CST Final Practice Exam Part 1 of 2 questions with answers.

A common fear of pediatric patients that the surgical technologist must address is - Separation anxiety A critical component of a disaster plan that impacts the operating room is the - Receiving area and triage of patients A degnerative joint disease - Osteroarthritis A drug used to treat bradycardia in combination with hypotension is - Atropine A hernia that presents through Hesselbach's triangle is a/an - Direct A left subcostal incision would be used to expose the - Spleen A mechanical method of hemostasis used during orthopedic procedures is - Bone wax A mutagenic and carcinogenic hazard of laser use is - Surgical plume A patient placed in the reverse Trendelenburg position has the safety strap positioned - 2 inches below the knees A patient with a white blood cell count of 13,000/mm3 would indicate: - Infection a pregnancy that does not occur in the normal location is called - Ectopic A resectoscope is used during a/an - TURPA self retaining retractor used for exposure of the abdominal cavity is - Balfour A skin graft that consists of the epidermis and half of the dermis is a/an - Split-thickness A term refferrig to nosebleed is - Epistaxis A tumor composed of neuroglial cells is known as a: - Glioma A TURP is performed to treat - Benign prostatic hypertrophy A type of inflammatory bowel disease with chronic inflammation of teh intestine is called - Crohn's disease A word root meaning kidney is - Ren/o All fo the following are functions of the liver except - Produce insulin All of the following apply to surgical conscience except - Disclose patient information outside of hospital All of the following statement are true for paper-plastic peek packs, except - Staples are an acceptable method of closing a peel pack. An abnormal bending backward of the uterus is called - Retroflexion An excisional biopsy is removal of - Entire lesion An important preoperative preparation of a laser is -