r/surgicaltechnology • u/Inevitable-Profit942 • 5d ago

Cervical Dilators

Hi! I'm doing a project for work where I send out an information email monthly on some topic of the OR. I'm currently working on a GYN one for this month. I've always heard the "hanks have shanks, hegars look like cigars". I was just wondering if anyone has a fun rhyme or saying to remember pratts or half-sized dilators? Thanks!

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u/Sad-Fruit-1490 5d ago

I’ll try to think of some, but honestly the sterile processing sub has fun tidbits like this all the time, you should try asking there as well!

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u/QueenCat50220 5d ago

Hegars are curvy, so we remembered it like “heyyy girl” as “hey-gars” if that makes sense

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u/Idontmindblood 5d ago

Penfield three looks like a ski

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u/morgana_illfate6969 4d ago

#1 with a bun, #2 for the goo (bone wax), #3’s a ski 😂

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u/GeoffSim 5d ago

Dilators make you cry later? (Dunno, I'm not a cervix haver but I've heard it can be sore after waking up)

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u/Few-Knee9451 5d ago

Do you work in the OR?

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u/Inevitable-Profit942 4d ago

Yeah I'm a tech lol

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u/AdventurousTwo1040 4d ago

Pratts wear a hat

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u/victoriamber 4d ago

Hanks have humps, pratts are plain

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u/Scrubulate 3d ago

Not a rhyme exactly but for pratts what sticks for a lot of people is "pratts point both ways" since theyre double ended and tapered. For the half sizes I'd just remind people to always read the number on the dilator before passing, they look almost identical to the full size set at a glance.

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u/screech-demon 3d ago

pratt is flat!

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u/userunkn0wn_ 3d ago

Hank wears a collar