Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Fuller, Joanna R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0721640648 ISBN 13: 9780721640648

Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This is a revised and updated new edition of the only comprehensive work specifically for surgical technology. The book covers the principles, standards and ethics of surgical practice - to let readers know what to expect when they step into the operating room, and then what to do. The first 18 chapters look at surgical technology as both a job and a profession. This section covers ethics, the law, identification of the different members of the health care team, the operating room layout, protection from infection, decontamination, preparation of the skin for surgery, identification of different instruments, and more. Chapters 19-29 walk readers through the actual surgeries - defining them, summarizing the procedures, then detailing them more fully.

About this title

About the Author

Joanna Kotcher holds a Master's Degree in Global Health, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a BA in International Studies. She has coordinated emergency response in conflict environments for the past 18 years in such locations as Kosovo, Central Asia (Tajikistan), Afghanistan, Darfur, Gaza and the OPT, Somaliland, Syria, and Iraq. As a Medical/Surgical Coordinator Ms. Kotcher has coordinated and managed medical teams in the start-up and full implementation stages of projects that assist populations in need of emergency medical and surgical care during armed conflict. She has also coordinated post-conflict actions during the period immediately following "official? cessation of armed conflict. Working in insecure environments, Ms. Kotcher has extensive experience in the design and implementation of medical/surgical actions, team building and support, implementation of standards and guidelines, medical and nursing staff training, and team mentoring. She continues to study and learn while working in the field and maintaining membership with notable professional organizations in the combined disciplines of humanitarian studies and medical/surgical assistance.

Edition details

• Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721640648
• ISBN 13: 9780721640648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 708