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SURG THEORY 101
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACS | American College of Surgeons. A professional organization that establishes educational standards for surgeons and surgical residency programs. |
| Allied health profession | A profession that follows the principles of medicine and nursing but focuses on an expertise set apart from those practices. |
| AORN | Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. The professional organization for surgical nurses; originally known as the Association of Operating Room Nurses. |
| CAAHEP | Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Accredits health science programs, including those for surgical technology. |
| Certification | Acknowledgment by a private agency that a person has achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skill. Certification is usually established by graduating from an accredited institution and passing a written examination. |
| Certification does not confer legal status? | True |
| Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) | A surgical technologist who is certified following successful completion of a CAAHEP-accredited program or other programmatically accredited surgical technology program and has passed the national Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) |
| Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) | A surgical assistant provides aid in exposure, hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative technical functions that help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient. |
| Continuing education | More formally called professional development. It demonstrates an ongoing learning process in an individual’s profession. Continuing education (CE) credits are provided by a professional organization. |
| Proprietary school | Private, for-profit school. |
| Scrub | Role and name commonly applied to the surgical technologist or licensed nurse in the sterile scrub role during surgery. |
| Surgical conscience | In surgery, professional and personal honesty about one’s actions, mistakes, and abilities. |
| What war dramatically changed surgery where surgeons were able to operate and save more patients' lives than previously possible? | World War 2 |
| What is ORT? | Operating Room Technicians |
| Corpsmen were trained by the army to do what? | Assist in surgery, a role that was previously filled by nurses. |
| What is AORT and who created it? | Association of Operating room Technicians and the AORN bored created it. |
| What year did AORN created AORT? | 1968 |
| What year did AORN published the training manual called Teaching the Operating room technician? | 1967 |
| What happened in 1970? | First examination for ORTs, those who passed were giving the title of Certified Operating Room Technician |
| What year did AORT changed its name to AST, now CST | 1973 |
| The Association of Surgical Technologists was established in 1969 by members of who? | American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). |
| The profession of surgical technology is one of the fastest-growing allied health professions in the United States. The overall employment of surgical technologists is projected to grow ? | 5% from 2022 to 2032, |
| Surgical technology programs are accredited through who? | Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) or the ARC/STSA. |
| What is the CST EXAM? | comprehensive examination that covers the principles, practices, and basic sciences of surgical technology, including patient care in the operating room |
| What is the passing grade for the CST EXAM? | 98 |
| How can you renew your certification? | by either completing 30 continuing education credits in a 2-year cycle or renewal by examination |
| How many questions on the CST exam? | 175 questions, 25 questions are not counted |
| As a member of the sterile team, the technologist is what? | A scrubbed, gowned, and gloved participant in surgery |
| The technologist is often referred to as what? | The scrub |
| The traditional role of the surgical tech? | prepares and passes instruments, passes medications, medical supplies, and equipment during surgery |
| True or false? Scrub role is different from surgical assistant and circulator. | True |
| The connection between the sterile field and the surgical technologist | Surg tech must protect the sterile field from contamination and communicate effectively with the surgeon to prevent errors, such as passing the wrong instrument or passing it in the wrong orientation. |
| What is a circulator? | The circulator is usually a registered nurse and does not directly contact (touch) any sterile instruments, supplies, or equipment. Instead, they perform direct patient care and obtain, deliver, and prepare the nonsterile equipment. |
| Who is the main communicator between the surgical team and personnel outside the operating room and is also responsible for case documentation and many other tasks. | Circulator |
| On call? | available outside normal working hours to respond to emergency cases. It is a normal requirement for surgical technologists in a facility to rotate through a “call” schedule. |
| Sterile processing? | professionals clean, decontaminate, sterilize, and distribute medical and surgical instrumentation. |
| Preceptors? | teaching others while scrubbed. |
| surgical technologist’s role as a combination of five main areas of health care and technology | Assistant in surgical procedures as part of the surgical team. Specialist in the preparation, use of surgical devices, equipment, and instruments. Patient care leadership and management. Educator and preceptor. |
| What happens if the scrub tries to work too fast? | organization can break down, instruments can be dropped, and injuries can occur. |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROFESSIONAL | Integrity, Self-Regulation, Truthfulness, Commitment, Politeness, Tact and Discretion, Respect for Rules, Regulations, and Laws, Perspective. |
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