Question | Answer |
What are the phases of surgical case management? | 1.) Preoperative (cut time or endoscope in) 2.) Intraoperative (during) 3.)Postoperative (dressing on or endoscope out) |
Responsibilities of a CST | Create and maintain sterile field, place surgical dressing, count, time out, don proper attire, gather equipment, secure cords and tubing. |
Responsibilities of CRNFA or CSFA | Positioning, draping. Visualize, retract, suction and sponging. Identify anatomical structures, assist with hemostasis, volume replacement or auto transfusion techniques, closure, dressing, transfering. |
Responsibilities CRNA | Preop assessment, determine anesthetic used, discuss options, risk, benefits of anesthesia to pt. manage phases of anesthesia. provide supportive measures (fluid and airway management) |
ARC/STSA | The Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting |
CAAHEP | Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. |
NBSTSA | The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. (Credentials for CST and CSFA) |
AST | Association of Surgical Technologist |
Unintentional Tort | Patient misidentification, performing an incorrect procedure, foreign bodies left in patient secondary to counted items, patient burns, falls or positioning errors, improper handling or misidentification of specimen, incorrect drug administration, harm se |
Intentional tort | assault, battery, defamation, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy |
Res Ipsa Loquitur | legal doctrine wrong site surgery or retained foreign bodies would fall into |
method of pretrial discovery in which questions are answered under oath | Deposition |
Sentinel event | incident report. ex. falls, medication errors, injury etc. |
Diagnosis currently used in most jurisdictions to define state of irreversible death | Whole brain death. |
Tissues that can be recovered after death | Corneas, bone, skin |
Which body system is Diabetes Mellitus related to? | Endocrine system. |
Type 1 Diabetes | insulin dependent. pancreas produces little or no insulin |
most common type of shock seen in infants and children | septic shock |
antibiotics contraindicated for neonates due to risk of kernicterus | Sulfonamides (Bactrim or septra) |
trauma center that can treat patients on a 24 hour basis | level 1 trauma center. |
Wilson Frame | operating room table used for prone patients in ortho or back cases. |
What procedures is a fluid drain pan used? | genitourinary surgical procedures |
smoke produced by laser or electrocautery shown to contain biological material | plume |
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) | chemical compound composed of a mixture of liquid and powder. bone cement. Can be toxic. |
harvested from natural rubber found in trees | latex |
defines electrical potential. the potential energy of electrons at any given time between two points | volts |
parts of esu | grounding pad, active electrode, generator, control panel, |
what are transmissible forms of spongiform encephalopathy | |
what kind of outlets are used in the or | three pronged outlets. |
Mechanical process used by ultrasonic cleaners during which air pockets implode to dislodge debris and soil from the crevices and serrations of instruments | cavitaion |
abnormal communication between two normally separate intenal structures or an abnormal communiation between an internal structure and the body surface | fistula |
#3 #7 #9 knife handles | fit 10,11,12,15 blade |
#4 knife handle | fit 20-25 |