Which identifies one aspect of safe patient movement from the OR table to the stretcher?
a. The circulating nurse counts to synchronize the patient's movement.
b. The person guiding the head counts to synchronize the movement.
c. The person at the left side of the patient also guides the head and counts to start the movement.
d. Two people are needed to move an anesthetized patient from the table to the stretcher.
ANS: B
There should be at least one person on either side of the patient, one at the foot, and one at the head to monitor the airway. The person guiding the patient's head should be the one who counts "one, two, three" to pace the synchronized movement from one surface to another.
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