyone involved in the surgical team is on the same page, promoting efficiency and patient safety.

Adaptability

Surgical environments can be unpredictable, requiring Operating Theatre Technicians to remain flexible and adaptable in the face of challenges. The ability to think quickly and problem-solve under pressure is a valuable asset in this fast-paced setting.

Training Pathways for Aspiring Operating Theatre Technicians

Becoming an Operating Theatre Technician typically requires specialized training and education. While specific requirements may vary depending on the healthcare facility and jurisdiction, common pathways to entering this profession include:

Formal Education Programs

Many colleges and vocational schools offer formal education programs for individuals aspiring to become Operating Theatre Technicians. These programs often include coursework in anatomy, physiology, surgical techniques, and sterile processing.

On-the-Job Training

Some healthcare facilities may offer on-the-job training programs for individuals interested in pursuing a career as an Operating Theatre Technician. These programs provide hands-on experience under the guidance of experienced professionals, allowing trainees to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the role.

Certification

Obtaining certification as an Operating Theatre Technician can enhance job prospects and demonstrate proficiency in the field. Organizations such as the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) offer certification exams for aspiring Operating Theatre Technicians.

The Indispensable Role of Operating Theatre Technicians in Healthcare

Operating Theatre Technicians play a vital role in ensuring the safety, efficiency, and success of surgical procedures. Their expertise and dedication contribute to positive patient outcomes and uphold the highest standards of patient care. As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, the demand for skilled Operating Theatre Technicians remains strong, making this profession an indispensable cornerstone of modern healthcare delivery.

Conclusion: Empowering Excellence in Surgical Care

In conclusion, Operating Theatre Technicians play a crucial role in the healthcare ecosystem, serving as the backbone of surgical teams across the globe. With their technical proficiency, attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to patient safety, Operating Theatre Technicians empower excellence in surgical care and contribute to better outcomes for patients. Aspiring healthcare professionals seeking a rewarding and impactful career path would be wise to consider the noble profession of Operating Theatre Technician.

[drabhinavjauhari]

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[ispyspookymansion]

in this day and age you cant even like things anymore. you cant just like things or have hobbies or enjoy things anymore. you can only worship the glowing skull

[pjharvey]

i feel like well meaning cishet allies genuinely don’t realize you can detransition and be normal like i don’t like the idea that trans affirming healthcare and surgeries should only be treated as ok if no one regrets it even though yes it is a very small percentage the idea is more that you should be allowed to make decisions with ur own body you might regret. like i know people who regret tattoos they’ve gotten that doesnt mean you shouldn’t get tattoos

[agreenroad]

Protecting Children From Molech Idol Worship; Toxic Chemicals, Surgical Mutilation, Genetic Plus Hormonal Changes - Trump Signs Executive Order Restricting 'Gender Affirming Care'

Sacrificing and/or Harming/Abusing Children Is A Sin Against God And Nature Might our modern day civilized system be guilty of sacrificing children around idols, idol worship? What might happen to children due to influence from greed based monopolies with absolute power, that end up harming children? Ezekiel 16:21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. Child Sacrifice…

[trauma-bot]

puts this here and scuttles away like a frightened mouse

comfort selfship art bc im the most normal guy ever. ft my oc E! this is one of the only pieces so far where i've drawn him happy <3

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Andrew Doyle

Published: Jan 29, 2025

A society that harms its children cannot be said to be civilised. For all that we in the west pride ourselves on our liberal consensus, we have nonetheless enabled the rise of an ideology that has been responsible for the sterilisation and mutilation of children on the basis of a pseudoscientific and cultish faith in ‘gender identity’. Young people who desperately required therapeutic support were instead fast-tracked into medicalisation. Countless lives have been ruined, and all because the so-called ‘adults in the room’ allowed themselves to be cowed by the demands of the high priests of a dangerous new religion.

Donald Trump has now signed an executive order – ‘Protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation’ – which seeks to halt this barbaric state-sanctioned practice. It bans federal agencies from promoting ‘gender-affirming healthcare’ for minors. This is long overdue, and it should be celebrated irrespective of one’s political affiliation. After years of word games and euphemism, the phrasing of this executive order is refreshingly frank.

‘Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end. Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding. Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization. Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition” of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.’

In a section entitled ‘Ending Reliance on Junk Science’ – again, the candour is wonderful to read – the government specifically blames the influence of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). It orders agencies to ‘rescind or amend all policies that rely on WPATH guidance, including WPATH’s “Standards of Care Version 8”’.

For those who don’t know – and this will be many who rely solely on the mainstream media – WPATH is a US-based activist body that has been regarded as the leading global authority on ‘gender medicine’, influencing policy decisions in various countries, including here in the UK via the NHS. Files leaked from WPATH in March 2024 revealed a shocking flouting of basic ethical standards. Internal memos and video recordings of leading WPATH members showed that they were fully aware that many patients were unable to give informed consent to these life-altering procedures, either because they were too young or suffering from psychological disorders.

For instance, when one nurse contacted WPATH to discuss her ethical qualms about allowing a schizophrenic patient to undergo treatment, one of the authors of WPATH’s Standards of Care replied: ‘I’m missing why you are perplexed. The mere presence of psychiatric illness should not block a person’s ability to start hormones if they have persistent gender dysphoria, capacity to consent, and the benefits of starting hormones outweigh the risks. So why the internal struggle as to the “right thing to do?”’ One therapist in California mentioned that he was able to secure treatment for patients who were homeless, suffering from PTSD or depression, and that in one case this had led to an orchiectomy (removal of the testicles). It seemed almost boastful.

The leaked details about children were even more disturbing. Young people who could not possibly comprehend the implications of an existence without fertility or even basic sexual function were allowed to be put on a pathway to lifelong treatment. One leading WPATH ‘expert’ acknowledged in one message:

‘It’s out of their developmental range to understand the extent to which some of these medical interventions are impacting them… They’ll say they understand, but then they’ll say something else that makes you think, oh, they didn’t really understand that they are going to have facial hair, right?’

And then there was the endocrinologist who admitted that ‘we’re often explaining these sorts of things to people who haven’t even had biology in high school yet’.

The leaking of these internal memos and recordings should have been the end of the ‘gender-affirming’ mania. Thanks to the work of journalists Michael Shellenberger and Mia Hughes, with support from Genspect and other campaigners, the ‘WPATH Files’ were widely disseminated. A comprehensive overview was written by Mia Hughes for the Environmental Progress think-tank. The title said it all – The WPATH Files: Pseudoscientific Surgical and Hormonal Experiments on Children, Adolescents, and Vulnerable Adults.

Yet the scandal went largely unreported in the mainstream media. The BBC has, to date, not once mentioned the WPATH Files or their significance in exposing the greatest medical scandal of the century. I was able to produce a special edition of Free Speech Nation on the subject in March 2024, which can be watched in full here.

I had repeatedly contacted the BBC press office to ask why there had been no coverage, an extraordinary omission for the state broadcaster. Even after the release of the Cass Review and its explicit criticism of the influence of WPATH on the NHS, the BBC refused to respond to my enquiries. Finally, in April 2024, a reply was sent, which read: ‘News items are chosen by the news editors of the day based on a number of factors.’ While this did not even begin to answer the question, it did prove that the press office would rather take an evasive approach than face a challenge about the organisation’s ideological bias.

There has never been any justification for medicalising children who are experiencing psychological difficulties around the issue of gender. As Helen Joyce has pointed out in her book Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, research shows around 80 per cent of children eventually become reconciled with their sex, either before or in the early stages of puberty, if they ‘are permitted to express themselves how they wish but not encouraged to believe that they are members of the opposite sex’. In other words, doctors were blocking the cure.

In almost all cases, puberty blockers lead to the prescription of cross-sex hormones, which are sometimes followed by surgical intervention. As psychiatrist Dr Az Hakeem has pointed out, puberty blockers amount to a form of chemical castration. ‘We watch a film about Alan Turing and feel sorry for him and say how can we possibly have done this,’ he says, ‘but we’re doing the same thing to our children’. Following the recommendations of the Cass Review, the UK government has now banned puberty blockers entirely. But the likes of Susie Green – the former head of trans youth charity Mermaids, who took her son to Thailand on his sixteenth birthday to have him castrated – are still seeking loopholes to inflict similar damage on other children.

Such people will not be stopped until the law steps in, which is precisely why the recent measures by Wes Streeting for the Labour government in the UK, and now the executive order by Donald Trump, are so seismic. We should never forget that the WPATH ‘Standards of Care’ include an entire chapter on ‘eunuchs’, and urge medical practitioners to remove the testes of patients if they feel that they have an innate ‘eunuch identity’. That such insanely medieval guidelines were, for a while at least, promoted by the NHS, tells us all we need to know about how far the medical establishment had descended. They may as well have been prescribing bloodletting and exorcisms.

Trump will doubtless be accused of ‘fascism’ and ‘trans genocide’ for signing this executive order. But as the woke orthodoxy continues to evaporate, such histrionic language is already losing its power. This is a decisive blow against the state-approved abuse of children. Gender identity ideology still prevails in many schools and public institutions, so complacency would be a mistake. We are not quite out of the woods yet, but we are certainly beginning to see glimmers of daylight.

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I asked Grok how this Executive Order goes about achieving its aims.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/ZcD5TvrcvCRwoK5IEjgILoDX5

The executive order titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" bans what it defines as "chemical and surgical mutilation" through several key measures:

1. Policy Declaration: The order declares it the policy of the United States not to fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the "transition" of a child from one sex to another. It commits to rigorously enforcing laws that prohibit or limit these procedures, which it deems "destructive and life-altering."

2. Defunding Practices:

• Federal Grants: It mandates that heads of executive departments or agencies providing research or education grants to medical institutions must ensure that these institutions cease practices defined as "chemical and surgical mutilation" of children under 19. This includes withholding federal funding from institutions that provide these treatments.

3. Regulatory Actions:

• HHS Review: The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is tasked with reviewing literature and best practices for promoting the health of children with gender dysphoria or related conditions within 90 days, aiming to increase data quality on these issues.

• Guidance Withdrawal: HHS is directed to withdraw previous guidance documents related to gender-affirming care and issue new guidance protecting whistleblowers who ensure compliance with this order.

4. Legal Actions:

• DOJ Involvement: The Department of Justice is directed to prioritize investigations and prosecutions related to these practices, including under laws against female genital mutilation. It also encourages the DOJ to work with Congress to draft legislation allowing children and their parents to sue medical professionals for damages from these procedures.

5. Healthcare Coverage:

• Insurance Exclusion: The order effectively affects federal health insurance programs like TRICARE, Medicaid, and others by excluding coverage for these procedures for individuals under 19.

• Parental Rights: It aims to protect parents who support the "healthy development" of their children by ordering investigations into practices by states that facilitate stripping custody from parents over disagreements on these medical interventions.

This executive order uses a combination of funding restrictions, regulatory changes, and legal enforcement to ban what it terms "chemical and surgical mutilation," primarily targeting transgender medical care for minors.

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This isn't bulletproof. As Grok's summary explains, it doesn't ban it across the board, it removes all federal involvement in the mutilation of children. Private insurance, private funding can get around this, but the federal government will no longer facilitate this medical scandal.

Just watch the people who insist it isn't happening get upset that the thing that isn't happening won't be allowed to happen.

[doctorweebmd]

ok my OTHER reflection:

on the one hand its really frustrating to see the posts about docs and healthcare in general on here be so narrow-minded. bad experiences with certain providers have lead to a huge spread of misinformation and mistrust with the whole system. which can and HAS lead to people avoiding 'evil' doctors for perfectly treatable illnesses and dying from them (the vaccine bullshit, anyone?)

but on the other hand. it is TERRIFYING how some of these docs practice medicine. at times i think 'are you just burned out and don't give a shit or are you straight up just stupid?' and i work in critical care. where quite literally every case is life or death. even in the academic sector where there is supposedly a standard of excellence, some doctors i would not let touch my loved ones with a ten foot pole.

and that sucks. i know this is the no nuance piss on the poor webbed site but 'the medical system and people that work for it are fallible and aspects of it are morally questionable at best/unethical at worst' AND 'the field of medicine exists to help people first and foremost and mistrusting/avoiding it can be detrimental in the long run' can and DO co-exist

[drnaineshpatel]

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[give-soup-please]

i'm not entirely sure how tumblr works so please bare with me if this isnt the right thing ^^;

i saw that you said your fic inbox was open and wanted to suggest a narrator/reader post top surgery fic?

i hope ive done this right- and i also hope youre having a good day :3

thank you!

Narrator with Reader post-top surgery

He's with you every step of the way. From the early arrival to the hospital, to driving you home, to recovery afterwards.

You wake up, your chest covered in bandages, drowsy, a little nauseous, but with an expansive feeling in the inside of your heart.

He's by your bedside right as you come back to consciousness. He's gently holding your hand, and beaming away. "Hello, dear. How are you feeling?"

You groan. "Five more minutes..." You mumble, asking the nurse to knock you back out. He laughs, relieved.

"Come along, Reader." He says, wheeling you out of the hospital.

It's strange, the first few days after surgery. The healing process isn't easy, and the bandages with drains feel so strange. But Nar is the perfect gentleman, through and through.

He becomes extremely competent, measuring out your post-surgery painkillers, and making sure you take them on time. His vigilance increases, and any sign that you're in pain after the operation is met with his calm and authoritative tone, telling you to rest.

Overprotective? Perhaps just a little bit. But his favorite person in the whole world is in a vulnerable position. So he'll be sure to cherish you extra hard while you're in recovery.

He's there, constantly offering you anything you might need. "Some snacks? Water? I could make you some toast. Extra blankets? Is seven too many? Hmm, perhaps so."

He tries his best. And he makes sure to gently coax you back into healthy habits without overcrowding you. He'll help you walk around for the first few days, giving you all the support you'll need.

Stories. Stories are his specialty. He'll keep you enthralled for hours at a time while you're in recovery. He'll break out new never before seen scripts, become animated, and make sure you're never bored while he's around.

He become the most affectionate, attentive partner the world has ever seen.

When you go for your post-op appointment to have the bandages removed, he gasps. And then he begins to blink away tears. It's rather embarrassing, and he asks the nurse to give you and him a moment alone.

"Reader, it's wonderful how far you've come with your transition. Truly, this is a moment that is monumental to your journey. I've watched you jump from paperwork to important phone calls to all the ridiculous nonsense the medical community is involved in-" He scans your chest, and you see not lust, but love.

Maybe you have a hard time seeing your beauty, so soon after the surgery. The scar tissue is fresh, and the bruises look a little strange. It will take a while to fully heal-

"You're gorgeous."

The words take your breath away.

He plays to your timing, not engaging in anything too romantic or physical until you're ready for it. He's spent thousands of years alone during the skip-button ending, his patience is without limits. He loves you. And he's so proud.

[pinkcadillaccas]

Everyone needs to get on my spones divorce wavelength right tf now ‼️

[aidaughter]

i wish i lived in severance world so i could get severed and be the innie… work is repetitive and predictable and logical, daily life is frightening and unpredictable and painful. let me work forever and never be held back by emotional attachments!!!! aghhhh!!!

[tethered-heartstrings]

i lived btw if you even care