Prehospital and New Advances in Resuscitation
SCENE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES Airway 1 It is paramount once on scene for the EMT to determine the status of the patient’s airway. Evaluating the patient’s Glasgow Coma Scale…
Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy and physiology, or A&P, are subjects that just about every student assumes will be among the most difficult to study. True, it requires a lot of memorization, and many…
Surgical Environment
FIG. 3.1 Surgical department layouts. A, Central corridor, racetrack style. B, Central corridor, hotel style. C, Central core, peripheral corridor style. (From Phillips N: Berry & Kohn’s operating room technique, ed 13,…
Surgical Case Management: Surgical Microbiology and Wound Management
(Copyright © Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Getty Images.) There’s much more to surgery than just the procedure itself. Cutting into living flesh, whether it’s done surgically or traumatically, carries a risk of…
and Reconstructive Surgery
(Copyright © Ozgurdonmaz/iStock/Getty Images.) The field of plastic surgery comprises two subspecialties: • Aesthetic surgery, which is also known as cosmetic surgery • Reconstructive surgery, in which provide fundamental needs…
Professionalism
(Copyright © Dmitriy Shironosov/Hemera/Getty Images.) Just about all of us can recall an encounter with someone working in a professional capacity—a healthcare provider, a college professor—who impressed you with his…
Surgical Pharmacology
(Copyright © Fivepointsix/iStock/Getty Images.) Pharmacology—with its great number and variety of drugs and their potential for interaction—poses one of the biggest challenges for most surgical technology students. What’s the best…
