Gowning and Gloving
We walk in and a see a sea of blue across the room.. mimicking an OR. A PA-C that graduated from the program a few years ago. She was previously a surgical tech for 11 years. First we put on masks, booties, and, caps. My father always taught me, put the metal strip across your nose first, and then pinch down, then tie it. This way, its not sliding down your nose as you are trying to tie the first tie around your head. Second, tie the last tie around your neck loosely. You will get hot in all the gowning.
Now, we learn how to scrub. A good scrub should be a total of 3 minutes. You are to treat your hands like quadrants. Each finger has 4 sides that you should scrub for 10 seconds on each side. You always start with your fingernails first, then hands, then forearms, up to your elbows. As you wash, you want your hands to be the cleanest, so you let the water drip down to your elbows. You will dry with a towel from your hand first to your elbow. You will then flip the towel and dry the other hand.
Next is your gown, whomever invented the way to folds these gowns, is a genius! There are these little pockets you stick your hands in, and the gown just unfolds the way its supposed to. It is pretty awesome. Just make sure you don't stick your hands all the way through the sleeves! You gotta get your gloves on first. Getting the gloves on was the most tricky part for me, however, I did take some gloves home to practice. ;) I would type the way to put these on, but it's kind of detailed. Either way, I am really excited for my surgery rotation...which reminds me, I got my first three rotations! I will write that in another post!!
Enjoy the pictures of yours truly :) (Click the thumbnails to enlarge).
Scrub a Dub
Drying my hands off
Getting those gloves on!
Standing the proper way
Being gowned by the PA-C to show the other students
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