Surgeon Explains Essential Tools For Practicing At Home

If you're a medical student, PA student, nursing student, or just someone interested in looking for a guide on what equipment to buy to practice suturing or other surgical skills at home, this is the perfect video for you. In this video, Dr. Han, a CT surgery resident who commonly leads suture simulations breaks down what the essential and the possible optional tools you need for practicing are. You don't need to wait until your first day in the OR to find out how you should be practicing. This video contains a wealth of information you won't find anywhere else, for example, Dr. Han does not recommend using a suture pad. However, he has a good reason that he explains in this video!

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
Nobody tells you what to get/ Why we don't use suture pads: 0:11

Essential Basics-

Location: 1:08
Needle driver: 1:35
(Mayo Hegar, Sarot, and most other types of needle drivers are ok to practice with, as long as they are not too small)
Forceps: 2:10
Suture Board: 2:42
Suture: 4:12

Extra tools: 4:55
Bloopers: 8:07

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