SURG 125 — PROFESSIONAL PREP FOR SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY
This course is the beginning orientation into a surgical department. Students will spend time with a surgical technologist learning how to read a surgeon’s preference card, pulling cases, understanding supplies and equipment. Students will assist the surgical technologist with opening supplies onto a sterile field. Once the procedure has started the student will observe or scrub into the procedure and perform the duties of the surgical technologist in the second scrub role. Students will also spend time following other team members, circulating nurse, sterile processing, transport, “turn over team”. This will allow the student to learn the importance of each team member associated with surgery. 2 credits