SURG 2400 - OR Fundamentals

Institution:

Saint Paul College

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Description:

To prepare competent entry-level surgical technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. Course discusses in depth the concepts around the following areas as it relates to the Surgical Technologists role. In this interactive course the learner will focus on the patient and the surgical technologist in the operating room as it relates to safety, fire risk, positioning, prepping, patient transfer. Introduces to the learner concepts around safety, of self and also for the patient. Theory and physics around the safe use of electro cautery, lasers, and microscopes and robotics in the operating room. The learner will also be introduced to a wide variety of supplies, their safe and proper use in the operating room, such as suture, dressings, drains, and catheters. The learner will also explore the concepts around wound healing as it relates to the surgical patient. Surgical prepping, safety protocols, technique and theory will be explored. (Prerequisites: SURG: 1405, 1410, and 1415) 1C/1/0/0

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.saintpaul.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 846-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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