CST - Answer Certified Surgical Technologist
ARON - Answer Association of Operating Room Nurses
NBSTSA - Answer National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Asisting
CSFA - Answer Certified Surgical First Assistant
AST - Answer Association of Surgical Technologists
NCCA - Answer National Commission for Certifying Agencies
ACS - Answer American College of Surgeons
ARC-ST - Answer Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology
CAAHEP - Answer Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
AMA - Answer American Medical Association
AHA - Answer American Hospital Association
NHA - Answer National Healthcare Association CORST - Answer Certified Operating Room and Surgical Technician
PPE - Answer Personal Protective Equipment
Supine - Answer Patient lies on their back, body parallel
Trendelenburg - Answer Patient lies on back(supine) with head of bed inclined backwards; knees are over lower break in table
Reverse Trendelenburg - Answer Supine, but table is tilted so head is higher
Fowler's - Answer patient lies on back, with buttocks at the flex in the table and knees over the lower break
Fowler's sitting - Answer Fowler's position but torso is upright
Lithotomy - Answer Patient is on back with foot section of table lowered to a right angle; knees are flexed and legs are placed on stirrups
Prone - Answer Patient lies on abdomen with chest rolls under achillea and sides of chest to facilitate respirations
Kraske - Answer (jackknife) prone with hips over the break of table; legs lowered 90* and head downward
Lateral - Answer First supine, then turned to unaffected side
Fracture Table - Answer Used for positioning patients for hip pinning and other orthopedic procedures