A surgical technologist is a health professional who prepares an operating room (OR) before surgery. They’re a crucial part of a surgical care team, working alongside the surgeon, the surgeon’s ...

Inside Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center's second floor surgery suite, surgeons and medical teams are busy honing their critical-care skills. In one room, a retiree is getting a new nose. A few feet ...

The worry begins as soon as we schedule an elective surgery — whether joint replacement, hysterectomy, hernia repair, or any of the scores of procedures that account for the 15 million operations ...

The Board of Visitors Operation Room Simulation Lab, the fifth room in the Nursing Competencies Suite, trains students specializing in surgical or anesthesia pathways in the skills they need to be ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) issued an advisory to prevent and manage the rare, but devastating, occurrences of operating room fires. Robert Caplan, M.D., chair of the ASA Task ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Surgeons in training at Sanford Health have another tool to sharpen their skills. This may look like some sort of video game. But these headsets and hand controls are ...

As artificial intelligence and other technologies continue to move into the medical field, a growing number of doctors are showing interest in how these innovations can transform all aspects of ...