SUR 1103 - Perioperative Fundamentals

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North Arkansas College

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Description:

This course provides the student with skills necessary to function as a surgical technologist. It emphasizes establishing and maintaining asepsis, basic case preparation, instrumentation, suture materials and usage, draping techniques, OR furniture and supplies, basic and specialty equipment, scrub and circulating roles, and physical aspects of an operating room. It also teaches safety in the surgical environment and methods to establish, maintain, and coordinate safe patient care. Certificate prerequisites: ALDH 1042 or 1043, Medical Terminology, BIOL 1434 Basic Anatomy & Physiology. AAS prerequisites: ALDH 1042 or 1043 Medical Terminology, BIOL 2214 Anatomy & Physiology I, BIOL 2224 Anatomy & Physiology II, BIOL 2014 Microbiology.

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0.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northark.edu

Phone Number:

(870) 743-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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