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A large team of Packard Children’s Hospital health care providers will work with Yurelia and Fiorella Rocha-Arias before, during and after their separation surgery. Each team has a specific role in the girls’ care, but everyone works together.
Operating Room Team
The operating room team roles describe the team’s jobs during surgery. Operating room team members will examine the twins and extensively plan the surgery before the actual separation. Each twin will have her own operating room team during the separation surgery.
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Role in Surgery
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Cardiac Anesthesiologist
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Manages the anesthesia and pain management during the surgery
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Cardiothoracic Surgeon
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Separates the right atriums of the girls’ hearts and will repair their heart
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General Surgeon
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Separates the girls’ chests, abdomens, livers, muscle and other tissue
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Operating Room Nurse (Circulator)
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Monitors the patient and serves as patient advocate during surgery. Coordinates care before, during and after surgery.
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Perfusionist
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Manages cardiopulmonary bypass equipment during cardiac portion of surgery to ensure adequate circulation and oxygenation.
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Plastic Surgeon
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Inserted tissue expanders to help the girls grow extra skin. The plastic surgery team will use that skin to close the surgery incisions.
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Surgical Technologist or Scrub RN
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Prepares surgical instruments for use and manages them during surgery.
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Team Outside the Operating Room
Team
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Role
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Admitting
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Checks in the twins for their visits and processes all of the necessary paperwork
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Biomedical Engineering
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Makes sure all equipment is functioning correctly
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Case Management
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Plans and coordinates the twins’ hospital stay and post-hospital care
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Chaplaincy
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Cares for the family's spiritual needs
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Child Life and Recreation Therapy
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Prepares the twins for their various medical procedures and provide play activities
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Critical Care
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Cares for the girls after surgery in the intensive care unit
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Interpretation Services
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Helps the family communicate in Spanish with the Packard Children’s team
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News and Communications
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Manages all media inquiries and the http://twins.lpch.org Web site
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Nursing
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Provides and coordinates care for the twins during visits, imaging studies, procedures and recovery
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Radiology
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Obtains and interprets medical images, like CT and MRI scans
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Social Work
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Provide emotional support, care coordination and resource assistance
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Security
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Makes sure approved health care providers and visitors can spend time with the twins
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000
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