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After you leave the Children's
wing, you will usually be taken to a waiting area. In
many hospitals, parents are allowed to go to this area with
you. It is going to be very boring there since you will
just be waiting on a stretcher. The good part is that
many hospitals allow your parents to stay so that you have
some company.
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During this time,
nurses and the anesthesiologist will check on you a lot.
They need to know your blood pressure and heart rate and stuff
like that. Their job is to make you comfortable and take
very good care of you.
When it is your turn to go to the Operating
Room, your parents will go to a special waiting room that has
nice couches and chairs so that they can wait for you to be
done. This room is really close so don't worry about
them being far away. At this time, you will probably be
a little sleepy from the medicine they are giving you in the
I.V. This is normal.
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be wearing 'scrubs' like the ones at the right.
[We really had fun putting them on during our
tour!] All of this weird looking stuff protects
the doctors, nurses, and you from germs. |
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The operating room (or O.R.) may seem scary, but
it's not when you know that a team of doctors and nurses are
nearby. Their job is YOU.
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In the picture above,
you will see that the O.R. has a lot of equipment in it.
All of this equipment is used to help the doctors and nurses
take care of you. The O.R. has comfy operating
tables. We know this because one of us [in the picture
to the right] tried one out. It was very comfortable and
had something called a gel pad under it that was squishy and
so neat.
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It looks
kind of creepy, but this is because her head is turned away
and she has a hair covering on! We think it looks cool! |
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There are large cabinets filled with towels, medicine,
and supplies in them. They have locks on the cabinets
that can only be opened by doctors and nurses.
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The room is sterile
which means that it is very clean. This is so you do not get germs from anyone in the
room.
The walls and ceilings are also cleaned with the best cleaning wash there is. The doctors and nurses wear masks, gloves, and caps to protect
everyone from germs.
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The Operating Room is
filled with a whole lot of equipment that you won't
recognize. Even though it looks like there is stuff
everywhere, the doctors and nurses know where everything is
and take really good care of you.
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Continue the tour of the
operating room by clicking below.
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