Test Bank Solution Manual for Surgical Technology for Surgical technologists Rated A+
Pronation - Answers palm down
lateral position - Answers On their side lower leg flexed
Supination - Answers Palm up
2 dangerous things that can occur in hypovolemia burns - Answers Loss of body fluid and infection
What is the rule of nines? - Answers way to determine the extent of burns
Where is the blood supply to bone? What instrument is used to dissect it? - Answers Blood vessels
located in periosteum, you use a periosteal elevator to dissect periosteum
What is a colprrhaphy procedure and what position - Answers Procedure for prolapse of vaginal wall in
lithotomy postion
What is used to contract uterus and induce labor - Answers Oxytocin- causes uterus to contract / pitocin
used to induce labor
Where does ephinephrine come from and what is it used for - Answers From the medulla of adrenal
gland/ for fight or flight response/ given in emergency to raise BP
What is a chalazion? - Answers Cyst on eyelid due to blockage of the meibomian gland. Treat with warm
compress to the eye.
What are the uterine ligaments - Answers Broad, round, cardinal, and uterosacral
What are cutting instruments (tome) - Answers Osteotome, adenatome, dermatome
You enter the posteria fossa in the back of the skull during an occipital craniotomy in what postion -
Answers In the flowers position (sitting position)
The internal notched portion of the kidney - Answers Hilum
The hilum is where what comes together - Answers Ureter, renal artery, and vein
Abandonment - Answers If you leave premedicated patient alone and is injured
What is phimosis? - Answers Reason for circumcision/ the foreskin constricts over gland penis
What is the incision for spleenectomy - Answers Left subcostal incision
What is the incision for a cholecystectomy - Answers Right subcostal incision / kocker incision
unrestricted area - Answers An area that people dressed in street clothes may enter.
,semirestricted area - Answers A designated area in which only personnel wearing scrub suits and hair
caps that and shoe covers
restricted area - Answers The area of the operating room where only personnel wearing surgical attire,
including masks, shoe coverings, and head coverings, and eye protection is required during the surgical
procedure
Preoperative check-in unit - Answers Same day surgery admission
Preoperative holding area - Answers Designated area for patients to wait in the operating room suite
and receive final preparation for surgery
postanesthesia care unit (PACU) - Answers Area where patients recover from anesthesia and surgery
Dressing rooms and lounges - Answers Area for operating room team to change into surgical attire
Ventilation - Answers At least 20 air changes per hour with a minimum of 4 outside air exchanges per
hour. Laminar unidirectional airflow that provides up to 600 air exchanges per hour.
What kind of pressure in the operating room - Answers Positive air pressure
What is the relative humidity maintained at - Answers 30% to 60%
Room temperature maintained at for adults/ pediatric, geriatric, and burn patients - Answers 68*F to
73*F / up to 80*F
ionizing radiation - Answers Positively and negatively charged particles that can alter enzymes, proteins,
cell membranes, and genetic material and cause cancer, cataracts, injury to bone marrow, burns, tissue
necrosis, congenital anomalies, and spontaneous abortions
What is LASER - Answers light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Types of LASER media - Answers Gas, liquid, solid, semiconductor
Gas LASER media - Answers Carbon dioxide, helium, neon, argon, excimer, and krypton
Liquid LASER media - Answers Tunable dye
Solid LASER media - Answers Neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)
Holmium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Ho:YAG)
Potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP)
Semiconductor LASER media - Answers Diodes used in glaucoma treatment and photodynamic therapy
ENT LASER application - Answers CO2
GYN LASER application - Answers CO2 and Nd:YAG
, GI LASER application - Answers Nd:YAG through an endscope
Ophthalmology LASER application - Answers Nd:YAG, argon, KTP, and diode
Orthopedics LASER application - Answers Ho:YAG and Nd:YAG
Fire Triangle - Answers fuel, oxygen, heat
Flammable agents - Answers Ethylene oxide, oil or grease, alcohol, collodion, ether, and methane gas
from the colon
Ignition sources - Answers Electro surgical units, LASERs, fiber-optic light cables, and static electricity
What does RACE mean? - Answers rescue, alarm, confine, extinguish
Class A fire extinguisher - Answers ordinary wood, paper, cloth -extinguished with pressurized water or
water-mist
Class B fire extinguisher - Answers Flammable liquids-extinguished with carbon dioxide or dry chemicals
Class C fire extinguisher - Answers electrical or laser - extinguished with halon
How to fire extinguishers (PASS) - Answers Pull the pin, aim the nozzle at the base of the fire, squeeze
the handle, sweep from side to side
ethylene oxide sterilizing and disinfecting agents - Answers Can cause dizziness, nausea, and vomiting; is
a known mutagen and carcinogen
Glutaraldehyde sterilizing and disinfecting agent - Answers Irritating to eyes, nose, throat; can cause
itching and a rash when contracting skin
Peracetic acid sterilizing and disinfecting agent - Answers Can burn skin and mucous membranes on
contact
Disinfectant sterilizing and disinfecting agents - Answers Phenol and sodium hypochlorite; can cause
burns on skin and mucous
what is polymethyl methacrylate? - Answers bone cement
Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answers the thing speaks for itself
Respondeat Superior - Answers "Let the master answer" an employer is liable for the behavior of an
employee working within his or her scope of employment
corporate negligence - Answers An institution is liable for failure to ensure an acceptable level of care
informed consent - Answers The physician and the patient have discussed, and the patient understands
the nature of the procedure as well as risks and alternative treatment options
Pronation - Answers palm down
lateral position - Answers On their side lower leg flexed
Supination - Answers Palm up
2 dangerous things that can occur in hypovolemia burns - Answers Loss of body fluid and infection
What is the rule of nines? - Answers way to determine the extent of burns
Where is the blood supply to bone? What instrument is used to dissect it? - Answers Blood vessels
located in periosteum, you use a periosteal elevator to dissect periosteum
What is a colprrhaphy procedure and what position - Answers Procedure for prolapse of vaginal wall in
lithotomy postion
What is used to contract uterus and induce labor - Answers Oxytocin- causes uterus to contract / pitocin
used to induce labor
Where does ephinephrine come from and what is it used for - Answers From the medulla of adrenal
gland/ for fight or flight response/ given in emergency to raise BP
What is a chalazion? - Answers Cyst on eyelid due to blockage of the meibomian gland. Treat with warm
compress to the eye.
What are the uterine ligaments - Answers Broad, round, cardinal, and uterosacral
What are cutting instruments (tome) - Answers Osteotome, adenatome, dermatome
You enter the posteria fossa in the back of the skull during an occipital craniotomy in what postion -
Answers In the flowers position (sitting position)
The internal notched portion of the kidney - Answers Hilum
The hilum is where what comes together - Answers Ureter, renal artery, and vein
Abandonment - Answers If you leave premedicated patient alone and is injured
What is phimosis? - Answers Reason for circumcision/ the foreskin constricts over gland penis
What is the incision for spleenectomy - Answers Left subcostal incision
What is the incision for a cholecystectomy - Answers Right subcostal incision / kocker incision
unrestricted area - Answers An area that people dressed in street clothes may enter.
,semirestricted area - Answers A designated area in which only personnel wearing scrub suits and hair
caps that and shoe covers
restricted area - Answers The area of the operating room where only personnel wearing surgical attire,
including masks, shoe coverings, and head coverings, and eye protection is required during the surgical
procedure
Preoperative check-in unit - Answers Same day surgery admission
Preoperative holding area - Answers Designated area for patients to wait in the operating room suite
and receive final preparation for surgery
postanesthesia care unit (PACU) - Answers Area where patients recover from anesthesia and surgery
Dressing rooms and lounges - Answers Area for operating room team to change into surgical attire
Ventilation - Answers At least 20 air changes per hour with a minimum of 4 outside air exchanges per
hour. Laminar unidirectional airflow that provides up to 600 air exchanges per hour.
What kind of pressure in the operating room - Answers Positive air pressure
What is the relative humidity maintained at - Answers 30% to 60%
Room temperature maintained at for adults/ pediatric, geriatric, and burn patients - Answers 68*F to
73*F / up to 80*F
ionizing radiation - Answers Positively and negatively charged particles that can alter enzymes, proteins,
cell membranes, and genetic material and cause cancer, cataracts, injury to bone marrow, burns, tissue
necrosis, congenital anomalies, and spontaneous abortions
What is LASER - Answers light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Types of LASER media - Answers Gas, liquid, solid, semiconductor
Gas LASER media - Answers Carbon dioxide, helium, neon, argon, excimer, and krypton
Liquid LASER media - Answers Tunable dye
Solid LASER media - Answers Neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)
Holmium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Ho:YAG)
Potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP)
Semiconductor LASER media - Answers Diodes used in glaucoma treatment and photodynamic therapy
ENT LASER application - Answers CO2
GYN LASER application - Answers CO2 and Nd:YAG
, GI LASER application - Answers Nd:YAG through an endscope
Ophthalmology LASER application - Answers Nd:YAG, argon, KTP, and diode
Orthopedics LASER application - Answers Ho:YAG and Nd:YAG
Fire Triangle - Answers fuel, oxygen, heat
Flammable agents - Answers Ethylene oxide, oil or grease, alcohol, collodion, ether, and methane gas
from the colon
Ignition sources - Answers Electro surgical units, LASERs, fiber-optic light cables, and static electricity
What does RACE mean? - Answers rescue, alarm, confine, extinguish
Class A fire extinguisher - Answers ordinary wood, paper, cloth -extinguished with pressurized water or
water-mist
Class B fire extinguisher - Answers Flammable liquids-extinguished with carbon dioxide or dry chemicals
Class C fire extinguisher - Answers electrical or laser - extinguished with halon
How to fire extinguishers (PASS) - Answers Pull the pin, aim the nozzle at the base of the fire, squeeze
the handle, sweep from side to side
ethylene oxide sterilizing and disinfecting agents - Answers Can cause dizziness, nausea, and vomiting; is
a known mutagen and carcinogen
Glutaraldehyde sterilizing and disinfecting agent - Answers Irritating to eyes, nose, throat; can cause
itching and a rash when contracting skin
Peracetic acid sterilizing and disinfecting agent - Answers Can burn skin and mucous membranes on
contact
Disinfectant sterilizing and disinfecting agents - Answers Phenol and sodium hypochlorite; can cause
burns on skin and mucous
what is polymethyl methacrylate? - Answers bone cement
Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answers the thing speaks for itself
Respondeat Superior - Answers "Let the master answer" an employer is liable for the behavior of an
employee working within his or her scope of employment
corporate negligence - Answers An institution is liable for failure to ensure an acceptable level of care
informed consent - Answers The physician and the patient have discussed, and the patient understands
the nature of the procedure as well as risks and alternative treatment options
