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ST 106 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWEXAM 2024-2025
Case planning - ANSWER Combines good knowledge of a surgical
procedure and surgical techniques.
Diagnostic procedure - ANSWER Provide information about the nature
of a medical problem and the options available for treatment. These may
be done as a part of surgery or as a separate procedure.
Surgical reconstruction - ANSWER Tissue is remodeled or replaced for
functional or aesthetic reasons. It may be performed as a single
operation or may require several procedures.
Repair - ANSWER The goal of this surgery is to restore function to a
structure, organ or system; it can involve any type of tissue and this
determines what instruments or special equipment are needed.
Removal - ANSWER This may involve tissue, an organ or a foreign
body.
Tissue replacement - ANSWER Can also be called implantation.
Involves the implantation of an organ or other anotomical sturctrue that
has lost function through disease or trauma.
Case cart method - ANSWER The most commonly used method. They
are prepared by central supply and transferred to the surgical substerile
area.
Surgeon's preference card - ANSWER Specifies specific instrument
sets, equipment and supplies needed for a procedure. Will also include
his/her gown and glove size, preferred prep and draping methods, any
drugs that may be used (including dose and strength) as well as their
individual techniques. It may be paper or digital form.
Sterile supplies - ANSWER Are opened in sequence from large to small.
, A methodical approach - ANSWER To sterile setups improves efficiency.
Purpose of a sterile back table - ANSWER Increases the size of the
sterile setup for other items to be distributed.
Basic pack - ANSWER Contains towels, drapes and gowns and is
centered on the back table.
Avoid - ANSWER Shifting items from one place to another. Try to move
items only once; to do otherwise is not productive and increases the
chance of contamination.
Irrigation and soaking solutions - ANSWER Are usually distributed either
just before the case starts or shortly after it is underway.
A count is performed - ANSWER Before surgery begins to establish a
baasline count; Before closure of a hollow organ (ie: the uterus); Before
closure of a body cavity; Before skin closure; Whenever there is a
suspicion that an item has been retained; Whenever there is a change in
personel (ie:breaks or end of shift).
All team members - ANSWER Are responsible for ensuring that no item
is left in a patient.
Scrub and circulating nurse - ANSWER Are actively responsible for
perfoming the counts and to notify the surgeon when the count is
incorrect.
Inadequate lighting - ANSWER Increases the risk of error. The surg tech
makes adjustments as needed.
Radiopaque strip - ANSWER Is on every type of sponge that can be
used in surgery within the body.
Laparotomy sponge (Lap) - ANSWER Used in major surgeries and are
used to absorb blood and fluidsand for padding beneath the blades of
large retractors.
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