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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-07-29, Page 20 I Advance -Tres. July 3•, 1>i?8 • _ • Plowing Match _ � eratin room F is a sets records IWW IN STO"ll • New records an alyeady Y } W go Z10 . E50 X00. X J. 6z lit. aemandin,,g wor aceheft Ma _ at x Gravity Boxes Walkerton � The scene is familiar. There is CONSENT NEEDED count of the supplies must be Oftici* tuw predicting record 300 and 350 Boxes pointe on to a barelyalive patient on an oper- U you need surgery, you have toiodide reached. with Graphite paint pM :Yattendance. ,.A , ating table in the middle of a go to the hospital, be admitted RECOVERY The 100 -acre cite of tented city insure easier unloading and large room. You can hear the and when you are in your room, Following the operation, the is almost filled with 326 exhib- longer life. sound of drips in an intravenous sign a consent if you are 16 years patient is moved by stretcher to icon participating to date. This is stand. A large group of green- of age or older. If an unconscious the recovery room across the one month ahead of previous 6 to 10 ton J. & M. wagons ' gowned individuals make ef- patient is admitted and his or her hall, where a registered nurse is years. ficient and confident movements. "Scalpel family can't be located, a clause responsible for recording vital The Flying Farmers, ao- J. & M. Bale and Grain please," orders the sur- geon, A scalpel is slapped smart- in the Public Hospitals Act states that if not having surgery would signs (blood pressure and pulse, breathing rate, and check to see vincial organization, is equipped Elevators, built stronger to ly into his outstretched palm and mean the death of the patient, the there W-no—JAeeding) , en- handle visitorq arriving by air. to The air strip owned by Roy Wil - ,last longer q•.. he bends over the patient again. "I'm losing him, I'm losing him. surgeon must consult with an- other surgeon and operate. couraging deep breathing and coughing and alleviating 1Lms, Chairman of that Com_ COMPETITIVE PRICES r"b ""�•u..,,,,• Oxygen, on the double." Tele- ng necessary treat- Pte• The patient is kept In the re- mlttee, is only two miles from the site.Visitors will be given trans_ vision minutes (ie. hours) later mFollsigning of the consent covery room until all vital signs portation to the Plowing Match MAX RIEGLING the serious crisis has passed and P form and other papers, the pa- are stable. b van. y 7!S•Slp the patient lives. tient is given pre -operative seda- OR nurses are on duty from Although not quite so dramatic, tion and around half an hour later 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 . For off- p.m. Six helicopters will be provid- 7 Miles West Of Lvcknow scenes like the one above are daily in is brought to. the OR on a str u8 et- cher. Upon arrival, the hours that is, evening and week- ing rides for the public at the site. On No. K Nwy- enacted many operating patient's end work, two people, usually one rooms. chart is completely and thor- registered nurse and one regis- There are two operating suites oughly checked and positive tered nursing assistant are _• $' in Wingham acid District Hospi- identification made. Operations available. A beeper call system is tel, one in the out-patient de- take la place in a sterile area and used to contact these people. partment and the other one on the third floor...All kinds of surgery one must be capped, gowned and r, A patient must resign himself masked, before centering. Even to accepting the hospital as are performed here. Surgery paper overboots are worn over something created for his safety SUMMER may be defined as a "planned shoes. and benefit, but at the same time anatomic alteration of the human organism, designed to arrest, al- Since a patient can be very ner- vous it is part of the nurse's job to hospital and operating room staff must explain procedures, sooth CLEARANCE leviate, or eradicate some patho- put him at his ease by explaining nervous people and perform their logical process". It can also be a procedures that will be carried tasks efficiently. Working in a SCRUBBING UP before entering the operating room is Mrs. Sharon Skinn, Reg. N. Mrs. mending or replacement of out. Children are often very hospital is a demanding oc- Elizabeth Morwrief, Reg. N. is in charge of the OR nursing staff which includes two damaged body parts. frightened and thus a bit of TLC cupation. registered nurses and two RNA's. Some of the surgery done in the (Tender Loving Care) helps. E. 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Children are often cuddled, On Norris, director of patient care. walked and talked to. � - �� These include abdominal opera- When the operating suite is tions such as appendectomies free, the patient is wheeled in and Area Teenager, loses _ and gall bladder removals, re- moved onto the operating table. . . • Flush A=Byes I pair of fractures, putting in bone He or she is the anaesthetized by life in farm mishap x' plates, tonsillectomies, removing the anaesthesiologist and surgery f0.. er ,' bunions, stripping varicose veins, Performed. During major A youngWawanOSh girl lost her surgery an, anaesthesiologist, life in a tragic farm accident and caesarian sections. g Y gist, � 0 SOME TRANSFERRED surgeon, assistant, doctor, scrub which occurred Wednesday, July 21. There are several types of sur nurse, assistant scrub nurse and ew 60 Newborn • ` gery which the hospital cannot circulating nurse are present. Alma E. Gingerich, 16, was as- 30 Med�ll111 perform since proper equipment A scrub nurse is a member of stating with haying operations on • • the farm of her father, Eli D. Gin- Size Diapers Size Diapers is wanting and since there is no the surgical team who can be p specialized staff. Chest surgery either an Reg. N. or an RNA. He gerich of RR 2, Lucknow. She was Regular $3.15 Price ;c (for instance,. work on lungs and or she arranges instruments and driving the team of horses and $Iloshed,o Slashed to heart) and neurosurgery are supplies, opens and prepares riding, with her brother, on the $11sos I types that are not done here. It is sutures and helps the', surgeon load of hay when the load upset 198 the doctor who makes the de- throughout the operation. throwing her to the ground. The cision to transfer the patient to The circulating nurse is a wheels of the wagon roiled over another hospital 'if it is felt the registered nurse whose position - her. Her brother was not injured. surgery can't be handled in, is outside the sterile field. She Miss Gingerich was pronoun- Win ham. The decision to trans- gives assistance .to the anaes dead at the scene by coroner n r g Dr. J. C. McKim of Lucknow. The �� � �&,•� ��� � far may also be made according thesiologist and is responsible for r� to a patient's wishes. providing further supplies or tragic incident took place be7 - g� Wingham's referral point is sutures. She also gives aid to the tween four and five o'clock and London, since it is only 70 miles scrub nurse or assistant scrub was investigated by the Goderich nurse in counting OPP detachment. Lee Vance Ltd t away on a straight highway. g sponges, >n- Funeral service was held • Once in a while, the transfer may struments and sutures before andONTARIO be made to Kitchener -Waterloo, following the operation. Before Saturday from the family, resi- WINGHAM Hamilton or Toronto, but this an incision is closed, a correct dente. happens rarely. There are six or seven con sulting and active doctors at the ' hospital with surgical privileges and the OR nursing staff has six . LMER y s members. Head nurse is Mrs. IF4 Elizabeth Moncrief, Reg. N., who supervises Mrs. Sharon Skinn, Reg. N.; Miss Arnolda Milten-- " burg and -alternating RNAs are �. Martin Cretier, Clayton Baird • and Mrs. Margaret McVittie. Myr Speaking with Mrs. McVittie, she said she really likes working . �+1© f t / A- in the operating room. "On the floor you have to do routine work CORS -V640 I like looking after the patient. In Q GS i f " the OR it's a challenge since it's a VGIRLS i different type of work altogether. t jWO DEMONSTRATING what a scrub nurse does is Miss It involves learning every aspect I TWp BOYsBIICEY KITS Arnolda Miltenburg, Reg. N. The person. assigned to the of the hospital better V The two ACCESSOR v,tu,bte I task arranges instruments and supplies, opens and registered nurses beiAme inter tains I Each kit con bike . prepares foe sutures and assists the surgeon throughout the ested in surgery during their For v ova operation. training. item Mm h R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST GODERICH The Square 524-7661 Look neighbour .. . ITC MT I11Pprn 1 DutilurAVC1rn M4UIP1111il111 1 is zinc coated inside and out for extra years of protection. 1 We install stanchions, stalls, pens, waterers, complete line. 1 - 1 But don't take our word for it. 1 Ask a neighbour who owns Butler. 1 1 nn - L Lowry wry F arm Equipment Ltd. Rout* 1, Kincordino, Ontario PHONE: 519-395-5286 i S IT SEEMS A REP6RTER will do anything for a story. In order to view the operating suite in the Wingham and District Hospital, Halia Koba of The Advance -Times had to get capped, gowned, masked and .put on papFr- overshoes. 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