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01The room itselfThe ORLearn the room before you enter it: every role, every surface, and the sterile line.Explore0214 disciplinesSpecialtiesExplore surgery across disciplines before you pick one.Explore0345 operations · 185 stagesProceduresSee an operation from incision to closure, a stage at a time.Explore042,331 structuresAnatomyUnderstand the anatomy that changes the operation. Turn it, cut it, take it apart.Explore0521 on the trayInstrumentsKnow what is in the surgeon's hand, and the instrument it is always confused with.Explore0670 cases · 292 decisionsCasesMake the decisions that move the case forward, from the front door to the ward round.Explore078 topics · 13 crisesAnaesthesiaThe other half of the drape: the machine, the airway, and the crises rehearsed.Explore08Before · during · afterPerioperativeThe care around the operation, and the drug cart dosed to your patient.Explore098 to recogniseComplicationsRecognise what changed, and know what comes next.Explore
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SATURDAY 12 SEPT
Today’s OR
4 cases scheduled
- OR 0107:3007:30NeurosurgeryThe shunt that stopped workingA 9-year-old boy with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt since infancy has two days of headache, vomiting and drowsiness.clerkship · 4 decisions · ≈12 minOpen
- OR 0209:1509:15Vascular SurgeryRest pain and a heel ulcerA 71-year-old man with type 2 diabetes has three weeks of night pain in the foot and a non-healing heel ulcer.clerkship · 4 decisions · ≈12 minOpen
- OR 0311:3011:30Thoracic SurgeryThe pneumonia that will not settleA 58-year-old man is still febrile on day 6 of treatment for a left lower lobe pneumonia.clerkship · 4 decisions · ≈12 minBriefing
- OR 0414:0014:00Vascular SurgeryA cold hand after the fistulaA 64-year-old diabetic man on haemodialysis develops a cold, painful left hand six weeks after a brachiocephalic fistula.advanced · 4 decisions · ≈12 minOpen