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Surgical Video
I am shooting a video in the operating room and I need to find out about placing of the cameras and if there are any procedures with regard to sterilization of the equipment.
I will be shooting with a Panasonic HVX2000 or Sony Z1. How can I place the cameras. Should I use a small crane and keep the camera close to the lights pointing down to the surgical area. I figured a tripod on wheels may be in the way. Does anyone have experience in shooting video in a sterilized operating room?John
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I have shot a surgical proceedure b/4. We were dressed up for sterile. Cams were not.
We had a video feed as part of the surgury so we didn’t need to get right in with the shot, so I can’t answer to that. Can you have a phone chat w/ the surgens?Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
Check out my article – it may help.
https://magazine.creativecow.net/article/surgical-video-the-cutting-edgeGeneral rule of thumb – anything blue is sterile, or at least something you don’t want to touch.
When people ask me how to shoot surgery I of course say “hire me!”
But what i will tell you is, have good communication with the surgeon. Setup a small monitor that the surgeon can see without having to turn his or her head too far away from the operation. Watch your exposure – surgery is extremes of light and dark.
If you are not accustomed to the OR, be prepared for some odd smells and long hours on your feet. I keep some mints or lozenges in my camera bag. Eat when you can.
Good luck.
Mike Cohen
Medical Education / Multimedia Producer
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That’s an excellent article, Mike. Even though it’s been years since I shot a surgery, some of those same tips can be applied when working in research labs. Thanks for sharing it again!
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Everything Mike wrote is spot on.
My own experiences:
- talk to the OR nurse ASAP because you DON’T want to get in their way
- say “hi” to the anaesthetist. for some reason those guys are really jumpy about “are you recording audio?”.
- we use different colours here. our gowns are light green. the super-sterile-do-not-touch stuff is dark green. do not touch it.
- I talked to our Infection Control Practitioners and they didn’t care about my cameras
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