The Surgical Team | Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, First Assist, Scrub Nurse, & More

Does surgery sound sexy to you? Maybe you’ve been watching Grey’s Anatomy, House, or my favorite, Scrubs. Yet surgery isn’t just about the surgeon, but an entire healthcare team that ensures the patient is cared for when they’re under the knife. Let’s dive in on the different parts of the surgical team.

TIME STAMPS:
00:39 - The Surgeon
03:12 - The Anesthesiologist
04:52 - The First Assist
05:40 - The Scrub Nurse
06:35 - The Circulating Nurse
07:37 - Medical Trainees
08:59 - Outside the Operating Room

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[MedSchoolInsiders]

Thanks for watching! Which surgical team member do you want to be in the future? Let us know with a comment below!

[qmruroz]

This is so interesting! Greys anatomy doesn’t really give recognition to other positions, and makes surgeons look like they do every single thing. Thanks for the vid!

[what-grlt]

Cantankerous means bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. I googled the definition for all of us cuz I know 99.9% of us don’t know

[camicece]

Can you do “So you Want to Be An Anesthesiologists”? Please?

[FroznPhenix]

As a surgical tech I think it’s also important for people to know that the “surgical nurse” isn’t all to common as it’s the certified surgical technologist(CST) who does this. No one really knows who we are but we do so much in co-op with the surgical team

[FluoGray]

I never though I could enjoy surgery before doing my surgical intership, now it’s all i can think about. I am obsessed.

[eugenewong__]

please do a “so you want to be an anesthesiologist” video

[dfballa]

PA student here. The OR is an intriguing and unique experience that offers a world of nuances that requires adaptation. Once you get the hang of it, it's an extremely rewarding and fun time.

[Objectve]

Surgery does but from the Anesthesiologist perspective. I love how anesthesia works and what needs to be done to keep the patient sleep, breathing, and when to wake them. Hoping to go to med school one day.

[camryn]

Do so you want to be a anesthesiologists

[kamalionify]

What fascinates me the most is the coordination and teamwork. They all work so seamlessly together, it's very VERY impressive. It's so hard to have people work as a team, I can't even imagine how stressful it must be in a surgical setting

[A__mzn]

Please do “so you want to be an anesthesiologist “ video

[gwillis]

So the surgeon gets all the glamour like a quarterback on a football team but the surgeon needs the other team members just like the quarterback does.

[Ashweee.]

Gotta say, in the operating room where I work, the anesthesiologists are considered the ‘first in command’. The surgeon may have recruited the patient for surgery but it’s the anesthesiologist that gives the final go ahead that the patient is healthy/stable enough to be operated on at this time; at least for elective surgeries. Also for urgent/emergency surgeries, I’ve seen many cases where the patient is a medical trainwreck and way too unstable to be done at a regular mid-sized hospital, so the anesthesiologist makes the call to ship them to a larger centre with better support for critical patients. Just my observations from being a circulating nurse in the O.R. :)

[jegif]

Love these videos. This changed my perspective on anesthesiologists, they're pretty badass!

[subservientheart]

Can you please do a “So you want to be a psychiatrist” episode

[cherry_XX]

7:29 I remember very well a case that happened in my country about a surgeon who forgot the scissors inside the patient's stomach

[sana-cmoc]

Surgeon is in charge of the surgical procedure. Anesthesiologist is in charge of the patient.

[DZ-wxkw]

This is extremely helpful. I shadowed in thoracic surgery for a few weeks back in February and it would have been helpful to know this beforehand. I didn’t know exactly what the terminology was for much of this but I can recall everyone doing the different tasks now. Thank you so much!

[tatianazapata]

Okay I really needed this, thank you so much