Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 16 TSC 388 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dispersive Pad Placement
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The idea
The dispersive pad is placed before draping, on a site chosen to carry electrical current safely out of the patient.
In practice
The best site is clean, dry, over a large well-vascularized muscle near the operative site, avoiding bone, scars, hair, metal implants and pressure points.
Where people slip
The circulating nurse documents where the pad was placed, so the skin there can be checked afterward.
Your place on the trail
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