Section One: Fundamentals of therapy and practice -- Section Two: The perioperative patient care team -- Section Three: The patient as a unique individual -- Section Four: The perioperative environment -- Section Five: Surgical asepsis and sterile technique -- Section Six: Surgical instrumentation and equipment -- Section Seven: Preoperative patient care -- Section Eight: Pharmacology and anesthesia -- Section Nine: Intraoperative patient care -- Section Ten: Surgical site management -- Section Eleven: Perianesthesia and postprocedural patient care -- Section Twelve: Surgical specialties