Question

2. Read the following scenario and answer the questions that follow. A surgical technologist is scrubbed on an exploratory laparotomy. Theo and another staff member are chatting about a movie they both recently saw surgeon remains focused on the field. Suddenly there is unexpected severe her orrhaging, and the patient's abdomen is rapidly filled with blood. The scrub so cused on putting appropriate clamps and an additional suction on the Mayo. Meanwhile, the circulator is unaware of the emergency. The scrub interrupts we circulator in his conversation and says loudly, "We need more sponges you should pay better attention to the field." After the patient has been taken to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and is stable, your circulator comes to you and states that you made him look "really bad" in front of the surgeons and the anesthesiologist. a. Is the circulator's evaluation of the situation valid? b. If the circulator has a valid point, how should the scrub respond? c. How might this event effect the communication and teamwork between these two individuals in the future?

Answer 1

2.a.The circulator's evaluation of the situation is valid because operation theatre is a place where there is a need of silence to be followed by all.In order to make the operation team concentrate on the surgery and protect the life of patient. The talk of the circulator was unrelated to the surgical procedure but in regards to entertainment.This is not supposed to be done in this situation because any emergency can arise during the surgery ,so the circulator will be in need of providing the appropriate materials in excess for the procedure and keep a note of it.

b. In case if the circulator has a valid point , the scrub team has to provide direct orders at that crucial time rather than making than criticizing and ordering the circulator

c.It can affect the communication and teamwork in the following way

• It is an anger expressed by the scrub on the circulator for not paying attention in the most important time
• The circulator may feel disturbed because of the unprofessional communication and may show some hesitancy in future
• There can be a low trust and feeling of leading the team in a wrong way if the irresponsible circulator is still present in the team.