i had the best OT experience so far! simply because i participated almost as much as the surgeon did!
this guy had both his wrists fractured (colles' fracture) so we had to sedate him under general anesthesia and put metal pins (K-wires) in his wrist to fix the fractured bone. on one hand, the surgeon showed me how to do it, how to hold the wrist under traction, how to locate the site to insert the pin, how to use the drill, etc!
me and prashanna got to do it on the other hand!! all by ourselves ! :)
using the drill was pretty fun! and then we had to bend the extra pin and cut it off, later we applied a plaster cast over the arm too.
overall a fun experience learning to do something in the OT!
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