Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice

1. The Surgical Technologist 2. The Patient in Surgery 3. Death and Dying 4. Law and Ethics 5. Introduction to the Health Facility 6. Communication and Teamwork 7. Microbes and The Process of Infection 8. Decontamination, Disinfection, and Sterilization 9. Aseptic Technique 10. Transporting, Transferring, and Positioning 11. Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping 12. Anesthsia, Anesthetics, and Physiological Monitoring 13. Postoperative Recovery and Patient Discharge 14. Perioperative Pharmacology 15. Environmental Hazards 16. Case Planning and Intraoperative Routines 17. The Surgical Wound 18. Biomechanics and Computer Technology 19. Energy Sources in Surgery 20. Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures 21. Minimally Invasive, Endoscopic, and Robotic Assisted Surgery 22. Surgical Instruments 23. General Surgery 24. Gynecological and Obstetrical Surgery 25. Genitourinary Surgery 26. Ophthalmic Surgery 27. Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx and Larynx 28. OralMaxillofacial Trauma Surgery 29. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 30. Orthopedic Surgery 31. Peripheral Vascular Surgery 32. Thoracic and Pulmonary Surgery 33. Cardiac Surgery 34. Pediatric Surgery 35. Neurosurgery