Surgical pharmacology and anesthesia exam questions
with accurate answers.
What are the medication derivatives sources used today? - Answer
Natural source- pharmacognosy: the study of drugs derived from
natural sources. Such as plants, animals, and minerals.
Chemical synthesis- made in a lab.
Semisynthetic: start with natural source and altered by chemical
process. Biotechnology: genetic engineering
Why are drug classification subcategories more helpful to the surgical
technologist than the four major categories used to classify drugs? -
Answer Most subcategory titles will provide clues to the use or purpose
of a medication. Use medical terminology word building techniques to
define the subcategories and help determine a medications purpose.
What type of medication orders are used in surgery? - Answer Standing
orders, verbal orders, STAT PRN orders
What is the most common medication administration route used in
surgery? - Answer Parenterally, IV
How does the body process drugs? - Answer Pharmacokinetics: The
study of pharmacokinetics focuses on how the body process drugs. the
science of pharmacodynamics examines how the action of the drug
affects the body.
Side effect - Answer A predictable but unintended effect of the drug
rarely serious but usually unavoidable
,Adverse effects - Answer Are undesired potentially harmful nausea
vomiting drug toxicity hypersensitivity and unusual reaction
Antagonist - Answer Drugs that bind to a receptor and preevent a
response
Synergist - Answer A drug that enhances the effects of another drug
Agonist - Answer Drugs that bind to or have an attraction for a receptor
and cause a particular response
Contradictions - Answer Reasons against giving a particular drug
Indications - Answer The reason or purpose for giving a medication
Onset - Answer The time between administration of a drug and the first
appearance of effects.
How does the federal government regulate medications - Answer
Through the FDA
What is the significance of the pure food and drug act of 1906 - Answer
All drums are marked in US meet minimum standards strength purity
and quality
What is the role of the FDA in drug regulation - Answer Controls all
drugs marked in the US
Why is the separation of drugs into five schedules important - Answer
Security due to the addictiveness
,Military time - Answer A 24 hour scale without a.m. or p.m.
designations
1:00am - Answer 0100
1:00pm - Answer 1300
11:00am - Answer 1100
11:00pm - Answer 23:00
96°F - Answer 35.6°C
41°C - Answer 105.8°F
What is the role of the surgical technologist and medication
administration when serving as the scrub person and as the circulator -
Answer Scrub person labels and the circulator passes and calls it out
What are the 6 rights of medication administration in surgery - Answer
Right drug, right dose, right route, right patient right time, right label
How do the principles of sterile technique applied to medication
delivery to the sterile field - Answer To protect the integrity and sterility
of medications
How do you label medications on your sterile back table - Answer With
the expiration date and medication type
, MRSA - Answer Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
VRE - Answer Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
Why are antibiotics administered in surgery - Answer Prophylaxis
against surgical site infection
What does a C and S reveal - Answer TST tuberculin skin test
ASB - Answer Acid fast test
Why would a Gram stain be ordered during surgery - Answer Culture
and sensitivity series of test used to identify pathogenic microrganisms
and determine their subsceptibility to various antibiotics
How do antibiotics work - Answer By inhibiting bacterial cell wall
synthesis stop proteins synthesis interfere with nucleate acid synthesis
after bacterial cell wall function or disrupt bacterial cell metabolism
how are antibiotics administered in surgery - Answer Topically or IV
What is the difference between contrast media and dyes - Answer
Disere use to mark skin incisions and for visual identification of an organ
injury or pathobiology staining agents help ID abnormal cells usually
and procedures on the cervix staining agents react differently with
abnormal cells then they do with normal cells
How does isosulfan blue lymphazurin help the surgeon find the sentinel
node? - Answer By staining the lymphatic nodes in the lymph vessels
with accurate answers.
What are the medication derivatives sources used today? - Answer
Natural source- pharmacognosy: the study of drugs derived from
natural sources. Such as plants, animals, and minerals.
Chemical synthesis- made in a lab.
Semisynthetic: start with natural source and altered by chemical
process. Biotechnology: genetic engineering
Why are drug classification subcategories more helpful to the surgical
technologist than the four major categories used to classify drugs? -
Answer Most subcategory titles will provide clues to the use or purpose
of a medication. Use medical terminology word building techniques to
define the subcategories and help determine a medications purpose.
What type of medication orders are used in surgery? - Answer Standing
orders, verbal orders, STAT PRN orders
What is the most common medication administration route used in
surgery? - Answer Parenterally, IV
How does the body process drugs? - Answer Pharmacokinetics: The
study of pharmacokinetics focuses on how the body process drugs. the
science of pharmacodynamics examines how the action of the drug
affects the body.
Side effect - Answer A predictable but unintended effect of the drug
rarely serious but usually unavoidable
,Adverse effects - Answer Are undesired potentially harmful nausea
vomiting drug toxicity hypersensitivity and unusual reaction
Antagonist - Answer Drugs that bind to a receptor and preevent a
response
Synergist - Answer A drug that enhances the effects of another drug
Agonist - Answer Drugs that bind to or have an attraction for a receptor
and cause a particular response
Contradictions - Answer Reasons against giving a particular drug
Indications - Answer The reason or purpose for giving a medication
Onset - Answer The time between administration of a drug and the first
appearance of effects.
How does the federal government regulate medications - Answer
Through the FDA
What is the significance of the pure food and drug act of 1906 - Answer
All drums are marked in US meet minimum standards strength purity
and quality
What is the role of the FDA in drug regulation - Answer Controls all
drugs marked in the US
Why is the separation of drugs into five schedules important - Answer
Security due to the addictiveness
,Military time - Answer A 24 hour scale without a.m. or p.m.
designations
1:00am - Answer 0100
1:00pm - Answer 1300
11:00am - Answer 1100
11:00pm - Answer 23:00
96°F - Answer 35.6°C
41°C - Answer 105.8°F
What is the role of the surgical technologist and medication
administration when serving as the scrub person and as the circulator -
Answer Scrub person labels and the circulator passes and calls it out
What are the 6 rights of medication administration in surgery - Answer
Right drug, right dose, right route, right patient right time, right label
How do the principles of sterile technique applied to medication
delivery to the sterile field - Answer To protect the integrity and sterility
of medications
How do you label medications on your sterile back table - Answer With
the expiration date and medication type
, MRSA - Answer Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
VRE - Answer Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
Why are antibiotics administered in surgery - Answer Prophylaxis
against surgical site infection
What does a C and S reveal - Answer TST tuberculin skin test
ASB - Answer Acid fast test
Why would a Gram stain be ordered during surgery - Answer Culture
and sensitivity series of test used to identify pathogenic microrganisms
and determine their subsceptibility to various antibiotics
How do antibiotics work - Answer By inhibiting bacterial cell wall
synthesis stop proteins synthesis interfere with nucleate acid synthesis
after bacterial cell wall function or disrupt bacterial cell metabolism
how are antibiotics administered in surgery - Answer Topically or IV
What is the difference between contrast media and dyes - Answer
Disere use to mark skin incisions and for visual identification of an organ
injury or pathobiology staining agents help ID abnormal cells usually
and procedures on the cervix staining agents react differently with
abnormal cells then they do with normal cells
How does isosulfan blue lymphazurin help the surgeon find the sentinel
node? - Answer By staining the lymphatic nodes in the lymph vessels
