MA204 - Minor Surgical Procedures

Basic Suturing
Video demonstrating basic suturing techniques, equipment tray, suture removal, patient instruction.  Requires Quicktime player

Drainage of Superficial and Deep Abscesses
Procedure, treatment from Surgical-Tutor

Encyclopedia of Surgery
Articles on invasive procedures, diagnostic imaging, treatments

Everyday Wound Care
Online manual explaining how to care for wounds, change dressings and suturing basics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Peripheral Intravenous Access
Step-by-step procedure for inserting an IV line

Wound Care & Suturing
Step-by step procedure with illustrations

Wound Care Information Network
Step-by-step guide to caring for wounds including dressings, dressing changes, types of wounds

Hand Hygiene
Simple handwashing procedure from the Centers for Disease Control

Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
How and why hand hygiene is important to the healthcare setting from the Centers for Disease Control.  This is a PDF document

Infection Control
List of links that include procedures and policies and fact sheets to infectious diseases

Infection Control Equipment & Practices
History of surgical asepsis, equipment, procedures

Infection Control for Nursing Students
Techniques on asepsis, infection control, chain of infection model from Truman College

Infection Prevention Online Course
Online course in infection prevention, STDs, hepatitism aseptic technique, needlestick prevention from Engender Health

Sterile Gloves
Step-by-step procedure for preserving the sterile field

Surgical 911
Catalog of surgical instruments classified by type and use

Images from the History of Medicine
A database of images on the history of medicine from the National Library of Medicine

Infection Control Equipment & Practices
History of surgical asepsis, equipment, procedures

MedHist Database from Intute
A collection of evaluated websites and other resources in the area of the history of medicine.  Use keywords such as Lister, surgery, “germ theory” when searching.

Comprehensive Medical Assisting, 3rd ed.
Chapter resources, web extras and more

Adam Animations
Short animated demonstrations of anatomy, physiology and pathology of the human body

American Association of Medical Assistants
Professional Association for MAs includes a library of resources for those interested in the profession

American Medical Association
CPT coding and resources, ethical standards, medical liability, doctors directory

Centers for Disease Control
The leading agency worldwide for infectious diseases and public health also offers access to its publications and an image library

Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health
Authoritative encyclopedia with articles on a wide variety of topics of interest to the allied health field.

Free Books4Doctors
Over 600 current medical books available as ebooks and arranged alphabetically by title

MedicalStudent.com
Links to free medical texts, websites and more

Medilexicon
Dictionary includes over 230,000 medical terms and abbreviations

MedlinePlus
Single best source for medical information from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.  Includes a dictionary, encyclopedia, drug directory, animated features on diseases and conditions, more.

Merck Manual
Authoritative entries for medical terms and procedures from the 2nd Home edition.

National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Portal sponsored by the US Department of Health & Human Services offers access to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

OR Live!
Live and archived videos of surgical procedures organized by specialty

PDRHealth
From the Physician’s Desk Reference.  Includes overview of diseases, treatment options, drug information and information about clinical trials.

Ready Reference Guide
Metric conversion tables, specific gravity of some elements, and Fahrenheit conversion tables from Merck Manual