Textbooks

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

Spring 2010

SUT 2222  Perioperative Practice 

Jackson, J. A. (2007). Ethics, Legal Issues, and Professionalism in Surgical Technology.  Clifton Park, NY:  Thomson-Delmar Learning.  ISBN 1401857930

Key, non-technical aspects of daily technical functions in the operating room and the departments involved with surgery 

SUT 2221  Pharmacology for the Surgical Technologist

Snyder, K. C. & Keegan, C. (2006). Pharmacology for the Surgical Technologist (2^nd ed.).  St. Louis, Missouri:  Saunders Elsevier.  ISBN 1416024573
         
Review of basic mathematic and pharmacologic principles, commonly-used medications, and basic anesthesia concepts needed to function as an effective surgical team member

SUT 2520  Advanced Operating Room Techniques

Rothrock, J. (2007). Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery (13^th Ed.).  St. Louis, Missouri:  Mosby. ISBN  0323039278

Foundational information on surgical modalities, infection prevention, patient positioning, and the like. 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

SUT 2520  Advanced Operating Room Techniques

Rutherford, C. J. (2009). Differentiating Surgical Equipment & Supplies. Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis. ISBN  9780803615724

Photographs that provide a focus on the tips of the instruments such that similar instruments are more easily differentiated. Entries include official names; common nicknames; and descriptions of instrument features, categories

SUT 2520  Advanced Operating Room Techniques

Fuller, J. (2005). Fuller Surgical Technology Principles and Practices (4^th Ed.).   St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.  ISBN  0721696937

Addresses the core of what a practicing surgical technologist needs to know to work closely with surgical personnel in delivering optimum patient care before, during, and after surgery

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