assisting with minor surgey
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| anesthesia | absence of sensation
🗑
|
||||
| approximation | bringing wound edges together closely and evenly
🗑
|
||||
| bandage | non sterile material applied over the top of dressings to secure them
🗑
|
||||
| cryosurgery | technique that destroys tissue by subjecting it to very cold temperatures, also called cryotherapy
🗑
|
||||
| dressing | material placed in or on a wound
🗑
|
||||
| electrosurgery | use of high frequency electric current to cut, remove, or destroy tissue; also called electrocautery
🗑
|
||||
| endoscopy | use of a specialized scope to visually examine a structure
🗑
|
||||
| laser surgery | treatment of tissue by means of colored light beams
🗑
|
||||
| microsurgery | any procedure completed with the use of a special operating microscope
🗑
|
||||
| sterile technique | method that involves performing invasive procedures in a manner that protects patients from pathogens
🗑
|
||||
| sterile toss | technique for placing sterile items on the sterile field without contaminating either one
🗑
|
||||
| surgical asepsis | destruction of all pathogenic organisms before they enter the body
🗑
|
||||
| suture | material used to sew wound edges together or the act of sewing wound edges together
🗑
|
||||
| swage | to fuse a suture to a needle
🗑
|
||||
| what are some different types of surgical instruments | cutting, grasping/ clamping, probing and dilating, and specialty
🗑
|
||||
| examples of cutting instruments | scissors and scalpels
🗑
|
||||
| examples of grasping/ clamping instruments | forceps, hemostats. needle holders, and clamps
🗑
|
||||
| examples of probing/ dilating instruments | specula, scopes, probes, retractors and dilators
🗑
|
||||
| what is a scope | lighted instruments designed to aid in the visualization of body cavities
🗑
|
||||
| examples of specialty instruments | foerster sponge forceps, curette, uterine sound, tenaculum
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
rewebb
Popular Clinical Skills sets