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Surgical Technology Chapter 1 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
When and where surgical technology began - answer✔Surgical technology began in Britain and the
United States following World War II
Galen - answer✔162 AD - First great anatomist
Pare - answer✔1500 - Greatest surgeon of 16th century; began to ligate arteries after amputation;
stopped cauterizing wounds with hot irons and oil
Jenner - answer✔1800 - Inventor of the vaccination for smallpox
Vasalius - answer✔1500 - Father of modern anatomy
Pasteur - answer✔1850 - Father of microbiology, virology, and immunology
Lister - answer✔1850 - Developed technique of antiseptic surgery
Billroth - answer✔1850 - Responsible for advances in surgical procedures; best known for gastrectomy
procedures
Halsted - answer✔1850 - Developed meticulous closure of wounds
Cushing - answer✔1900 - Father of neurosurgery
Cooley - answer✔1950 - Perfected heart-lung machine
DeBakey - answer✔1950 - Developed the first ventricular assist pump
AORN - answer✔Association of periOperative Registered Nurses: Nonprofit professional organization
that represents the interests of perioperative nurses by establishing standards in nursing education and
clinical practice.
Year AORN formed - answer✔1959
AORT - answer✔Association of Operating Room Technicians
Year AORT formed - answer✔1969
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LCC-ST - answer✔Liaison Council of Certification for Surgical Technology
Year LCC-ST becomes arm of AST responsible for certification - answer✔1974
ARC-ST - answer✔Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology
Year ARC on Education for the ORT appointed CAAHEP - answer✔1974
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologists
Year AORT changes name to AST - answer✔1978
Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology published - answer✔1981
NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Year LCC-ST changed their name to NBSTSA - answer✔2006
ARC/STSA - answer✔Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical
Assisting
Year ARC-ST changes their name to ARC/STSA - answer✔2009
Surgical team - answer✔- Surgeon
- First scrub
- Anesthesia care provider
- Circulating nurse
Responsibilities of anesthesia care provider - answer✔- Assess the patient preoperatively
- Determine the type of anesthetic to be administered
- Discuss the risks and benefits of the planned anesthetic with the patient and obtain the informed
consent for anesthesia
- Offer alternative anesthetic options to the patient if necessary
- Determine the patient position in consultation with the surgeon
- Manage all phases of anesthesia
- Monitor the patient's vital signs during the surgical procedure
- Provide supportive measures such as fluid and airway management
Responsibilities of the surgeon - answer✔- Determine the necessity of surgical intervention and the type
of procedure to be performed
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Surgical Technology Chapter 1 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
When and where surgical technology began - answer✔Surgical technology began in Britain and the
United States following World War II
Galen - answer✔162 AD - First great anatomist
Pare - answer✔1500 - Greatest surgeon of 16th century; began to ligate arteries after amputation;
stopped cauterizing wounds with hot irons and oil
Jenner - answer✔1800 - Inventor of the vaccination for smallpox
Vasalius - answer✔1500 - Father of modern anatomy
Pasteur - answer✔1850 - Father of microbiology, virology, and immunology
Lister - answer✔1850 - Developed technique of antiseptic surgery
Billroth - answer✔1850 - Responsible for advances in surgical procedures; best known for gastrectomy
procedures
Halsted - answer✔1850 - Developed meticulous closure of wounds
Cushing - answer✔1900 - Father of neurosurgery
Cooley - answer✔1950 - Perfected heart-lung machine
DeBakey - answer✔1950 - Developed the first ventricular assist pump
AORN - answer✔Association of periOperative Registered Nurses: Nonprofit professional organization
that represents the interests of perioperative nurses by establishing standards in nursing education and
clinical practice.
Year AORN formed - answer✔1959
AORT - answer✔Association of Operating Room Technicians
Year AORT formed - answer✔1969
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LCC-ST - answer✔Liaison Council of Certification for Surgical Technology
Year LCC-ST becomes arm of AST responsible for certification - answer✔1974
ARC-ST - answer✔Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology
Year ARC on Education for the ORT appointed CAAHEP - answer✔1974
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologists
Year AORT changes name to AST - answer✔1978
Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology published - answer✔1981
NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Year LCC-ST changed their name to NBSTSA - answer✔2006
ARC/STSA - answer✔Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical
Assisting
Year ARC-ST changes their name to ARC/STSA - answer✔2009
Surgical team - answer✔- Surgeon
- First scrub
- Anesthesia care provider
- Circulating nurse
Responsibilities of anesthesia care provider - answer✔- Assess the patient preoperatively
- Determine the type of anesthetic to be administered
- Discuss the risks and benefits of the planned anesthetic with the patient and obtain the informed
consent for anesthesia
- Offer alternative anesthetic options to the patient if necessary
- Determine the patient position in consultation with the surgeon
- Manage all phases of anesthesia
- Monitor the patient's vital signs during the surgical procedure
- Provide supportive measures such as fluid and airway management
Responsibilities of the surgeon - answer✔- Determine the necessity of surgical intervention and the type
of procedure to be performed
