Events

Theatres and Endoscopy Open Day

Date: Saturday 12 May 2012
Venue: Theatres and Endoscopy departments, Level 1, Airedale General Hospital
Time: 11.00am to 3.00pm

Try your hand at being a surgeon or a nurse using state-of-the-art equipment during a family open day at Airedale Hospital. Staff from the endoscopy unit have joinied forces with the hospital’s theatre team this year to provide a behind-the-scenes look at how they operate. The event includes a chance to use surgical and camera equipment, speak to specialist nurses for health advice, and visit a host of displays. There will be lots to see and do including:

• using trauma equipment in a workshop on mending bones
• trying out keyhole surgery with our simulator
• using a camera to see inside a stomach
• use specialist endoscopy equipment to retrieve unusual objects
• take up our handwashing challenge
• have a go at anaesthetics and look after a patients’ airway using a mannequin
• take a tour of our anaesthetic room, theatres and recovery room
• watch a DVD on procedures such as cataract surgery
• take apart an eyeball (not a real one)
• learn about resuscitation and life support talk to nurses who are specialists on irritable bowel syndrome and the bowel cancer screening programme
• find out about career opportunities

 Anyone is welcome to just turn up on the day, parking will be free of charge and refreshments will be provided.

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