First Case Podcast

Updated: 31 Mar 2025 • 213 episodes
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Clock in, scrub up, and join us behind the red line. We are First Case – an operating room podcast bringing you exciting interviews, engaging discussions, and innovative solutions that are changing the way patients receive surgical care. Each episode we talk to frontline staff, perioperative leadership, and nursing entrepreneurs from across the country as they share their stories, experience and expertise on an industry we love. From the back table to the board room, from wheels in to wheels out. -- we tackle the real-life issues affecting the OR. Whether you’re tuning in for surgical service education or inspiration, we’re glad you're here. And now, it’s time to roll back, and start the First Case…

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While we wait for Season 15 to begin, here's a throwback to a great episode from Season 6!  Let's be real. There's a lot of..."stuff" that can hold us back. Even stuff we aren't aware of. Today’s interview with Lindsay Brown, VP of Sales and Marketing at Beyond Clean, will be an exploration of common limiting mindsets

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While we wait for Season 15 to begin, here's a throwback to a great episode from Season 6!  Have you ever thought about joining a professional organization? Is there any value or benefit to joining? In this Season 6 episode of “Success in Scrubs,” we speak with Stella Yau, BSN, RN, CNOR, about the benefits of professio

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While we wait for Season 15 to begin, here's a throwback to a great episode from Season 6!  This season, we’re tackling the topic of professional growth and development. What does that look like for perioperative professionals? Is there a certain path we’re supposed to follow? Is there more to professional growth than

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Ever think about how clean your stethoscope really is? 🤔 On this special release episode of First Case, we’re teaming up with Transmission Control to tackle a hidden but serious infection risk—stethoscope hygiene! Join us as we chat with Scott Mader, CEO & Founder of AseptiScope, about how stethoscopes can become over

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Season 14 is a wrap! And while we wait for Season 15, we're bringing you an audio version of an  interview we did with Stella Yau during Perioperative Nurses Week! In this interview, we're talking with Stella Yau about her experience as a perioperative nurse in the US Navy. As she tells her story, you'll hear about nur

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🚨 SEASON 14 FINALE! 🚨 What happens before a surgeon steps into the OR? How do we know they’re actually qualified to perform a procedure? 🤔 In the Season 14 finale of #FirstCase, we’re pulling back the curtain on credentialing and privileging with Nyleen Flores, Chief Administrative Officer at Lake Oconee Orthopedics

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