In May of 2016, I had an extraordinary opportunity to get up close and personal with hospital procedures. My father, a sales representative for Medtronic, was called into Allegheny General Hospital to oversee a case involving an emergency neural angioplasty. With this, I was able to come with him to witness the four hour long surgery. Dawned in scrubs and filled with curiosity, I was introduced to proper surgical procedures and hospital functions. Using a catheter and a neural stent, the surgeon performing the act entered the patient’s groin and snaked the device into the brain in order to remove arterial blockage and restore normal blood flow to the organ. The event was truly incredible, for the patient was able to leave the hospital that same day with nothing but a small incision near the groin.
Total hours: 4