So the other day my boss asked to speak with me. I was a little nervous and I was thinking whats going on that she would like to speak to me. And then I started thinking about why do I get to be nervous I have done nothing wrong. I hate it how I always think if the boss wants to speak it must not be good. WRONG.. So anyways she told me that the hospital was going to be getting a Da Vinci. Which is a robot that the doctor works with to do minimally invasive surgery. So in our case at St Marks it would be genitourinary and gyncological. (aka gyn and urology)So where I come in? She has asked me to be on the team. She picked me and one other scrub who will go and get training on the instrument and then be the ones who assist in the surgery and then later on down the road teach the other scrubs. I am so excited and pleased that out of the 20 techs that work at st marks she picked me.
Here is a pic and I will explain:
The doctor sits in this booth and places his/her hands in a machine type device, that the robot picks up, so it is guided by the doctor. The doctor also looks into this monitor which is 3D and magnified and able to see what is going on and what they get to do. Me as the tech I stand at the sterile field with the robot and pass instruments and assist up with the robot.
Pretty Interesting. I will let you know how it goes.
