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Everything nobody tells you about scrubbing in: the career, the paperwork, the instruments and the days that do not go to plan.
Start here54 Basic Surgical Instruments: Pictures, Names, and UsesFifty-four instruments is the set almost every surgical technology program hands out in the first term, and the one you will be asked to name on a back table before anyone lets you scrub a real case. Every one… · 6 min read Read it 
Surgical tech job outlook: 5% growth through 2034
An honest look at the surgical tech career path
The short version Surgical technology is a skilled trade with a two-year entry, a genuine ceiling most people never re… · 1 min readPrintable surgical tech flashcards
Introduction to Colonoscopy
What a colonoscopy is A colonoscopy is an examination of the whole large bowel with a flexible scope carrying a camera… · 1 min readUnderstanding power ports
Essential guide to operating room instruments
Every instrument, by what it does Instrument names are easier to hold onto once you stop learning them one at a time… · 1 min readThe Ultimate Guide to Logging Clinical Cases (Without Losing Your Mind)
Why the log matters as much as the case In an accredited program your clinical log is a legal document. Program direct… · 4 min readWhile you are here
The articles are the small half.
Most of CSTSetup is the reference the writing keeps pointing at.
Case setupsBack table, Mayo, medications and counts, written up case by case by the techs who scrubbed them.193 and countingInstrument libraryWhat it is called, what it is for and what it looks like in someone's hand. Photographed, not sketched.2,759 and countingHelp deskStraight answers about the site, your account and how any of this works. Ask if the answer is not there.33 and counting
Stop reading, start drilling
Read it once. Know it cold.
Every setup on the site is also a deck. Same content, asked back at you until it sticks, with the ones you keep missing coming round more often.
Write up your own case
You just scrubbed something nobody has written down. Put it up and the next tech walks in ready.
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Cases, hours and preceptor sign-off in one place, counted against your program's accreditation targets as you go.
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