Hi, I'm Dr. Frank Lista. Here we are outside
Operating Room #1 and we're ready to do our
first operation of the day, which is a breast
augmentation. Now, one of the things that
is most important to plastic surgeons is not
just how good a patient looks, but also safety.
And so as part of our safety program, we implement
a program called the Time Out Check List.
So the idea of the Time Out Check List is
that we have a time out at the very beginning
of the operation, and we go through the check
list to review everything there is to know
about the patient, including something called
the ASA status, which means how healthy this
patient is. I've already seen the patient
in our pre-op room, and we've talked, said
good morning, I've marked her, we've reviewed
what we've already done, so I've already met
her. She walked down the hall and she has
been put to sleep. We're going to go in and
while I'm prepping my hands and putting my
glove and gown on, the nursing staff and all
of us in the room are going to go over the
pre-op check list. So this is a regular day
here in the operating room, and we're ready
to go.
Good morning.
Hey.
Time out everyone.
Hold on one sec, Cat. Just let me get my gown on here.
So with us in the operating room
this morning is Cat, Laurie, and Dr. Friedland,
our talented and excellent O.R. team. So let's
do the time out.
Time out. This is Jane Smith. She's having
II cohesive. Her procedure was checked verbally.
It was checked on the front sheet, as well
as her consent has been checked. Her ASA is
A1. She's got no known drug allergies. Ancef
and dex have been given. The pre-op drugs
were given. The warming blanket's on. Cautery
pad's on. And the SCE's are on and pumping.
And her patient preference size is 425.
Thanks, Cat. So that's our time out, that's
what we do before every operation, and now
we're going to start surgery. Thanks for watching.
