AHS 100 - Surgical Technology I

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Surgical Technology

Description:

The basic knowledge and fundamental techniques necessary for assuming the responsibilities of a surgical technologist are highlighted. Preoperative and intraoperative patient care concepts, with both nonsterile and sterile responsibilities, are emphasized. Workplace management concepts, such as medical-legal aspects, ethics, cultural sensitivity, the hospital and operating room environment, and scope of practice are introduced. This course also includes study and skill development relating to surgical instrumentation, devices and equipment; modes of patient transport and safety precautions; variations and precautions in surgical positioning and care of surgical patients; preoperative patient preparation including surgical site antisepsis; consent for surgery; use of the Universal Protocol for surgical procedure, patient and site verification; and other important intraoperative risk management processes and procedures. Related patient care procedures such as taking vital signs, laboratory study review, wound healing, specimen management, intraoperative medication management; anesthesia, sterilization and disinfection are included. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Describe the role, function and relationship of the surgical technologist to other members of the surgical team; Utilize a vocabulary of medical terms related to surgical patient care; Identify microbiological principles underlying the prevention and control of infection, sterilization and disinfection methods, and aseptic technique; Review common safety risks for surgical patients and the strategies to manage them before and during a surgical intervention; Discuss the preoperative nonsterile and sterile responsibilities of the surgical technologist in the preparation of a patient for a surgical procedure; Discuss the case management responsibilities of the surgical technologist in the preparation of the operating room for a surgical procedure; Describe the intraoperative responsibilities of the surgical technologist in performing the role of the scrubbed team member during a surgical procedure.

Credits:

5.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

AHM 220, AHS 101* and (AHM 104 or BIO 150)* (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 01/03/2013 

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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