WEBVTT 00:00:00.256 --> 00:00:01.106 A:middle >> My name is Richard Faith [phonetic]. 00:00:01.426 --> 00:00:03.406 A:middle I'm a certified surgical technologist. 00:00:03.666 --> 00:00:09.496 A:middle So I set up the sterile field, which is then part of the surgical suite, and pass instruments 00:00:09.496 --> 00:00:12.026 A:middle to the surgeon, and assist in the surgery. 00:00:12.476 --> 00:00:18.976 A:middle So when you get to the hospital, you change into scrubs like I'm wearing now, and then you go 00:00:18.976 --> 00:00:21.056 A:middle and do your initial scrub for the day, 00:00:21.056 --> 00:00:25.446 A:middle which is a five- to eight-minute hand and arm washing technique. 00:00:25.986 --> 00:00:28.586 A:middle Then, you enter the surgical suite. 00:00:28.876 --> 00:00:31.626 A:middle For, before, you put a mask on your face. 00:00:31.626 --> 00:00:32.856 A:middle Then, you enter the surgical suite. 00:00:33.256 --> 00:00:36.986 A:middle And you then gown and glove yourself in an aseptic technique, 00:00:37.156 --> 00:00:39.256 A:middle maintaining sterility of the gown and the gloves. 00:00:39.256 --> 00:00:44.096 A:middle And then, you put a sterile drape over the back table 00:00:44.096 --> 00:00:46.656 A:middle and start opening the instrumentation onto the back table. 00:00:46.686 --> 00:00:51.206 A:middle And sometimes you set up another stand called Mayo stand that slides over the patient and is, 00:00:51.526 --> 00:00:56.956 A:middle holds, like, the instrumentation that you'll use initially or most often within the surgery. 00:00:58.376 --> 00:01:01.896 A:middle And once that's set up, then usually the patient's brought in. 00:01:01.896 --> 00:01:09.546 A:middle And if you are not still scrubbed in, you then help position the patient, and get them draped 00:01:09.866 --> 00:01:17.096 A:middle with sterile drapes, and then re-gown and glove yourself, and go back into the sterile field, 00:01:17.096 --> 00:01:21.996 A:middle and move all that to the patient, and surgeon usually comes in somewhere in that process, 00:01:21.996 --> 00:01:26.136 A:middle and at some point asks for the scalpel, and we get started. 00:01:26.876 --> 00:01:32.886 A:middle So where I currently am working, there is 11 surgical suites that generally eight to ten 00:01:32.886 --> 00:01:35.956 A:middle of them are operational at any given time. 00:01:36.936 --> 00:01:39.026 A:middle Through that process, depending on the surgeries 00:01:39.026 --> 00:01:41.676 A:middle that you are working on, some surgeries last much longer. 00:01:41.676 --> 00:01:43.416 A:middle So you might only do one or two in a day. 00:01:43.416 --> 00:01:48.076 A:middle And then, on other days, you might have a day where it's a lot of, like, tonsillectomy, 00:01:48.076 --> 00:01:52.476 A:middle or tympan tubes, or other smaller procedures like a trigger finger or carpal tunnel, 00:01:52.816 --> 00:01:56.546 A:middle where you either stay in the same room and just turn the room over after each procedure, 00:01:56.546 --> 00:02:00.056 A:middle and you can do eight to ten, maybe 12 of those in a day. 00:02:00.416 --> 00:02:02.316 A:middle And so it really kind of just depends on the day and, like, 00:02:02.316 --> 00:02:04.516 A:middle what type of surgeries have been scheduled for that day. 00:02:04.956 --> 00:02:09.216 A:middle Where I'm currently working, it's either four or five days a week, based on the surgical load. 00:02:09.216 --> 00:02:12.046 A:middle And then, one evening a week of call. 00:02:12.046 --> 00:02:14.196 A:middle And then, one weekend a month of call. 00:02:14.556 --> 00:02:17.866 A:middle And call doesn't always mean that you end up going in and working, 00:02:18.236 --> 00:02:22.466 A:middle but you are making a minimal amount of money per hour while waiting to be called in. 00:02:22.466 --> 00:02:27.286 A:middle And then, when you get called in, it's better pay rate than your normal shift time, so.