U.S. Army Correspondence Course Instruction - Introduction to the Operating Room (OR) - Orientation, Operating Room Personnel, Policies, and Nomenclature, Safety, Specially Trained Personnel Working in a Highly Specialized Hospital Area

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this is a reproduction of a U.S. Army Correspondence Course Instruction: U.S. Army Correspondence Course Instruction - Introduction to the Operating Room (OR).

A patient scheduled for surgery will have his operation performed by specially trained personnel working in a highly specialized area of the hospital. This area--the operating room (OR) suite-has an environment suited to its needs, but one quite different from that in the rest of the hospital. All activities in the OR suite are centered around the best possible care of the patient.
The purpose of this subcourse is to familiarize you with certain aspects of the OR environment that will provide you with a basis for understanding your role as an OR specialist and enable you to enhance the performance of duties assigned to you in the care of the patient.

Contents: Introduction * Lesson 1 - Orientation * Section I. Introduction * Section II. The Operating Room Suite * Section III. Furniture and Equipment * Section IV. Aseptic Technique/Infection Control * Section V. Orientation to an Individual Operating Room * Section VI. Housekeeping * Exercises * Lesson 2 - Operating Room Personnel, Policies, And Nomenclature * Section I. Surgical Nomenclature * Section II. The Operating Room Team * Section III. Attributes Necessary in Team Members * Section IV. Policies and Information on File * Section V. Selected Forms Used in the Operating Room * Exercises * Lesson 3 - Safety In The Operating Room * Section I. Introduction * Section II. Explosion and Fire Hazards * Section III. Hazards Other Than Fires and Explosions * Exercises