The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons offers the Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy program, a free program designed to educate surgeons and OR staff about the safe use of surgical energy-based devices.
The FUSE program includes an interactive web-based curriculum covering topics like the following:
- Fundamental principles of electrosurgical devices
- Practice aspects of commonly used energy devices
- Integration of energy systems with other devices
- Prevention of OR fires
The FUSE program is appropriate for surgeons, surgical nurses and other personnel who work in the OR and other procedural areas, according to SAGES.
Access the free educational module here.
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