Title: Describe the layout of a local hospital, with attention to the purpose and arrangement of areas most related to surgery.
Course: Surgical Technologist I (14056-I) > Section: Exploring the World of Surgical Technology

Description should be based on a visit to the hospital and should include

- the general layout of the hospital
- the purpose and arrangement of areas most related to surgery, such as the emergency room, radiology department, medical laboratory, labor and delivery, sterile processing, catheterization lab, intensive care unit (ICU), blood bank, pathology department, post-anesthesia care unit, and outpatient surgical unit.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the relationship between the operating room and the emergency room?
- In what ways does the operating room depend on the services of the medical laboratory? Of the pathology department?
- What are the responsibilities of the post-anesthesia care unit? How does this unit interact with the operating room staff?