Knife Skills
Mounts and removed a scalpel safely and effectively
Holds the Mcindoe scissors correctly
Hold and knife properly
Cuts a figure out of paper without dog ears
Can make an 5 cm incision supporting wound edges and not slicing the skin
Opens the scissors enough to cut the suture
Can makes a straight 10 cm incision
Cuts sutures accurately
Can sutures accurately to 10 mm and 20 mm lengths
Understand and demonstrates dissection with scissors – ie always see the tip
Stroke the tissue with a blade to develop the tissue plains
Uses the scissors effectively and using appropriate retraction with forceps
Clean dissection of tissue plain – respects tissue plains
Confident with knife scissors and appropriate use of forceps
Knife Skills
Mounts and removed a scalpel safely and effectively
Holds the Mcindoe scissors correctly
Hold and knife properly
Cuts a figure out of paper without dog ears
Can make an 5 cm incision supporting wound edges and not slicing the skin
Opens the scissors enough to cut the suture
Can makes a straight 10 cm incision
Cuts sutures accurately
Can sutures accurately to 10 mm and 20 mm lengths
Understand and demonstrates dissection with scissors – ie always see the tip
Stroke the tissue with a blade to develop the tissue plains
Uses the scissors effectively and using appropriate retraction with forceps
Clean dissection of tissue plain – respects tissue plains
Confident with knife scissors and appropriate use of forceps