Unit One – Perioperative Care

Learning Outcomes

Identify and perform the duties of a CDA during the 3 phases of the perioperative period as a member of the Surgical Team

Goal

The goal of perioperative care is to provide safe and quality patient care before, during, and after surgery

 

Perioperative care refers to the 3 phases of a surgical procedure:

preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative

Preoperative: phase between the decision to have surgery and the beginning of the surgical procedure.

Intraoperative: phase between admission to the OR and transfer to recovery.

Postoperative: phase between patient’s transfer from the OR and discharge from recovery.

 

The Surgical Team

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons consult and diagnose patient, prepare treatment plan, perform surgery.
Registered Nurses review health history, administer anesthesia and pain management medications, recover and discharge patient.
CDAs: review treatment plan and health history, set-up operatory, prepare patient for surgery, maintain chain of asepsis or sterilty, assist in surgery, recover and discharge patient, process equipment (sterilization).

Checklist:
Perioperative Checklist for the Surgical TeamSEDATION

Perioperative Checklist for the Dental Surgical Team

 

 

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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - A Handbook for Certified Dental Assistants Copyright © 2018 by Kathryn Truant is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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