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I was assisting a surgeon with an extremity wound closure and putting a dressing over it. The dressing had a tail on each end with which to tie the dressing in place and help seal out contamination at the ends. Each tail was to be split into two lengthwise pieces with the pieces being wrapped around the dressing and extremity in opposite directions; then, tied together on top.
The surgeon split a dressing tail and handed one piece to a nurse to hold while he wrapped the other piece. The surgeon (male) told me that when ready for the piece the nurse is holding, let the nurse know by saying [he turns to the female nurse and says] "Nurse, a piece of tail please."
Context: Medical doctor performing a surgical procedure giving a lawful order to a subordinate nurse using routine medical terminology.
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