Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique

Section I Fundamentals of Theory and Practice 1 Perioperative Education 2 Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care 3 Accountability, Responsibility, Legal, and Ethical Issues Section II The Perioperative Patient Care Team 4 The Perioperative Patient Care Team NEW! 5 The Surgical First Assistant 6 Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services Section III The Patient 7 The Patient 8 Perioperative Pediatrics 9 Perioperative Geriatrics Section IV The Perioperative Environment 10 Physical Facilities 11 Ambulatory Surgery 12 Care of the Perioperative Environment 13 Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient Section V Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique 14 Microbiologic Considerations 15 Asepsis & Sterile Techniques 16 Attire, Scrub, Gown, & Glove 17 Decontamination and Disinfection 18 Sterilization Section VI Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment 19 Surgical Instrumentation 20 Specialized Surgical Equipment Section VII Preoperative Patient Care 21 Preoperative Preparation of the Patient 22 Diagnostic Procedures Section VIII Anesthesia and Pharmacologic Considerations NEW! 23 Surgical Pharmacology Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents Section IX Intraoperative Patient Care 25 Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulator 26 Positioning, prepping, and draping the Patient 27 Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient Section X Surgical Site Management 28 Hemostasis and Surgical Site Closure 29 Surgical Site Healing Section XI Postoperative Patient Care 30 Postprocedural Patient Care 31 Potential Perioperative Complications Section XII Surgical Specialties 32 Endoscopic Surgery 33 General Surgery 34 Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery 35 Urologic Surgery 36 Orthopaedic Surgery 37 Neurosurgery 38 Spinal Surgery 39 Ophthalmic Surgery 40 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 41 Otorhinolaryngologic and Head and Neck Surgery 42 Thoracic Surgery 43 Cardiac Surgery 44 Peripheral Vascular Surgery 45 Organ Procurement and Transplantation