The operating room, sometimes called an operating room, is where surgery takes place in a hospital. Surgical intervention can be called an operation. One type of surgery involves inserting tubes into the eardrums to prevent infection in the ears and improve hearing. Someone suffering from tonsillitis may need a tonsillectomy. This is when your tonsils are removed so you don't get a tonsil infection. This type of surgery is scheduled in advance so you know when to go to the hospital. Surgery may need to be performed as soon as possible if someone has something that cannot be fixed with a cast or immediately. There are many different machines and instruments in the operating room that help doctors and nurses during surgery. One of these is an operating table, it is usually in the center of the room, the table is where you lie down during surgery and can be raised, lowered and tilted in many different directions to get the best angle for the surgery. The patient can be connected to multiple different monitors to track their vital signs, such as heart rate or blood pressure. A ventilator or respirator is also another machine that helps doctors and nurses to perform the surgery. The machine is positioned next to the head of the operating table. The ventilator breathes for the patient during surgery by moving oxygen and air in and out of the lungs. If the surgery requires other specialized equipment, this can be brought into the operating room. There are many types of nurses who can take care of the many patients in the hospital, one of them is an RN. The RN specializes in preoperative nursing practice and performs nursing activities in the various phases of a patient's surgical procedures. Based on standards and best practices...... middle of paper ......ures. A hybrid operating room gives surgeons and medical staff the ability to juggle and perform multiple different procedures without moving from floor to floor. Using a hybrid operating room in these many different ways offers the patient greater safety from infection. Because everything can take place in one room, surgeries and tests can be handled in one room without putting the patient in danger by moving them. Keeping them in the same room during surgery reduces the risk of infection or something going wrong. For example, LUMC's hybrid operating room is a single-story lab, meaning it has a fully movable permanent arm in the operating room. Doctors, anesthesiologists, technical staff and many others provide suggestions on how to design the operating room and what equipment was needed to provide the best possible operating room for dangerous patent surgeries.