|
ST 207 - Pharmacology in the Operating RoomCredits: 2 Instructional Contact Hours: 2
Introduces anesthetic agents and other drugs commonly used in the perioperative setting: their uses, methods of administration, physiologic effects, and hazards or unforeseen effects.
Prerequisite(s): Validation for and successful clinical entry to the Surgical Technology Program Corequisite(s): ST 210 , ST 220 , ST 230 , and ST 240 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab Hours: 0 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: No
Outcomes and Objectives
- Demonstrate communication skills
- Communicate in acceptable English and use medical terminology accurately and appropriately.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills
- Analyze data and discipline-based knowledge to formulate logical conclusions.
- Integrate and correlate concepts from different courses.
- Organize and integrate information into a format that illustrates patterns, clusters, and hierarchies of information.
- Utilize graphs, tables, and charts to summarize, analyze, and interpret information.
- Apply the scientific method of inquiry and research.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
- Demonstrate interpersonal or collaborative skills
- Work constructively within a group, demonstrating respect and consideration for others.
- Demonstrate information literacy.
- Demonstrate the ability to access, analyze, and use information appropriate to the discipline.
- Identify and access appropriate print, media, and electronic resources to expand understanding of the subject matter.
- Evaluate the quality of information gathered from ptin and electronic sources with reference to reliability of the source, currency, and applicability.
- Paraphrase, synthesize, and summarize information gathered from multiple sources.
- Analyze data and discipline-based knowledge to formulate logical conclusions.
- Integrate and correlate concepts from different courses.
- Organize and integrate information into a format that illustrates patterns, clusters, and hierarchies of information.
- Utilize graphs, tables, and charts to summarize, analyze, and interpret information.
- Apply the scientific method of inquiry and research.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of general concepts of medication administration.
- Define the three names of any drug and discuss how each is used.
- Compare and contrast the various routes of drug administration.
- Define specific terminology used in the study of pharmacology.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods and agents used to achieve surgical anesthesia.
- Define the ASA system of patient classification regarding anesthesia risk and give examples of each level of classification.
- Describe the pain pathways from peripheral receptors to interpretive cortex and where those may be interrupted to achieve “anesthesia”.
- List the basic methods of providing surgical anesthesia, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each.
- Describe the methods of induction of general anesthesia and of endotracheal intubation.
- Identify indications for emergency induction procedures.
- List the most commonly used inhalation anesthetic agents and describe their effects on various physiologic systems.
- Compare the categories, agents and uses of neuromuscular blocking agents.
- Discuss the purposes and agents used for neuroleptic analgesia and anesthesia.
- Discuss the major hazards and complications attendant with general anesthesia.
- Compare the methods, agents and usage of spinal and epidural anesthesia.
- Describe alternative methods used to provide regional anesthesia.
- List the agents used for local infiltration and topical anesthesia, their uses and potential adverse reactions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to observe for untoward reactions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents that are commonly used in the operating room or that are specifically related to perioperative care.
- Classify and discuss the various types of analgesic and antipyretic agents, including their mechanisms of action, uses and adverse effects.
- Identify and discuss sedative-hypnotic agents and tranquilizers, including their mechanisms of action, uses and adverse effects.
- Classify and discuss the uses of other drugs acting on the Central Nervous System, including anticonvulsants, anti-Parkinsonism drugs, CNS stimulants, antiemetics, antihistamines, and centrally-acting skeletal muscle relaxants.
- Classify and discuss Autonomic Nervous System drugs, including their actions and uses during surgery.
- Classify and discuss antihypertensive agents and miscellaneous vascular drugs.
- Classify and discuss cardiac inotropic agents, anti-arrhythmic drugs and coronary dilators, including their mechanisms of action.
- Discuss drugs used to lower serum cholesterol levels.
- Classify and discuss drugs affecting the gastrointestinal tract and biliary system.
- Discuss the effects and uses of different types of insulin and insulin antagonists.
- Classify and discuss coagulants, local hemostatic agents, anticoagulants, and thrombolytic agents, including their mechanisms of action.
- Differentiate the perioperative uses of intravenous fluids (both crystalloid and colloid), hyperalimentation fluids, blood transfusion and blood component therapy.
- Discuss the potential adverse effects associated with blood transfusion and how they can be recognized, and compare those risks with the use of autologous blood.
- Classify and discuss diuretics, including their uses and potential adverse effects.
- Classify and discuss the uses and effects of obstetrical agents.
- Classify and discuss the uses and effects of hormones associated with the reproductive systems.
- Discuss the uses, actions and side effects of adrenocorticosteroids.
- Discuss the uses of other hormones.
- Discuss methods and agents of antineoplastic chemotherapy.
- Discuss the current status of other types of antineoplastic therapy.
- Classify and discuss agents used for antimicrobial therapy.
- Demonstrate the ability to accurately perform mathematical calculations regarding dosages for back-table medications or solutions.
- Given a medication strength, calculate the dilution necessary to achieve a different concentration.
- Given a medication, calculate a requested irrigation solution.
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)
|
|