SUR 110 Principles and Practice of Surgical Technology

This course is designed to provide the student with an overall understanding and the hands-on skills involved in following medical and surgical aseptic techniques and in providing basic pre-operative care to the surgical patient including transporting, prepping, positioning, and draping. Incorporates safety, aseptic technique and duties of the scrubbed and the circulating surgical technologist during a surgical procedure, addresses surgical supplies, equipment, and instrumentation, introduces the theory of abdominal incisions, wound closures, and standard precaution skills, includes biomedical sciences of electricity, physics, and robotics as they pertain to surgical technology.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

SUR 105

Offered

Spring

Notes

4 HOURS (2-2-0)