Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 23 TSC 570 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Warning Signs at the Energy Device
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The idea
An electrosurgical unit can warn of a problem, and so can the way it is being used.
In practice
Contact monitoring stops the current and alerts the team if the pad's contact fails; a surgeon repeatedly asking for more power is another warning sign.
Where people slip
An alarm is investigated, never silenced and ignored.
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