CSFA self-examination Questions with Solutions
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deep vein thrombosis - ANSWER A complication of steep reverse trendelenburg position
is
lithotomy - ANSWER Which position should be utilized for posterior colpotomy?
Forced air warming blanket - ANSWER Which BEST prevents hypothermia in the OR?
20%-60% - ANSWER OR humidity must be maintained between which range?
Timeout - ANSWER An important process in which all team members must participate
just prior to incision is called the
Basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma - ANSWER MOHs surgery is used to treat what?
Hyperkalemia - ANSWER When reviewing the chart for a patient scheduled for a
mammoplasty, it is noticed that the patients K+ is 5.4. The patient is suffering from
what?
Gel pads - ANSWER What is the preferred positioning devices used during surgical
procedures?
Stop attempting and notify the surgeon - ANSWER When inserting a Foley catheter into
a male patient, the surgical FA encounters difficulty. What is the NEXT step the FA
should take?
,paralysis - ANSWER What could occur as a result of a tourniquet causing excessive
pressure on the nerves?
lithotomy - ANSWER What position is used for a LAVH?
Shear injury - ANSWER What positioning injury occurs when underlying tissue is
stationary while the skeletal structure moves?
lithotomy - ANSWER What patient position is MOST likely to cause an obturator nerve
injury?
Retraction - ANSWER When the surgeon incises tissue, the FA usually provides a clear
field by
anterior colporrhaphy - ANSWER What is known as a Kelly procedure?
Javid - ANSWER What type of shunt is used during a carotid endarterectomy?
Spleen - ANSWER What organ has a fragile collagen-rich capsule and must be handled
carefully?
Total knee replacement - ANSWER What procedure requires a pneumatic tourniquet?
Satinsky - ANSWER What clamp is preferred when applying clamps to a major vessel
that must be preserved?
Exchange instrument arms - ANSWER What is a role of the FA during robotic cases?
, Surgeon must mark the surgical site preoperatively - ANSWER What can be done to
prevent wrong site surgeries
Jackson-Pratt - ANSWER When placing a drain for an abdominoplasty, what is MOST
commonly used?
Middle meningeal - ANSWER Injury to which arteries is commonly seen in the temporal
lobes, where the skull is the thinnest and meningeal blood vessels are numerous, and is
the usual cause of epidural hematomas?
Compression - ANSWER What is the desired effect when applying a partially threaded
cancellous screw to a bone fragment?
Round ligaments - ANSWER During an abdominal hysterectomy, the surgeon initially
isolated the uterus by separating it from the
Internal carotid - ANSWER During a carotid endarterectomy, the final occlusion clamp to
be removed after anastomosis is on the
Eliminate tremor associated with operating the endoscope - ANSWER The primary
purpose of a robotic device designed to hold and maneuver a laparoscope is to
Flush free debris from the carotid - ANSWER During a carotid endarterectomy, the
arteries are unclamped and reclaimed before arteriotomy closure is performed to
Lumbar - ANSWER When opening the aneurysmal sac during resection of an abdominal
aortic aneurysm (AAA), which artery is ligated?
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deep vein thrombosis - ANSWER A complication of steep reverse trendelenburg position
is
lithotomy - ANSWER Which position should be utilized for posterior colpotomy?
Forced air warming blanket - ANSWER Which BEST prevents hypothermia in the OR?
20%-60% - ANSWER OR humidity must be maintained between which range?
Timeout - ANSWER An important process in which all team members must participate
just prior to incision is called the
Basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma - ANSWER MOHs surgery is used to treat what?
Hyperkalemia - ANSWER When reviewing the chart for a patient scheduled for a
mammoplasty, it is noticed that the patients K+ is 5.4. The patient is suffering from
what?
Gel pads - ANSWER What is the preferred positioning devices used during surgical
procedures?
Stop attempting and notify the surgeon - ANSWER When inserting a Foley catheter into
a male patient, the surgical FA encounters difficulty. What is the NEXT step the FA
should take?
,paralysis - ANSWER What could occur as a result of a tourniquet causing excessive
pressure on the nerves?
lithotomy - ANSWER What position is used for a LAVH?
Shear injury - ANSWER What positioning injury occurs when underlying tissue is
stationary while the skeletal structure moves?
lithotomy - ANSWER What patient position is MOST likely to cause an obturator nerve
injury?
Retraction - ANSWER When the surgeon incises tissue, the FA usually provides a clear
field by
anterior colporrhaphy - ANSWER What is known as a Kelly procedure?
Javid - ANSWER What type of shunt is used during a carotid endarterectomy?
Spleen - ANSWER What organ has a fragile collagen-rich capsule and must be handled
carefully?
Total knee replacement - ANSWER What procedure requires a pneumatic tourniquet?
Satinsky - ANSWER What clamp is preferred when applying clamps to a major vessel
that must be preserved?
Exchange instrument arms - ANSWER What is a role of the FA during robotic cases?
, Surgeon must mark the surgical site preoperatively - ANSWER What can be done to
prevent wrong site surgeries
Jackson-Pratt - ANSWER When placing a drain for an abdominoplasty, what is MOST
commonly used?
Middle meningeal - ANSWER Injury to which arteries is commonly seen in the temporal
lobes, where the skull is the thinnest and meningeal blood vessels are numerous, and is
the usual cause of epidural hematomas?
Compression - ANSWER What is the desired effect when applying a partially threaded
cancellous screw to a bone fragment?
Round ligaments - ANSWER During an abdominal hysterectomy, the surgeon initially
isolated the uterus by separating it from the
Internal carotid - ANSWER During a carotid endarterectomy, the final occlusion clamp to
be removed after anastomosis is on the
Eliminate tremor associated with operating the endoscope - ANSWER The primary
purpose of a robotic device designed to hold and maneuver a laparoscope is to
Flush free debris from the carotid - ANSWER During a carotid endarterectomy, the
arteries are unclamped and reclaimed before arteriotomy closure is performed to
Lumbar - ANSWER When opening the aneurysmal sac during resection of an abdominal
aortic aneurysm (AAA), which artery is ligated?
