Basic Surgical Skills An Illustrated Guide

An easy to follow step-by-step guide to the most useful surgical skills from knot tying to simple procedures. Illustrated with colour photographs and video clips to demonstrate techniques, this book makes these practical skills as clear and easy to follow as possible. Including coverage of surgical instruments, wound management and suturing, and minor surgical procedures, it also explains how to use these essential surgical skills to make the most of a surgical placement. Healthcare students or junior professionals undertaking a placement in surgery or emergency medicine will feel confident and capable, and will be able to take an active role in surgical placements. Learning basic surgical skills is important for such placements, as well as for undertaking exams such as the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS). Expert videos, guided by the author, are included with the book and can be accessed through www.routledge.com/9781032423265.

List of videos Acknowledgements Author bio 1. Introduction Graeme M Downes 2. Scrubbing Graeme M Downes 3. Basic surgical instruments Graeme M Downes 4. Sutures Graeme M Downes 5. Tying surgical knots Graeme M Downes 6. Local anaesthesia Rituja Kamble 7. Suture techniques Graeme M Downes 8. Electrosurgery Graeme M Downes 9. Wound debridement Graeme M Downes and Rituja Kamble 10. Cyst excision Graeme M Downes and Rituja Kamble 11. Making the most of your surgical placement Howard Chu Appendix 1: Suturing checklist Rituja Kamble and Graeme M Downes Appendix 2: Advice after sutures Graeme M Downes Index

Dr Graeme Downes MRCS, Plymouth, UK BSc – Lifesciences – Open University MBBS – Imperial College London MA(Ed) – Open University – Dissertation in Write up, completion September 2022 Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons Core Surgical Trainee – British Army Completed Foundation training in Plymouth, before carrying out General Duties with the British Army, deploying on exercises and operational tours. Applied for core surgical training, ranking 2nd in national selection in 2021. Commenced Core Surgical training (Plastic surgery themed).