Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist: A Positive Care Approach

Preparing students for what they will experience in real-world practice, technique boxes highlight skills required in most operative procedures, such as donning and removing surgical attire and setting up the operating room.

Offering valuable insight from seasoned practitioners, Pearls of Wisdom from surgical technologists in the field equip students with practical knowledge that can only come from years of on-the-job experience.

Case studies with critical thinking questions open and close each chapter with real-life applications -- helping students put what they learn into practice.

The innovative "A Positive CARE" memory tool helps students reinforce their thought process.

Extremely student friendly, the text includes full-color anatomy and surgical procedure drawings to ensure learners gain a thorough understanding of key concepts.

End-of-chapter Questions for Further Study challenge students to apply the concepts covered before they progress to the next topics.

Two new comprehensively illustrated procedures have been added: nephrectomy and lumbar laminectomy.

In Chapter 1, Orientation to Surgical Technology, the section on the surgical team has been completely rewritten and reorganized.

Chapter 5, Physical Environment and Safety Standards, includes additional details about operating room furniture (including back table, mayo stands, ring stands and anesthesia cart) as well as new safety guidelines for ionizing radiation, electrical hazards, fire hazards, Laser fire hazards, and sharps.

Chapter 6 is now titled Biomedical Science and Minimally Invasive Surgery to reflect its expanded focus on minimally invasive surgery.

Chapter 11 is now titled Hemostasis, Wound Healing, and Wound Closure to highlight its emphasis on hemostasis.

Chapter 12, Surgical Case Management, includes added information on the admissions process, circulator roles and responsibilities, pre-op hygiene, patient transfer to OR, transfer and positioning to OR table, thermoregulatory devices, vital signs, positioning the surgical patient, and urinary catheterization. New positioning specifics -- including reason for use, benefits, and potential hazards -- have been added to all the surgical position techniques.

Chapter 13 includes new details on patient data sources, history and physical examination, diagnostic imaging, plain radiography, mammography, MRI, plethysmography and phleborheography, ECG, EKG, EEG, EMG, intraoperative neuromonitoring, urinalysis, bacteriological tests, culture and sensitivity, gram stain, incisional and excisional biopsy, care of surgical specimens, ionizing radiation, radiopaque contrast media imaging, CAT scan, fluoroscopy, urography, radio isotope imaging, positron emission topography, scintigraphy, pulmonary assessment, needle biopsy, washings and brush specimens, centesis and fluid analysis, and spinal tap.

Chapter 14, General Surgery, includes updated information on bowel technique as well as expanded coverage of laparoscopic instrumentation, supplies, appendicitis, laparoscopic appendectomy, open cholecystectomy with cholangiogram, hernias, and more.

Chapter 16, Ophthalmic Surgery, adds new details for several procedures, including iridectomy, strabismus correction: recession/resection, dacryocystorhinostomy, keratoplasty (corneal transplant), extracapsular cataract extraction, and hemorrhoidectomy.

Chapter 21, Orthopedic Surgery, now includes additional information on bone tissue as well as significant updates to the table on orthopedic pathologies and the coverage of total hip arthroplasty using the posterolateral approach.

Chapter 23, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, has added surgical anatomy and pathology for angioplasty, abdominal aortic aneurysm with graft, aortofemoral, femoropopliteal bypass, and arteriovenuous fistula and shunt procedures.

Helping student maximize their course success, the accompanying Study Guide/Lab Manual has been completely revised so that it precisely correlates with the text curriculum.