Surgical Tech Short Answer Chapter 1
Review | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024-2025 LATEST
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When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology program to verify and clarify records
and annual reporting information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?
CAAHEP
What term describes the surgical technologist's foundational commitment to professional honesty,
confidentiality, fair treatment, cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical
patient care?
Surgical Conscience
According to the AST position statement on teamwork, which type of environment contributes most
to a safe and efficient surgical experience with positive patient outcomes?
Collaborative
What term describes the relationship between the CST and the patient or the patient's family?
Therapeutic
What term describes the relationship between the certified surgical technologist (CST) and the other
members of the surgical team in the OR?
Professional
What organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and surgical first
assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificants?
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
How many phases of surgical case management are there?
Perioperative = Preoperative, Intraoperative, Postoperative.
The physician who performed dissections on cadavers, which are now called autopsies, providing
meticulous drawings of anatomy, and became known as the father of modern anatomy is
__________________.
Andreas Vesalius
The physician who proved the germ theory of disease using swan neck flasks is
__________________.
Louis Pasteur
The surgeon who used ligatures for arteries in the performance of amputations is
________________.
Review | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024-2025 LATEST
UPDATED | GET IT CORRECT !!!
When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology program to verify and clarify records
and annual reporting information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?
CAAHEP
What term describes the surgical technologist's foundational commitment to professional honesty,
confidentiality, fair treatment, cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical
patient care?
Surgical Conscience
According to the AST position statement on teamwork, which type of environment contributes most
to a safe and efficient surgical experience with positive patient outcomes?
Collaborative
What term describes the relationship between the CST and the patient or the patient's family?
Therapeutic
What term describes the relationship between the certified surgical technologist (CST) and the other
members of the surgical team in the OR?
Professional
What organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and surgical first
assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificants?
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
How many phases of surgical case management are there?
Perioperative = Preoperative, Intraoperative, Postoperative.
The physician who performed dissections on cadavers, which are now called autopsies, providing
meticulous drawings of anatomy, and became known as the father of modern anatomy is
__________________.
Andreas Vesalius
The physician who proved the germ theory of disease using swan neck flasks is
__________________.
Louis Pasteur
The surgeon who used ligatures for arteries in the performance of amputations is
________________.
