Introduction to the Operating Room

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION

• LESSON 1

  • Section I. INTRODUCTION

    • 1-1. SCOPE

    • 1-2. PURPOSE

    • 1-3. APPLICATION OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES

  • Section II. THE OPERATING ROOM SUITE

    • 1-4. DEFINITION

    • 1-5. LOCATION

    • 1-6. PHYSICAL LAYOUT

    • 1-7. CONSTRUCTION

    • 1-8. LIGHTING

    • 1-9. ELECTRICAL FIXTURES

    • 1-10. TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AND AIR CIRCULATION

  • Section III. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

    • 1-11. INTRODUCTION

    • 1-12. OPERATING TABLE

    • 1-13. SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TABLES

    • 1-14. ANESTHETIST'S EQUIPMENT

    • 1-15. BASIN (RINGED) STANDS

    • 1-16. KICK BUCKETS

    • 1-17. STOOLS

    • 1-18. INFUSION AND IRRIGATOR STAND (INTRAVENOUSLY INFUSION STAND)

    • 1-19. SUCTION APPARATUS

    • 1-20. SPONGE COUNT BOARD

    • 1-21. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

  • Section IV. ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE/INFECTION CONTROL

    • 1-22. INTRODUCTION

    • 1-23. PRINCIPLES

  • Section V. ORIENTATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL OPERATING ROOM

    • 1-24. INTRODUCTION

    • 1-25. PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS

    • 1-26. NEED FOR QUIET

    • 1-27. LEANUP FOLLOWING SURGERY

  • Section VI. HOUSEKEEPING

    • 1-28. INTRODUCTION

    • 1-29. RULES

    • 1-30. FLOOR CLEANING

    • 1-31. WET-VACUUM METHOD (RECOMMENDED)

    • 1-32. MOP-AND-PAIL METHOD (ALTERNATIVE)

    • 1-33. SCRUB-OR-SPRAY-MACHINE METHOD

    • 1-34. ROUTINE CLEANING OF AN OPERATING ROOM

    • 1-35. CLEANING OF OTHER AREAS IN THE SUITE

  • EXERCISES

  • SOLUTIONS

• LESSON 2

  • Section I. SURGICAL NOMENCLATURE

    • 2-1. INTRODUCTION

    • 2-2. TERMS PERTAINING TO OPERATIVE PROCEDURES

    • 2-3. INCISION PROCEDURES

    • 2-4. EXCISION PROCEDURES

    • 2-5. AMPUTATION PROCEDURES

    • 2-6. INTRODUCTION PROCEDURES

    • 2-7. ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES

    • 2-8. REPAIR PROCEDURES

    • 2-9. DESTRUCTION PROCEDURES

    • 2-10. SUTURING PROCEDURES

    • 2-11. MANIPULATION PROCEDURES

  • Section II. THE OPERATING ROOM TEAM

    • 2-12. INTRODUCTION

    • 2-13. CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

    • 2-14. THE SURGEON

    • 2-15. CHIEF, ANESTHESIOLOGY AND OPERATIVE SERVICES

    • 2-16. OPERATING ROOM SUPERVISOR

    • 2-17. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE

    • 2-18. OPERATING ROOM SPECIALIST

  • Section III. ATTRIBUTES NECESSARY IN TEAM MEMBERS

    • 2-19. PERSONAL HYGIENE

    • 2-20. ETHICAL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

    • 2-21. MAINTENANCE OF EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS OF THE OPERATING TEAM

    • 2-22. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

    • 2-23. LEGAL INTERPRETATION

    • 2-24. POTENTIAL LEGAL INVOLVEMENTS

    • 2-25. THE OPERATING ROOM SPECIALIST AND BEREAVEMENT

    • 2-26. DYNAMICS OF GRIEF

    • 2-27. HELPING THE BEREAVED

    • 2-28. MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND HOSPITAL AS SCAPEGOATS

  • Section IV. POLICIES AND INFORMATION ON FILE

    • 2-29. INTRODUCTION

    • 2-30. PROCEDURE MANUAL

    • 2-31. INSTRUMENT CARD FILE

    • 2-32. SURGEON'S PREFERENCE CARDS (SUTURE CARDS)

  • Section V. SELECTED FORMS USED IN THE OPERATING ROOM

    • 2-33. INTRODUCTION

    • 2-34. NURSING SERVICE PERSONNEL TIME SCHEDULE

    • 2-35. THE OPERATING ROOM SCHEDULE

  • EXERCISES

  • SOLUTIONS

• LESSON 3

  • Section I. INTRODUCTION

    • 3-1 GENERAL

    • 3-2. ELIMINATION OF HAZARDS

  • Section II. EXPLOSION AND FIRE HAZARDS

    • 3-3. DEFINITIONS

    • 3-4. CONDITIONS PRODUCING EXPLOSIONS

    • 3-5. ELIMINATION OF COMBUSTIBLE (FLAMMABLE) AGENTS

    • 3-6. ELIMINATION OF SOURCES OF IGNITION

    • 3-7. ELIMINATION OF HIGH OXYGEN CONCENTRATION

    • 3-8. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

  • Section III. HAZARDS OTHER THAN FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

    • 3-9. INTRODUCTION

    • 3-10. UNCONSCIOUS OR SEDATED PATIENTS

    • 3-11. TRANSPORTING THE PATIENT

    • 3-12. THE IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF DRUGS

    • 3-13. ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD

    • 3-14. SPONGE COUNT

    • 3-15. NEEDLE AND INSTRUMENT COUNTS

    • 3-16. CARE OF TISSUE SPECIMENS AND FOREIGN BODIES

    • 3-17. STERILITY OF MATERIALS

    • 3-18. ACCIDENTS TO OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL

  • EXERCISES

  • SOLUTIONS

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