SRG 120 - Surgical Technologist I (10 credit hours)

Offered in Fall Term-Odd years only (7-4-4)
This is the first course in the four-semester sequence for Surgical Technologist students. Students will be introduced to the discipline of surgical technology, responsibilities to their patients and their fellow team members, issues of legality and ethics in the surgical setting, communication and teamwork, as well as content related to microbes and the process of infection, sterile techniques, transporting, transferring and positioning the surgical patient, as well as basic principles of anesthesia, physiological monitoring, computer technology, endoscopic and robotic-assisted surgeries. Course format will include lecture, lab practice and clinical observations.
PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to the Surgical Technologist program, BIO 226, BIO 235, BIO 236, EMS 101, ENG 111, MATH 112 and OAS 116.
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