SURG 2420 - Surgical Technology and Patient Care II

4 sem hrs cr

(2 lecture hours, 6 lab hours)

Surgical Technology and Patient Care II builds on content learned in SURG 1410. Students continue with more in-depth study of surgical team practice and patient-care concepts and practices. Students continue studies in surgical procedures, incisions, wound healing, operating, pathology, and common applications along with application of surgical patient care in the lab. Prerequisite: SURG 1410

In rare and unusual circumstances, a course prerequisite can be overridden with the permission of the program director.
 

Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UN

Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of…

• proper preparation and disinfection of the operating suite.
• proper use of supplies, furniture, equipment, and instrumentation.
• asepsis and sterile technique.
• hand hygiene and the surgical hand scrub.
• gowning and gloving oneself and others.
• surgical counts.
• skin preparation and application of sterile drapes.
• perioperative case management in the scrub and assistant circulator roles.
• abdominal incisions, hemostasis, and exposure.
• wound closure, surgical dressings, and wound healing.
• tissue-replacement materials.
• emergency patient situations.