STEC 120:Surgical Procedures II

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 0

Prerequisite(s): STEC 110, STEC 111, STEC 112
Corequisite(s): STEC 121, STEC 122
This course covers seven surgical specialties: ophthalmic, oral/maxillofacial, thoracic and pulmonary, cardiac, orthopedic, pediatric, and pheripheral vascular, as well as disaster preparedness and response, and emergency trauma surgery. For each specialty, methods and principles are taught which include care of supplies and equipment, principles of patient safety, skin preps, patient positioning, and draping the operative site. Selected Technology Program courses are limited to those students who have been selected and admitted to the program. Program courses are sequenced by semester and must be taken as a group each semester per program requirements and policies. (Spring only)