It is no secret that working within a well-organized operating room environment is easier, less stressful, and boosts the quality of patient care. In his workbook designed to simplify the perioperative environment, a military heart technologist shares tips, techniques, and forms designed to help surgical technologists and nurses effectively prepare an operating room for procedures. Ralph Dunlap Jr. the lead heart technologist at a major Army medical center, knows how challenging it can be to keep track of notes, set up an operating room for surgery, and train new technologists regarding specific procedures. With that in mind, he has compiled simple ways for technologists and nurses to log medical personnel and reps' contact information and glove sizes, track needed equipment and necessary procedures for operating room setup, document specific cases, record continuing education units. Included is a glossary of surgical terminology and examples of operating room setups. Perioperative Workbook offers advice from an Army surgical technologist in order to help others in the same field stay organized and focused on providing excellent patient care. Perioperative Workbook By Ralph G. Dunlap Jr. Abbott Press Copyright © 2014 Ralph G. Dunlap Jr. All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4582-1686-1 Contents Acknowledgements, 3, Introduction, 5, Part One: Staff Members and Contact information, 6, Part Two: Medical Rep contact Information, 13, • 2.1: Medical Rep Business Card Holder, 16, Part Three: Procedures and Room Set-up, 22, • 3.1: Procedure, • 3.2: Preference card, • 3.3: Room set up, • 3.4: Back table set up, • 3.5: Procedure outline, Part Four: Personal Case Logs, 113, • 4.1: Continuing Education Units, 119, Part Five: Personal Notes, 123, • 5.1: Medical Prefixes and Suffixes, 133, Part Six: Examples, 139, INTRODUCTION My name is Ralph Dunlap Jr. I joined the United States Army As a 19 Delta Cavalry Scout in 2006. My first duty station was at FT. Hood, Texas with 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (3ACR). I deployed to northern Iraq for 15 Months as personal security Detachment (PSD) for the Command Sergeant Major and Colonel of 3ACR. I was injured and re-classed to a 68 Delta (Surgical Technologist). The discipline I learned as a scout prepared me to be the best at any new job I was going to take on. In 2009 I did my Phase one training at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. I was told by one of my instructors that being a heart technician was being the best of the best. So hearing that, I accepted that challenge. After Graduating phase one I was shipped over to Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tripler was where I received all of my hands on training also known as phase two in the Army. From there, my first duty station as a surgical technologist was at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, Texas. I can remember my very first case by myself, an emergency craniotomy on December 25th 2009. I worked at BAMC until July 2012, then to only end back up at TAMC. So, here I am today as the lead heart technologist at TAMC. I wanted to make this book so that it can be easier and more helpful for every surgical technologist and nurse out there. No matter your skill level this book will keep even the most seasoned perioperative professional organized. (Continues...) Excerpted from Perioperative Workbook by Ralph G. Dunlap Jr. . Copyright © 2014 Ralph G. Dunlap Jr.. Excerpted by permission of Abbott Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.