. surgical technologist (CST). Course prepares student for the advanced detail of surgical anatomy, physiology. Includes a review of the common function and structures of the human body including the surface anatomy. Other topics include relevant medical terminology, pathophysiology, etiology, disease, chemistry, microbiology, physics, and the technological sciences and congenital anomalies that are commonly encountered during surgical related interventions. In addition, pathology classification, cellular injury, types of necrosis, inflammation, types of injury, nutritional and metabolic pathologies, immunological disorders, neoplastic disorders, circulatory pathologies, hemodynamic management, and pain management will be included. +#*S TS2336, Advanced Surgical Procedures for the Surgical Assistant 30 hrs., 2 crs. . surgical technologist (CST). Prepares surgical technologist students with the additional core knowledge to assist with surgical procedures. Includes relevant preoperative diagnosis, common complications, surgical sequence, pharmacology, instrumentation, equipment, operative pathophysiology, and postoperative care for common surgical procedures that may require a surgical assistant. Core surgical specialties to be covered include the services of general, gynecologic and obstetric, otolaryngology, genitourinary, and orthopedic, ophthalmic, plastic and reconstructive, neurosurgery, vascular, and cardiothoracic. # *