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Abstract
Deliver the best patient care before, during, and after surgery with this straightforward, step-by-step guide to surgical skills and operating room procedures. It provides comprehensive coverage of all the updated AST Core Curriculum, 6th Edition components — health care sciences, technological sciences, patient care concepts, surgical technology, and surgical procedures. A mentoring approach makes even complex skills and techniques easy to understand. User-friendly features such as full-color illustrations, chapter outlines and summaries, review questions, critical thinking exercises, and technique boxes help you focus on the most important concepts and make it easier to retain and recall critical information.
- Chapter objectives correspond to the latest AST Core Curriculum objectives to ensure you have access to the most reliable information in the operating room.
- Enhanced critical thinking scenarios at the end of each chapter help you strengthen your critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills and highlight practical applications of key concepts.
- Additional information on special populations, including bariatric, pregnant, physically or mentally challenged, isolation, trauma, language barrier, and substance abuse patients, highlights important considerations for the surgical technologist regarding transfer, preparation, and procedure set up.
- Expanded coverage of surgical lasers keeps you up to date with the latest technology so you can effectively assess the function, assembly, use, and care of equipment in the surgical suite.
- UPDATED! Coverage reflects the new AST Core Curriculum, 6th Edition to keep you current.
- NEW! Chapters on Disaster Preparedness and Response and Transplant Surgery offer cutting-edge information on these key topics.
- Coverage of the Assistant Circulator role, as well as a break down of first and second scrub roles, help you better understand the responsibilities of each member of the surgical team.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front cover | cover | ||
Evolve page | ii | ||
Surgical Technology, 6/e | iii | ||
Copyright page | iv | ||
Reviewers | v | ||
Preface | vii | ||
Who Will Benefit From This Book? | vii | ||
Why Is This Book Important to the Profession? | vii | ||
New to This Edition | vii | ||
Learning Aids | viii | ||
Ancillaries | ix | ||
For the Instructor | ix | ||
Evolve | ix | ||
For the Student | x | ||
Student Workbook | x | ||
Evolve | x | ||
Acknowledgments | xi | ||
Table of Contents | xiii | ||
Surgical Technology Principles | 1 | ||
1 The Surgical Technologist | 1 | ||
Chapter Outline | 1 | ||
Learning Objectives | 1 | ||
Terminology | 1 | ||
Introduction | 2 | ||
Historical Evolution of the Profession | 2 | ||
AST: The Association of Surgical Technologists | 3 | ||
Affiliated Organizations | 3 | ||
Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) | 3 | ||
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting | 3 | ||
Training and Certification | 4 | ||
Certification | 4 | ||
Eligibility | 4 | ||
National Center for Competency Testing | 4 | ||
Continuing Education | 4 | ||
Clinical Ladder Program | 4 | ||
The Role of the Surgical Technologist | 5 | ||
Scrub Role | 5 | ||
Circulator | 6 | ||
Second Assistant | 6 | ||
Other Perioperative Responsibilities | 6 | ||
Emergency Duty | 6 | ||
Instrumentation Specialist | 6 | ||
Patient Care | 6 | ||
Leadership and Management | 6 | ||
Preceptor | 7 | ||
Task Integration | 7 | ||
Careers for Certified Surgical Technologists | 7 | ||
Facility-Based Surgical Technologist | 7 | ||
Military Service | 7 | ||
Specialty Practice | 7 | ||
Certified Surgical Technologist–Certified First Assistant | 7 | ||
Educator and Clinical Instructor | 8 | ||
Medical Industry Representative | 8 | ||
Central Processing Management | 8 | ||
Research Product and Development | 8 | ||
Becoming a Health Care Professional | 8 | ||
What is a Professional? | 8 | ||
The Foundations of Professionalism | 9 | ||
Developing Professionalism and Personal Development | 9 | ||
Personal Attributes for Success | 9 | ||
Care and Empathy | 9 | ||
Organizational Skills | 10 | ||
Manual Dexterity | 10 | ||
Ability to Concentrate | 10 | ||
Problem-Solving Skills | 10 | ||
Perspective | 10 | ||
KEY CONCEPTS | 10 | ||
Review Questions | 11 | ||
Case Studies | 11 | ||
Case 1 | 11 | ||
Case 2 | 11 | ||
Case 3 | 11 | ||
Reference | 12 | ||
Bibliography | 12 | ||
2 Communication and Teamwork | 13 | ||
Chapter Outline | 13 | ||
Learning Objectives | 13 | ||
Terminology | 13 | ||
Introduction | 14 | ||
Communication | 14 | ||
Why Study Communication? | 14 | ||
Elements of Communication | 14 | ||
Verbal Communication | 14 | ||
Nonverbal Communication | 15 | ||
Body Language | 15 | ||
Touch | 15 | ||
Silence and Stillness | 16 | ||
Netiquette | 16 | ||
Blogs | 17 | ||
Cultural Competence | 17 | ||
Qualities of Good Communication | 17 | ||
Listening (Receiving Skills) | 17 | ||
Assertiveness | 18 | ||
Example 1 | 18 | ||
Example 2 | 18 | ||
Respect | 18 | ||
Clarity | 19 | ||
Surgical Technology Practice | 481 | ||
23 General Surgery | 481 | ||
Chapter Outline | 481 | ||
Learning Objectives | 481 | ||
Terminology | 481 | ||
The Abdomen | 481 | ||
Gastrointestinal Surgery | 482 | ||
Biliary System, Liver, Pancreas, and Spleen | 482 | ||
Breast Surgery | 482 | ||
Introduction | 482 | ||
Section I: The Abdomen | 483 | ||
Structure and Regions of the Abdomen | 483 | ||
Tissue Layers | 484 | ||
Inguinal Region | 484 | ||
Abdominal Incisions | 485 | ||
Abdominal Wall Hernias | 485 | ||
Case Planning | 485 | ||
Surgical Procedures | 488 | ||
Open Repair of an Indirect Inguinal Hernia | 488 | ||
Surgical Goal | 488 | ||
Pathology | 488 | ||
Discussion | 488 | ||
Laparoscopic Repair of A Direct Inguinal Hernia | 488 | ||
Surgical Goal | 489 | ||
Pathology | 489 | ||
Appendix A American Hospital Association Guideline for Patient Rights | 1044 | ||
The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities | 1044 | ||
What to Expect During Your Hospital Stay | 1044 | ||
Appendix B Drugs and Substances Associated with Surgery | 1046 | ||
Appendix C Contents of Crash Cart | 1053 | ||
Appendix D Common Pathology by System | 1054 | ||
Glossary | 1061 | ||
Index | 1081 | ||
A | 1081 | ||
B | 1083 | ||
C | 1085 | ||
D | 1089 | ||
E | 1091 | ||
F | 1092 | ||
G | 1094 | ||
H | 1095 | ||
I | 1096 | ||
J | 1098 | ||
K | 1098 | ||
L | 1098 | ||
M | 1100 | ||
N | 1101 | ||
O | 1103 | ||
P | 1104 | ||
Q | 1106 | ||
R | 1106 | ||
S | 1108 | ||
T | 1112 | ||
U | 1114 | ||
V | 1114 | ||
W | 1115 | ||
X | 1115 | ||
Y | 1115 | ||
Z | 1115 |