0:41 Bovie/Electro surgical unit: Provides jolt of electricity to tissue. Electricity vaporises tissue and cause heat to cut tissue. Or causes to coagulates. Heat causes protein to melt and coagulate which seals of blood vessels. Electrodes or tip 2:44 Harmonic scalpel : Electricity is used to create very high frequency ultrasonic vibration. Cuts or coagulates tissue. Vibration - Friction - Heat - Cut or Coagulates 3:33 Clamp : Mosquito/Hallstead clamp (curved - tissue / straight - dressing or suture) Small hemostat 4:29 Crile (curved / straight) Hemostat. Bigger than mosquito. Serration goes all the way down to the box lock 5:08 Kelly clamp : Bigger than crile clamp. Serration only goes halfway down to the box lock 5:37 Pean clamp : Bigger than Kelly. Serration goes all the way down to the box lock 6:09 Rochester pean clamp : Larger version of pean 6:29 Schnidt : Very long handled crile. Used for tonsils. Has gentle curve 6:57 Mixter clamp : Sharper curve. Right angled clamp 7:08 Mayo scissors : (straight- suture , dressing/curved- tissue) Curved scissors helps the surgeon to see the thing we are cutting 8:23 Metzenbaum scissors : Delicate and curved. Cutting 8:31 Lister / Bandaid scissors : For cutting bandages 9:08 Wire cutter scissor : Cuts wire 9:40 Scalpel : cuts tissues 3 , 3 long , 7 , 4 (larger trio that needs larger blade) Blade - 10 , 20 , 12 , 11 , 15 3-10 , 4 - 20 12:05 Beaver blade and beaver handle : for plastic surgery 12:32 Forcep (plain handle - straight handle / Adson handle - shorter and wider. Used for delicate areas) Adson dressing forcep has plain tip. Has some serration Adson tissue forcep has rat tooth used for picking up tissue Adson brown forcep has series of teeth that grabs tougher tissue Plain Dressing forcep has couple of serration Plain tooth forcep has rat tooth 14:44 Debakey forcep Thin narrow forcep with long handle for clamping blood vessel 15:03 Singley forcep : Rounded tip with small serration. Atraumatic forcep 15:20 Ferris Smith (heavy duty adson) - for tough heavy tissue Bonnie straight forcep 15:42 Russian forcep has a ring of teeth in it. Has a cup in it 16:03 Towel clamps 16:22 Backhaus - pointy tip. Sharp and curved. Penetrating 16:54 Roeder towel clamp - has balls in it 17:10 Non penetrating towel clamp - atraumatic 17:24 Grasping forcep 17:33 Foerster sponge stick Has rings on ends. Wraps around a sponge 18:04 Babcock and Aliss forcep - Babcock has curve and straight point. This is atraumatic All is has teeth on it. Traumatic. Holds bone 19:23 Kocher Ochsner clamp - Straight plus rat tooth Rochester Kocher clamp - larger 20:14 Retractor - Retracts tissue or skin Handheld retractors - hand is used to hold the wound open 20:44 Army navy retractor - Long tip plus short tip plus hold in the middle 21:05 Goelet retract - Curve on both ends Parker retractor - curve on both ends. Simple. Looks like park bench 21:57 Sen retractor - Has claw on one end other end has a bend. Sharp claw and blunt claw (95%) 23:15 Joseph skin hook - sharp tip retractor. Fine sharp tip. Holds skin 23:45 Self retaining retractor Weitlaner 24:22 Malleable (ribbon) retractor. You can shape it to however you want 25:14 Frazier suction tip - Sucks up fluid 26:04 Yankhaur suction tip - plastic plus metal version. Has rounded tips 27:00 Poole suction tip. Has lots of holes. Used for abdomen 28:00 Needle holders hold suture needles 28:10 Crile wood needle holder - fine tip 28:17 Mayo Hegar needle holder - holds larger suture needle 28:30 Ryder needle holder - narrow tip 28:45 Webster needle holder - smallest. Holds small needles
Mr. Sowers, thank you for every single lecture you have posted for ST's. Today, with your help, on my 1st attempt, I passed my exam. I've graduated as a CST. Thank you so much! I couldn't have done it without your lectures and detailed illustrations. Thank you!
I didn't find the program hard, but the amount you need to know/memorize seems very overwhelming. To help me study and pass the exam I am looking into a position at my local hospital for an un-certified tech to get me some hands on experience. I hope I can pass on my first try too. These videos however have helped me sooo much @@tdixon97
I'm a new CP tech, and got tossed into the deep end, just baskets and baskets of mystery surgical instruments with the item numbers worn away with time. This video has helped a ton, thank you.
For surgical instrument learning starts from here. The best lecture available on RU-vid for beginners with mindful PowerPoint for the students. Thank you so much, sir.
I recall having watched a great surgery professor who was astoundingly skillful. He employed his own instrument tech. She was so familiar with even very complex operations that he only held out his hand to have exactly the right instrument passed from one of the several open trays. He knew that talking at the table increases the risk of pt. infection, as does anything other than delicate tissue manipulation.
Thank you very much!! I was wishing to find something like this!!! so clear and calm and professionally explained and to the point- edited to the max! I have a “test “ at work tomorrow and this was the info I really needed!!!!
Hiii So today I passed my NCCT exam here in California. Omg it was so hard. Just wanted to say thank you for all the content you put out & actually taking the time to respond to questions and such it really helped a lot!
starting school come April and wanted to start getting myself familiar with the instruments ,thank you so much for taking the time to do this video as it was very helpful, I will be using this video throughout my time in school.
wonderful video! supplementing my SPD training with a splash of surgical tech info to better understand my customers, this was highly informative! thanks!
I’m thinking about making Surgical Tech my career goal but I’m so happy I found your page to teach me while I debate on going back to school before paying my student loan lol can’t wait to start my journey.
I am a M.A., P.N. I enjoyed your video immensely. I've assisted doctors in minor surgeries, and loved my job, so fascinating, and I like to keep learning. Thank you very much! By the way, would you please show a rib spreader?
You are so clear at describing all instruments, great information video on surgical basic tools. Wish it was bit longer video and if could use a dummy to show how some of the tools are actually used on tissues would have been great . Awesome job👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hello, thankyou for the crystal clear and excellent video demonstration. I would like to ask about the electric cauterization, when do we use such monopolar and bipolar cauterization? Thank you
Are there left-handed scissors for surgeons that are left-handed? If you use right-handed scissors in your left hand the blades tend to spread apart and not cut well.
plastic resins and poly based utensils for human interface non-static does not conduct electricity, does not manipulate the iron structure based around oxidized blood or an open orfice
i have used misquito & larger than mosquito clamps , small forcep , needle holders & reound end scissors & scalpel , while doing minor to moderate surgries # but haven't used blood vessels electrocautery # 👍🇵🇰
