When will you bring me to OT, Nurse?

By:
Siska Yoniessa, S.S,
M.Pd
Today Mr. Jack will be operated and nurse Rosalyn comes to his
room to make sure that everything is ready.

Nurse : good morning Mr.Jack, how are you feeling today?

Mr. J : I am pretty well, thanks.
Nurse : Good and today you will be operated, won’t you?
Mr. J : yes, you right.
Nurse : do you still keep your mounth off from meals and drinks,
don’t you?
Mr. J : Yes, I am still off from food and meals
Nurse : very good
Mr. J : By the way, when will you bring me to operating theater at
10.30 am.
Mr. J : That’s relieve.
Nurse : and now I will inject youthis medicine
at your buttock
Mr. J : injected again! What is that injection for?
Nurse : this medicine is called premedication,
we usually give this injection one or two
hours before operation begins
Mr. J : does it hurt me?
Nurse : little, it just like ant’s bite, now would
you mind putting your body upside down?
Mr. J : On this bed? Okay.
Nurse : yes, good, and would you lower
down your trouser, sir?
Mr. J : no problem
Nurse : well sir, I hope, you don’t move when
I inject this medicine, okay.
Mr. J : I will, Is it finish, nurse?
Nurse : yes, and now could you change your
gown with this operation gown, please?
Mr. J : No problem
Nurse : thanks
In the theater, Jack will be given an anaesthetic and his
wound will be explored. The X-rays which were taken by
the radiographer will show the surgeon the exact site
and extent of the fracture. Dead or dirty tissue will be
excised and any small splinters of bone will be removed.
The surgeon will perform the operation using a “no
touch” technique to reduce the chances of infection.

When the surgeon is satisfied that the wound is as clean

as possible, he will dust it off with an antibiotic powder.
He will then suture it and cover it with a sterile gauze
dressing. Any areas that are raw will be dressed with
sterile vaseline petroleum jelly gauze. The surgeon will
now be able to treat the fracture as closed.
he will reduce the bone into anatomical position, and the leg
will be put in plaster of paris. Jack then be taken back to an
orthopedic ward.

When a post operative patient like jack arrives in the ward, she
is carefully lifted from the stretcher and laid in a specially
prepared bed. The foot of the bed is often raised on wooden
blocks. The patient is placed on his back with his head turned
to one side. As he is generally still unconcious, an artificial
airway is in position and a nurse stays with him to ensure that
his airway is kept clear. She also checks his pulse rate and
volume, his color and the rate and depth of her respiration.
1. What will jack be given in theater?
2. what willbe done to his wound?
3. what will the X-rays show the surgeon?
4. what will happen to any small splinters of bone?
5. What will he do to the fractured bones?
6. what will he do to Jack’s leg?
7. where will Jack be taken after the operation?
8. what will the nurse check?
9. how is he placed in bed?
10. why does a nurse remain with him?