Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 23 TSC 568 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Residual Heat
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The idea
Energy devices stay hot for some time after they are switched off, and that residual heat can burn tissue.
In practice
Devices cool at different rates; the electrosurgery review notes that ultrasonic devices hold heat longest, then monopolar, then bipolar.
Where people slip
A recently used tip is treated as hot, rested only in its holster or a safe place.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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