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Chapter 1 Surgical Tech Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Who is Crawford Long MD - answer✔Discovered Surgical Anesthesia
From GA
First to use ether as an aid in surgery on March 30 1842
Has a statue in Washington DC, he did not document his findings, William Morton MD took the credit.
ORT - answer✔Operating Room Technician
Who were the Corpsmen - answer✔Operating room techicians, trained to assist in surgery in field
hospitals
AORN - answer✔Association of Operating Room Nurses - (1967)
NOW (1999) called Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (peri, before, during and after)
Teaching the operating room technician
started formally training ORTs in proprietary schools
AORN created a professional organization for the ORT called.... - answer✔AORT .....Association of
Surgical Technologist
AORT - answer✔Association of Operating Room Technicians
This changed to and became AST
LCC-ST - answer✔Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologist
1973 AORT became independent of AORN (the mom) and became the Association of Surgical
Technologist and the certified technician became a certified surgical technologist (CST)
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CST - answer✔Certified Surgical Technologist (TODAY)
What is the name of the Professional Organization you can find the following information about when
needed?
Code of ethics
Code of conduct
Practice Standards
Job discriprion
Patient advocacy through legislative bodies - answer✔AST
Association of surgical Technologist
ARC/STSA - answer✔Accreditation Review Council on Education/
Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Accreditation for Surgical Tech Programs ONLY
CAAHEP - answer✔Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Grants program accreditation to Allied Health programs
GTC-is certified by this
NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Certifying body for Surgical technology
ABHES - answer✔Accrediting Bureau of Health Education School
What is Certification? - answer✔Demonstration of competency to a particular standard, set usually by
corresponding professional organization
Not required but voluntary
Where can you Earn Continuing Education Credits for CST? - answer✔Earn credits directly form AST
(association of surgical technologist) on the website, journal put out by AST, mail in test and check
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Chapter 1 Surgical Tech Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Who is Crawford Long MD - answer✔Discovered Surgical Anesthesia
From GA
First to use ether as an aid in surgery on March 30 1842
Has a statue in Washington DC, he did not document his findings, William Morton MD took the credit.
ORT - answer✔Operating Room Technician
Who were the Corpsmen - answer✔Operating room techicians, trained to assist in surgery in field
hospitals
AORN - answer✔Association of Operating Room Nurses - (1967)
NOW (1999) called Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (peri, before, during and after)
Teaching the operating room technician
started formally training ORTs in proprietary schools
AORN created a professional organization for the ORT called.... - answer✔AORT .....Association of
Surgical Technologist
AORT - answer✔Association of Operating Room Technicians
This changed to and became AST
LCC-ST - answer✔Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologist
1973 AORT became independent of AORN (the mom) and became the Association of Surgical
Technologist and the certified technician became a certified surgical technologist (CST)
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11/05/2024 12:06 PM
CST - answer✔Certified Surgical Technologist (TODAY)
What is the name of the Professional Organization you can find the following information about when
needed?
Code of ethics
Code of conduct
Practice Standards
Job discriprion
Patient advocacy through legislative bodies - answer✔AST
Association of surgical Technologist
ARC/STSA - answer✔Accreditation Review Council on Education/
Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Accreditation for Surgical Tech Programs ONLY
CAAHEP - answer✔Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Grants program accreditation to Allied Health programs
GTC-is certified by this
NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Certifying body for Surgical technology
ABHES - answer✔Accrediting Bureau of Health Education School
What is Certification? - answer✔Demonstration of competency to a particular standard, set usually by
corresponding professional organization
Not required but voluntary
Where can you Earn Continuing Education Credits for CST? - answer✔Earn credits directly form AST
(association of surgical technologist) on the website, journal put out by AST, mail in test and check
