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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did surgical technology begin? | After WWII |
| Who established an early “scientific” mindset and is the founder of comparative anatomy? | Aristotle |
| Who was the greatest surgeon of the 16th century and began to ligate arteries for amputation and stopped cauterizing wounds with hot irons and oil? | Pare |
| Who is the father of modern anatomy and challenged Galen openly and correctly and performed dissections on human cadavers? | Vesalius |
| Who is the father of microbiology, virology, and immunology? | Pasteur |
| Who developed technique of antiseptic surgery? | Lister |
| Who developed meticulous closure of wounds? | Halsted |
| Who developed the X-ray machine? | Roentgen |
| Who perfected the heart-lung machine and performed the first US heart transplant and first total artificial heart implant? | Cooley |
| Who developed the first ventricular assist pump? | DeBakey |
| The surgical team is composed of 4 basic members, who are they? | The surgeon, first scrub, anesthesia care provider, and the circulating nurse |
| Who are the nonsterile team members in the OR? | The anesthesia care provider and the circulating nurse |
| No surgical case is to start until what has been called? | Time out |
| Who are the sterile team members in the OR? | The surgeon, surgical tech, and surgical first assist |
| Who sponges, suctions, cuts sutures, holds retractors or instruments as needed? | Second scrub |
| A medical emergency that requires immediate surgical intervention is an | Emergency |
| A medical condition that requires surgical intervention within a short period of time is: | Urgent |
| A planned, non emergency, nonurgent procedure that may be either required for quality of life considerations is: | Elective |
| A procedure that the patients wants, normally for cosmetic reasons is: | Optional |
| The term that refers to preop, intraop, and postop is: | Perioperative |
| AST’s mission statement is: | “Enhancing the profession to ensure quality patient care” |
| Aeger Primo means: | The patient first |
| National certification is offered by the: | National board of surgical technology and surgical assisting (NBSTSA) |
| Tuckman’s stages of group development was created by who? | Bruce Tuckman |
| What are the 5 stages of tuckmans stages of group development? | Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning |
| The formation of the group occurs and individuals are driven by the desire to be accepted by others while avoiding conflicts is: | Forming |
| Initial trust is developed and the members feel comfortable discussing discontent and challenging others opinions is: | Storming |
| Team members develop a mutual plan and work toward the success of the project goal is: | Norming |
| Highly functioning teams operate at this stage. The group functions as a unit to accomplish its tasks is: | Performing |
| The task is completed and the team is dissolved is: | Adjourning |
| Individual is selfish in pursuing their own concerns at the expense of others; the person wants to win is: | Competing |
| Opposite of competing; individual completely ignores their own concern to satisfy the concerns of other individuals is: | Accommodating |
| Person is neutral; neither pursues their own concerns or those of the other individuals in order to avoid conflict is: | Avoiding |
| Person attempts to work and cooperate with others to reach a solution that everyone agrees upon is: | Collaborating |
| Individuals goal is to reach a solution as quickly as possible that may be accepted by others, but only partially fulfills the concerns of the group is: | Compromising |
| What are the four components of communication? | Sender, message, receiver, and feedback |
| Shares a message with an individual or group is the: | Sender |
| The information is the: | Message |
| Gets the messages and decodes it is the: | Receiver |
| Information is sent from the receiver to the sender regarding the message is: | Feedback |
| What type of hospitals are investor owned by an individual or corporation and their objective is to create a profit that is returned to the investors? | Proprietary |
| What type of hospital are profits invested back into the facility such as to purchase state-of-the-art equipment, support research, or expansion or construction efforts? | Nonprofit or not-for-profit |
| What type of hospitals receive the majority of their operating revenue from government funding? | Government supported or government-owned |
| Professional organization dedicated to improving the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting standards for surgical education and practice is: | The American College of Surgeons (ACS) |
| Professional organization dedicated to ensuring sustainable physician practices that result in better health outcomes for patients is: | The American Medical Association (AMA) |
| National organization that oversees the development and use of recognized standards that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector, including health care is: | The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) |
| The mission of this organization is to promote wellness and worldwide infection prevention. What is this organization? | The Association for Professionals if Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) |
| Nonprofit organization that represents the interests of perioperative nurses by establishing standards in nursing education and clinical practice is: | The Association it periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) |
| U.S. government organization under the federal Department of Health and Human Services that works with states and other partners to provide a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks, implement disease prevention strategies, | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| Consists of seven health organizations, including AST, that promote excellence in surgical patient safety is: | Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety (CSPS) |
| Independent, nonprofit national organization that develops standards and accredits health care organizations in the U.S is: | The Joint Commission |