1 Perioperative Education
2 Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards
3 Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues
4 The Perioperative Patient Care Team and Professional Credentialing
5 The Surgical First Assistant
6 Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services
7 The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence
8 Perioperative Pediatrics
9 Perioperative Geriatrics
10 Physical Facilities
11 Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Alternative Surgical Locations
12 Care of the Perioperative Environment
13 Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient
14 Surgical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Therapy
15 Principles of Aseptic and Sterile Techniques
16 Appropriate Attire, Surgical Hand Hygiene, and Gowning and Gloving
17 Decontamination and Disinfection
18 Sterilization
19 Surgical Instrumentation
20 Specialized Surgical Equipment
21 Preoperative Preparation of the Patient
22 Diagnostics, Specimens, and Oncologic Considerations
23 Surgical Pharmacology
24 Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents
25 Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulating Nurse
26 Positioning, Prepping, and Draping the Patient
27 Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient
28 Surgical Incisions, Implants, and Wound Closure
29 Wound Healing and Hemostasis
30 Postoperative Patient Care
31 Potential Perioperative Complications
32 Endoscopy and Robotic-Assisted Surgery
33 General Surgery
34 Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
35 Urologic Surgery
36 Orthopedic Surgery
37 Neurosurgery of the Brain and Peripheral Nerves
38 Spinal Surgery
39 Ophthalmic Surgery
40 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
41 Otorhinolaryngologic and Head and Neck Surgery
42 Thoracic Surgery
43 Cardiac Surgery
44 Vascular Surgery
45 Organ Procurement and Transplantation
