LA County Medical Center School of Nursing - Rx Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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A delicale procedure in ENT surgery holds Jrhe alleniion ol all lhe personnel. Page 60 i. s,. 3 m, Plasler room is The cenler of allraclion on Jrhe Jrhircl floor. l-lere Dr. Johnslon explains 'rhe lechni- calilies of applying a splice and a half lo Maclelon George and Miss Samuels. MRS. ALICE BERKOWITZ, inslruclor for lhe orlhopeclic nursing classes, formerly combined leaching operaling room Jrechnique wilh her pres- enl posilion. Operafing room Technique is now laugh? by Miss Walloclc.

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The air Trap, an exTreme emerg- ency measure is oTTen necessary in The TighT Tor liTe. ChesT surgery cases are placed on I4-400 where sTudenTs and graduaTes are Trained To observe The paTienTs careTully and To learn The Techniques ThaT are necessary To lceep The lungs supplying The viTal oxygen To The blood. The child crying wiTh pain and TrighT will be Thanlclul some day in The TuTure Tor The modern TaciliTies oT- Tered on The burns and plasTic ser- vice. Willing and eager sTudenT nurse Miss PeT- ersen, is waiTing and ready To assisT and ob- serve Dr. l-libbard wiTh a gynecological ex- aminaTion. Page '59

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' 24am Main surgery never ceases To be a source oT inTeresT and inTrigue To The sTudenT nurses. Truly advanced anaTomy lessons are Theirs Tor The observing. The anTicipaTion oT The surgeon's needs Talls as parT oT The scrub nurse's duTies in addiTion To answering a re- quesT lwhich occasionally becomes a pleal Tor a sponge. An eTFicienT Team, sur- geons. scrub nurse, circu- laTing and supervising nurses, and The anaesThe- TisT, endeavors To keep The operaTion running smooThly and also To be ever alerT To any change in The con'diTion oT The paTienT. Page 61