High School Course Guide

This course is an introduction to the roles and responsibilities of the surgical team when delivering peri-operative patient care and surgical services. Patients’ needs are addressed in addition to patient identification, review of the chart, documentation, surgical positioning, skin preparation, urinary catheterization, specimen care, wound classification, vital signs, hemodynamics, monitoring and discharge planning. Students learn appropriate responses to legal, ethical, and moral issues, as well as emergency situations. Instructor consent required.

Taught at WITCC