Course Title: Introduction to Surgical Technology

Course Prefix & Number: SRGT 1505

Section Number: 400

Term Code: 161S

Semester Credit Hours: 5

Lecture Hours: 64

Lab Hours: 64

Course Description (NCTC Catalog):

Introduction to Surgical Technology will cover orientation to surgical technology with emphasis on health care facilities, hospital organization and management, job description of the surgical technologist, surgical team members, aspects of the physical environment of a surgical suite, interdepartmental relations, communication skills, development of surgery, and ethical, moral and legal responsibilities.

Course Prerequisite(s): None

Concurrent with: SRGT1509 Fundamentals of Perioperative Concepts And Technique and SRGT 1261Clinical – Surgical/Operating Room Technician (Introductory)

Course Type:

o - Academic General Education Course (from Academic Course Guide Manual but not in NCTC Core)

o - Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

x - WECM Course

Name of Instructor:

Judith Rodgers

Campus/Office Location:

Corinth Campus

Telephone Number:

940-498-6260

E-mail Address:

jrodgers@nctc.edu

Name of Chair/Coordinator:

Judith Rodgers

Office Location:

Corinth Campus

Telephone Number:

940-498-6260

E-mail Address:

jrodgers@nctc.edu

# of Graded Course Elements

Graded Course Elements

Percentage or Points Values

1

      Score on Exam I         

10%

1

Score on Exam II          

10%

1

Score on Exam III         

10%

1

Score on Exam IV         

10%

1

Score on Exam V         

10%

1

Comprehensive Final    

30%

1

Poster Assignment

10 %

5

MedComRN Quizzes

5 %

15

Bell Ringers

5%

General Description of Subject Matter

Wk

1

Course Orientation, Surgical Technology Program Handbook Review; Chapter 1 The Surgical Technologist: History of Surgical Technology, AST, Affiliated Organizations, Training and Certification, Role of the Surgical Technologist, Other Perioperative Responsibilities, Task Integration,  Careers for Certified Surgical Technologists, Becoming a Health Care Professional, Personal Attributes for Success

2

Chapter 2 Communication and Teamwork: Communication, Cultural Competence, Professional Communication Skills, Stressors in the Perioperative Environment, Teamwork

3

Exam 1/ Chapter 3 Law and Ethics: Law and the Surgical Technologist, Institutional Standards and Policy, Professional Standards and Policy, Legal Doctrines, Negligence, Intentional Torts, Documentation, Risk Management, Ethics,  Ethical Behavior in Health Care, Combined Ethical and Legal Concerns, Ethical  Dilemmas, Professional Code of Ethics, Patients’ Rights

4

Chapter 6 The Patient: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Psychosocial Needs of the Patient, Therapeutic Communication, , Cultural Competence, Spiritual Needs of the Patient, Special Patient Populations,

5

16: Death and Dying:  Defining the End of Life, Models of Death and Dying, Support and Comfort for the Dying and Bereaved, Ethical Considerations in Death and Dying, Cultural Responses to Death and Dying, Death in the Clinical Setting, Postmortem Procedures, The Health Professional and Death

6

Exam II/ Chapter 5 Disaster Preparedness and Response: Classification and Definition of Disasters, Disaster Management  and Government Structures, The Disaster Cycle, Ethical Dilemmas in Disaster,

7

Chapter 7 Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures: Introduction to Diagnostic Procedures, Intro to Pathology, Vital Signs, Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), Imaging Studies, Blood Tests, Urinalysis, Microbiological Studies, Pathological Examination of Tissue, Cancer Terms and Concepts, Nuclear Medicine 

8

Chapter 8 Environmental Hazards: Risk and Safety, Technical Risks, Chemical Risks,  Biological Risks,  Musculoskeletal Risks,

9

Exam III/Chapter 19 Moving, Handling and Positioning:  Identifying the Patient, Principles of Safe Patient  Transport, and Transfer Section I:Transporting and Transferring the Patient, Body Mechanics, Principles of Safe Patient Transport and Transfer, Communicating with the Family; Section I: Transferring and Transporting the Patient,: Safe Moving and Handling for Health Care Providers, Transferring Ambulatory and Wheelchair-Assisted Patients, Transporting Patients, Lateral Transfers, Special Patient Populations; Section II Positioning the Surgical Patient: Duties of the Surgical Technologist, General Operating Table, Preventing Injury During Positioning, The Pregnant Patient, Surgical Positions, History

10

Chapter 19  cont.; Chapter 20 Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping: Patient Hygiene Before Surgery, Urinary Catheterization, Surgical Skin Prep, Standard Prep Sites, Draping the Surgical Site, Draping Techniques of the Surgical Site, Draping Equipment, Removing Drapes

11

Exam IV/Chapter 13 Perioperative Pharmacology: Section I: Principles of Pharmacology: Sources of Drugs, Drug Information Resources, Regulation of  Drugs, Substances and Devices, Drug Nomenclature, Pharmaceutical Formulation, Drug Labeling; Section II: The Medication Process: Preventing Drug Errors, Prescriptions and Drug Orders, Selection of Drugs, Dispensing Drugs to the Sterile Field, Medical Measurement Systems, Delivery Devices, Managing Drugs on the Sterile Field, Drug Administration, Assessment, Documentation,

12

Section III: Drug Action: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Section IV: Selected Drug Categories: Anti-infective Agents, Antineoplastic Agents, Autonomic Drugs, Blood and Blood Derivatives, Blood Coagulation, Cardiac Drugs, Central Nervous System Agents, Sedatives and Hypnotics, Local Anesthetics, Diagnostics, Fluid Balance and Electrolytes, Gastrointestinal Drugs, Hormones and Synthetic Substitutes, Emergency Drugs, Drug Calculations

13

Chapter 14 Anesthetics, and Physiological Monitoring: Important Anesthesia Concepts, Anesthesia Personnel, Preoperative Evaluation, Anesthesia Selection, Immediate Preoperative Preparation of the Patient, Physiological Monitoring During Surgery, Methods of Anesthesia, Airway Management, Phases of General;   Anesthesia, Dissociative Anesthesia, Conscious Sedation, Regional Anesthesia, Emergencies, History

14

Chap 14 cont.;  Chapter 15 Postanesthesia Recovery and Patient Discharge: PACU Facility, PACU Procedures, Psychosocial Care, Postoperative Complications, Elements of Discharge Planning, Unanticipated PACU Outcome;

15

Exam 5/ Review for Final Exam

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