Main description:

Prepare to deliver the best patient care before, during, and after surgery with this approachable guide to surgical skills and operating room procedures. In addition to covering all the content in the AST Core Curriculum, this one-of-a-kind text offers a unique mentoring approach and engaging learning features that make even complex skills and techniques easy to understand.

Comprehensive coverage addresses all areas of the AST Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology.
Reader-friendly writing style and organization builds content from fundamental concepts, aseptic technique, and the role and function of the surgical technologist, to the specialty surgical procedure chapters.
Consistent chapter format breaks down surgical procedures in an easy-to-understand way that helps you understand the key elements of more than 200 procedures.
Experienced author/consulting editor team lends a breadth of experience for a well-rounded and multi-perspective focus on operating room procedures and quality patient care.
Over 1,200 full-color illustrations and clinical photos bring concepts and procedures to life.
Robust practice opportunities include review questions and case studies at the end of each chapter, along with additional review questions and surgical practice videos on the Evolve companion website.
Learning objectives serve as checkpoints for comprehension and as study tools in preparation for examinations.
Key terminology appears in boldface throughout chapter discussions with key terms defined and cross-referenced to a back-of-book glossary.
Key concepts are covered in a bulleted list at the end of each chapter discussion to summarize and review chapter content.
References and bibliographies provide a listing of in-text and additional citations of scientific research and best practices.
Pathology appendix summarizes the most commonly seen pathological processes and organizes them by body system.

NEW! Robotic Surgery chapter describes the most advanced equipment and procedures involving surgical robots.
Additional skills content includes patient preparation, transporting, positioning, and draping.
Expanded coverage of endoscopic procedures is featured in the Minimally Invasive Surgery chapter.

Contents:

1. The Surgical Technologist

2. Communication, Teamwork and Professionalism

3. Law, Documentation and Professional Ethics

4. The Health Care Facility

5. The Patient in Surgery

6. Diagnostic and Assessment Procedure

7. Hazards in the Perioperative Environment

8. Microbes and the Process of Infection

9. Aseptic Technique

10. Decontamination, Sterilization, and Disinfection

11. Surgical Instruments

12. Perioperative Pharmacology

13. Anesthesia and Physiological Monitoring

14. Post Anesthesia Recovery

15. Death and Dying

16. Energy Sources in Surgery

17. Moving, Handling and Positioning the Surgical

18. Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping

19. Case Planning and Basic Intraoperative Skills

20. Management of the Surgical Wound

21. Minimally Invasive Surgery

22. Robotic Surgery

23. General Surgery

24. Gynecological and Obstetrical Surgery

25. Genitourinary Surgery

26. Ophthalmic Surgery

27. Surgery of the Ear Nose Pharynx and Larynx

28. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

29. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

30. Orthopedic Surgery

31. Peripheral Vascular Surgery

32. Thoracic and Pulmonary Surgery

33. Cardiac Surgery

34. Pediatric Surgery

35. Neurosurgery

36. Emergency Trauma Surgery

37. Disaster Preparedness and Response