Generic tasks | |
 1. Check blood availability  2. Check for optimal patient positioning on table  3. Initiate sign in  4. Administer anaesthesia induction drugs  5. Perform a rapid sequence induction  6. Ensure appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis  7. Insert urinary catheter  8. Initiate time out  9. Make surgical incision  10. Ensure patient warming devices in place  11. Ensure TED stockings and calf compressors on  12. Monitor ongoing blood loss  13. Organise bed space in PACU (Post-anaesthesia care unit)  14. Close incision  15. Check drains are turned on  16. Confirm estimated blood loss  17. Initiate sign out  18. Provide handover on intraoperative events to PACU staff | |
Scenario specific tasks | |
  Laparotomy for an abdominal stab injury (knife in situ) (scenario 1) | |
 19. Inform intensive care unit  20. Remove knife from abdomen | |
  Laparotomy for a perforated viscus (scenario 2) | |
 19. Locate site of perforation  20. Fashion stoma |