SURGICAL PRINCIPLES

Surgical Principles

• Preoperative Evaluation
• Perioperative Medication Management

Airway Management

• Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) – The Trauma ICU
• Airway Assessment – The Trauma ICU
• Cricothyroidotomy – The Trauma ICU
• Needle Cricothyroidotomy – The Trauma ICU

Infection Prevention & Postoperative Complications

• Preoperative Antibiotics
• Hand Hygiene
• Skin/Wound Preparation
• Needle-Stick Injury & Postexposure Prophylaxis
• General Postoperative Complications
• Improvement Protocols

General Principles

• Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
• General Terminology