Back in a different lifetime, I was in the army

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18. The exact same thing happen to me YEARS AGO. 1965 to 1969 I handed surgical instruments to surgeons.

Every day and sometimes days, nights, and weekends as well. Yet when I got out, I was told you are not qualified to scrub in. You can work in central supply cleaning, repacking, and sterilizing instruments for the next day.

The final straw was when the OR charge nurse ask ME if I knew what a Caldwell-Luc procedure was. And could I pull the instruments that might be needed? The new visiting Otolaryngologists (ENT) wanted to do the procedure the next day. No one else even knew the procedure. The case was canceled, and the patient was transferred to another facility that was staff with "trained" staff.

Caldwell-Luc operation, also known as Caldwell-Luc antrostomy, and Radical antrostomy, is an operation to remove irreversibly damaged mucosa of the maxillary sinus. It is done when maxillary sinusitis is not cured by medication or other non-invasive techniques.

I handed in my resignation because the handwriting was on the wall. Sadly I never scrub in again. I loved the job. But didn't and wouldn't go back to square one.