Textbooks

The following list of required textbooks is published in compliance with State of Arkansas General Assembly Act 175 of the 2007 Regular Session.

Fall 2009
 

SUT 2410 – Basic Operating Room Techniques 

Rothrock, J. (2002). Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery  (12^th ed.). Mosby.  ISBN 0323016227 

Information on surgical modalities, infection prevention, and patient positioning. Step-by-step procedures for 400-plus contemporary and traditional specialty surgical interventions, as well as numerous minimally-invasive surgical procedures that have been recently developed 

Rutherford, C. J. (2005).  Differentiating Surgical Instruments.  F. A. Davis.  ISBN 0803612249 

Photographs feature distinguishing characteristics of similar instruments. Official names, common nicknames, and descriptions of instrument features are presented

Fuller, J. (2005). Fuller Surgical Technology Principles and Practices (4^th ed.).  Elsevier.  ISBN 0721696937 

Presents basic information about optimum patient care before, during, and after surgery 

SUT 2313 – Surgical Pathophysiology 

Cohen & Taylor.  (2005). Memmler’s The Human Body in Health & Disease (10^th ed.). Lippincott.  ISBN 0781742323 

A basic introductory text written for students beginning their study 

SUT 2312 – Medical Terminology 

Gylys, B. (2004). Medical Terminology: A Systems Approach (6^th ed.).  F. A. Davis.  ISBN 0803612494 

Word-building principles and key terms related to specific body systems 

Taber’s.  (2005). Taber’s Cyclopedia Medical Dictionary Non-Indexed (20^th ed.).  F. A. Davis.  ISBN 9780803612075 

Provides 56,000, easy-to-understand definitions
 

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