Mentor hours

On febuary 2, 2013  i spent a total of 9 hours with my mentor. I got to see surgeries be performed while doing extractions. The patients were put to sleep under I.V. The anesthesia is responsive in less then 1 minute. Observing the surgeries did not gross me out it was acually very intresting to see even though there was alot of blood involved. Patients do not feel anything under I.V. During the surgery some patients woke up, but were still under I.V. When patient tried to talk they just mumbled. Learning to talk to the patinets was very intresting. I learned how to talk to patients and getting them ready before any procedure is done. Every time an assistant is placing more anesthesia in the patient, they must say how many anesthesia is being put in the patient out loud. For example 2 CC of lidocaine being put. They have assistants coming in and out of the room. The doctor has a button next to him so he can call for assistance. Before procedures facial Iodine is placed on the face to clean the area. After the surgery patients are still under anesthesia and are unable to drive so a family member or a friend must pick the patient up and patient is helped to the car. Learning about the tools they use for procedures was very intresting. For Example a mallat, which is like a hammer that is pounded to split a tooth so it can be taken out by parts (wisdom teeth). I also learned that the Surgeon barley has anytime to eat if they are lucky they have atleast 10 minutes of lunch. In my next visit ( 2 weeks or so) i hope to see a biopsy be performed and also see other more critical surgeries be done. I also tend to learn more about the tools they use and remembering the names.