ST: Fundamentals 1
Credits: 4
Course Number: 31-512-328
Course Description
31-512-328 ST: FUNDAMENTALS 1 ...includes the basic clinical skills needed by the Surgical Technologist in the scrub role. Learners develop skills in identifying basic instrumentation, supplies, drains, catheters, dressings and sponges. Includes practice experience in creating a sterile field, draping, passing instruments and supplies, performing counts and preparing supplies. (Prerequisites: 31-509-302, Human Body in Health & Disease; 10-501-101, Medical Terminology; 31-512-326, ST: Infection Control)
Course Typically Offered
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What will I learn?
- Integrate safety control to prevent or minimize surgical hazards
- Classify basic surgical instrumentation
- Perform instrument identification
- Apply principles of sterilization
- Apply principles of disinfection
- Open sterile supplies
- Perform surgical scrub
- Don sterile gown and gloves
- Create the sterile field
- Demonstrate care and utilization of disposable surgical supplies
- Drape the patient, equipment, and furniture for surgical procedures
- Perform intraoperative case management in the scrub role
- Perform postoperative case management
- Demonstrate the procedures for counting instruments, sponges, needles and other items in the field
- Demonstrate care and handling of dressing materials
- Perform specimen care and handling
- Perform skin preparation for surgical procedure
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