NBCE Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board Exam
2025: Complete Study Guide, Practice Questions, Clinical
Procedures & Exam Preparation Strategies
Prepare for the NBCE Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board Exam with this comprehensive
2025 study guide. Includes practice questions, clinical procedure reviews, proctology concepts,
and proven strategies to help candidates meet Oregon Board licensure requirements with
confidence
• NBCE Minor Surgery and Proctology exam
• Oregon Board Minor Surgery exam
• NBCE Oregon board exam
• chiropractic minor surgery exam Oregon
A topical skin refrigerant as a pre-injectable is advantageous. The most common of these is ________.
This helps minimize the effect of an injection for patients that have a fear of needles. - ANSWER-Ethyl
Chloride
15% Local anesthetics:
When administering a local anesthetic it is always important to pull back on the ______ of the syringe to
see if the needle punctured an artery.
It is also best to introduce the anesthetic "________" - ANSWER-plunger
on the move
15% Local anesthetics:
The three types of conductions for local anesthesia include: - ANSWER-direct infiltration, field block,
nerve block
,15% Local anesthetics:
______ is a method of introducing a local anesthetic where a portal of entry has been created by
trauma.
Advantage: bypasses the most painful aspect of anesthesia
Disadvantage: compromised shape which will become more distorted with anesthesia - ANSWER-Direct
infiltration
15% Local anesthetics:
_____ aka _______ is the MOST FREQUENT used type of conduction anesthesia. Preferred alternative if
wound is dirty or contaminated.
(what we practiced in the lab, on the move, 180 degrees new entry point, etc.)
Three main pharmacologic properties that are important to consider in delivering local anesthesia
include: - ANSWER-onset of action
effectiveness
duration of anesthesia
15% Local anesthetics:
The higher the concentration of the anesthetic the ______ the risk. - ANSWER-greater
15% Local anesthetics:
,A maximum dosage for those anesthetics most commonly used by chiropractors would not exceed
____cc for an average adult.
The maximum allowable dose of 1% lidocaine with epinephrine is ____cc.
Pregnant females should not be given local anesthetics. - ANSWER-30
50
15% Local anesthetics:
Lidocaine/Xylocaine (1%)
- Onset of action: 4-10 min
- Duration: 60-120 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-30
15% Local anesthetics:
Mepivacaine/Carbocaine (1%)
- Onset of action: 6-10 min
- Duration: 90-180 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-35
15% Local anesthetics:
Procaine/Novocaine (1%)
- Onset of action: 5-10 min
- Duration: 60-120 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-25
, 15% Local anesthetics:
Bupivacaine/Marcaine (0.25%)
- Onset of action: 8-12 min
- Duration: 240-280 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-80
15% Local anesthetics:
TAC
- Onset of action: 5-10 min
- Duration: 20 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-5-10
15% Local anesthetics:
_________ in concentration of either 1:100,000 or 1:200,000 is added to local anesthetics as a
VASOCONSTRICTOR.
Advantages:
It keeps the anesthetic in the surgical site longer therefore less anesthetic is needed = less toxicity. It also
minimizing the amount of bleeding at the operative site.
Disadvantages:
Potentiates wound infection. Cannot be used in distal end organs because of risk of necrosis. Risk of
small bleeder going unnoticed = postoperative hemorrhaging. - ANSWER-Epinephrine
15% Local anesthetics:
2025: Complete Study Guide, Practice Questions, Clinical
Procedures & Exam Preparation Strategies
Prepare for the NBCE Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board Exam with this comprehensive
2025 study guide. Includes practice questions, clinical procedure reviews, proctology concepts,
and proven strategies to help candidates meet Oregon Board licensure requirements with
confidence
• NBCE Minor Surgery and Proctology exam
• Oregon Board Minor Surgery exam
• NBCE Oregon board exam
• chiropractic minor surgery exam Oregon
A topical skin refrigerant as a pre-injectable is advantageous. The most common of these is ________.
This helps minimize the effect of an injection for patients that have a fear of needles. - ANSWER-Ethyl
Chloride
15% Local anesthetics:
When administering a local anesthetic it is always important to pull back on the ______ of the syringe to
see if the needle punctured an artery.
It is also best to introduce the anesthetic "________" - ANSWER-plunger
on the move
15% Local anesthetics:
The three types of conductions for local anesthesia include: - ANSWER-direct infiltration, field block,
nerve block
,15% Local anesthetics:
______ is a method of introducing a local anesthetic where a portal of entry has been created by
trauma.
Advantage: bypasses the most painful aspect of anesthesia
Disadvantage: compromised shape which will become more distorted with anesthesia - ANSWER-Direct
infiltration
15% Local anesthetics:
_____ aka _______ is the MOST FREQUENT used type of conduction anesthesia. Preferred alternative if
wound is dirty or contaminated.
(what we practiced in the lab, on the move, 180 degrees new entry point, etc.)
Three main pharmacologic properties that are important to consider in delivering local anesthesia
include: - ANSWER-onset of action
effectiveness
duration of anesthesia
15% Local anesthetics:
The higher the concentration of the anesthetic the ______ the risk. - ANSWER-greater
15% Local anesthetics:
,A maximum dosage for those anesthetics most commonly used by chiropractors would not exceed
____cc for an average adult.
The maximum allowable dose of 1% lidocaine with epinephrine is ____cc.
Pregnant females should not be given local anesthetics. - ANSWER-30
50
15% Local anesthetics:
Lidocaine/Xylocaine (1%)
- Onset of action: 4-10 min
- Duration: 60-120 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-30
15% Local anesthetics:
Mepivacaine/Carbocaine (1%)
- Onset of action: 6-10 min
- Duration: 90-180 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-35
15% Local anesthetics:
Procaine/Novocaine (1%)
- Onset of action: 5-10 min
- Duration: 60-120 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-25
, 15% Local anesthetics:
Bupivacaine/Marcaine (0.25%)
- Onset of action: 8-12 min
- Duration: 240-280 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-80
15% Local anesthetics:
TAC
- Onset of action: 5-10 min
- Duration: 20 min
- Maximal allowable dose: _____cc - ANSWER-5-10
15% Local anesthetics:
_________ in concentration of either 1:100,000 or 1:200,000 is added to local anesthetics as a
VASOCONSTRICTOR.
Advantages:
It keeps the anesthetic in the surgical site longer therefore less anesthetic is needed = less toxicity. It also
minimizing the amount of bleeding at the operative site.
Disadvantages:
Potentiates wound infection. Cannot be used in distal end organs because of risk of necrosis. Risk of
small bleeder going unnoticed = postoperative hemorrhaging. - ANSWER-Epinephrine
15% Local anesthetics:
