Class Surgical Propaedeutics and Hospital and Field Activity I

This is a preclinical UC that aims to provide students with the concepts and surgical skills by introducing surgical practice in veterinary medicine.

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1. Communication techniques with simulation of surgical consultation 2. Surgical terminology: linguistic origin, construction of terms and use in surgical routine 3. Concepts of antisepsis, asepsis, sterilization and disinfection in hospital environment 4. Design and circulation characteristics of the operating room and adjacent rooms 5. Surgical team: functions of each element, management of the various elements and gowning/gloving 6. Characteristics, applications and preparation of surgical instrumentation 7. Fundamental phases of the surgical technique (dieresis, hemostasis and synthesis) 8. Stages of the surgical wound (installation, prevention and treatment) 9. Sutures, material selection and handling of the instruments 10. Dressings and bandages with application in surgery 11. Peri-surgical care: venous access, material used, and material administered; preparation of the surgical field; airway management during surgery; monitoring of post-surgical complications 12. Surgery future

The use of veterinary models of skin and organ sutures to practice technical skills is an added value in learning because it allows students to practice on an almost real model without the fear of making a mistake and inadvertently causing pain to the animal. The use of real equipment and materials similar to those used in hospital surgical clinical practice allows students contact and familiarization that gives them confidence and helps them to recognize them in future curricular units that take place in a hospital environment. Attending classes in a clinical lab skills room that has the same equipment as the surgical suite allows students to learn in situ and in real life about what their experience will be like in a block in a veterinary hospital.

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