What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

Re: What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

Teh Fluffeh — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:42:04 GMT

If you have time, call veterinary instrumentation and request posters of the instruments as well as a catalogue and have it sent to work so you can put it up and revise that way. I found that easier than just looking through the catalogue. Also if you pack kits, get colleagues to test you on what you're cleaning/packing while you do it.

Re: What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:31:31 GMT

Different drill pieces self tapping, cortical drills and self tapping drill pieces, Taps & tap handles. Countersinks

Doyen Bowel clamps

retractors: finichetto, gossett, balfour

Re: What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

Kizzy — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:16:24 GMT

Bit difficult to know exactly what ,as i work in a small practice and hardly do any ortho and the only instruments i knew before i started revising was gillies. Anyways right guys these are the instruments I have noted down so far, if there is any others you think i should learn please let me know :-)

needle holders:

Gillies, mcphails, olden hagar

Forceps:

Spencers wells, halstead mosquitos, Allis tissues, Adsons, Treves, Block end dissecting, Emmett's, Bendover's, Standard forceps

Towel Clips:

Backhaus, Babcock

Scissors:

Mayo's, Metzenbaum's

Retractors:

Gelpi's, West's, Travers, Volkman's, Lagenbacks, Hohman

Orthopeadics:

osteotome, gouge, chisel, liston bone cutters, crimping forceps, Rongeurs (stille-ruskins), volkman currette, periosteal elevator, Mallet, Jacobs chuck and key, Graft passer, Depth gauge, Drill guide, Drill sleeve

Wires, plates, pins and screws:

Cerclage Wire, K-wire, Arthrodesis Wire, Rush pin, steinmann pin, Compression Plate, Reconstruction Plate, Sherman plate, venables plate, Cancellous screw, Cortical screw, Self tapping sherman screw

Any other you can think of??

Thanks

Re: What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

NIckie — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:55:13 GMT

Hi,

your college should have a breakdown of the practical exams and what instruments you will be asked to select for each exam. There is usually one exam that has more general instruments and a couple that will have mainly ortho instruments so a good knowledge of both is necessary. If your college are unhelpful i would try and get the practical tasks from the RCVS website as these help give guidance on what to focus on. there is a little surgical instrument book thats really good for practical revision - its called veterinary surgical instruments :an illustrated guide, you can pick it up from amazon and other booksellers, it has most of what you need but for more details on implants such as pins, screws and plates, the order manuals that most practices have are good for descriptions and pictures. photocopy them, cut them out and test yourself without the names and you will soon pick them up, also asking the vets and other nurses to only ask for them by their correct names when assisting in theatre and resterilising the surgical instruments and labeling them regualry helps imprint them in your brain, i know it seems a slog but there is no easy way of remembering in afraid! hope this helps

Re: What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:39:14 GMT

Retractors are always a favourite of examiners. both self retaining and hand held retractors.

Basically prepare for anything. a good understanding of all the common instruments used. Vet Instrumentation catalogue is good.

also there is a good book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veterinary-Surgical-Instruments-Illustrated-Guide/dp/0750636130/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312907918&sr=8-1 ask your qualified VNs to see if they have a copy you could borrow

Re: What instruments do you need to learn for practical exams?

shelly jefferies — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:29:40 GMT

As far as I am aware there is no list, need to learn the most common surgical instruments and variouos names and differences ie. different bowel clamps/artery forceps/dressing forceps etc. and then the more common orthopaedic instruments ie rongeurs/currettes/bone holders/ and especially different pins and plates.