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AORN Periop 101 Final Exam () Expected
Questions and Revised Correct Answers. with 100%
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-ARM EXTENTION SHOULD BE LESS THAN 90 DEGREES TO AVOID COMPRESSION OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS

-PRESSURE POINTS PADDED

-SOFT PILLOW UNDER KNEES TO PREVENT LOWER BACK STRESS

-SAFETY STRAP APPLIED WITH BLANKET PROTECTING SKIN - ANSWER-SUPINE POSITION



-HEADREST OR PILLOW PLACED UNDER PATIENTS HEAD

-UPPER ARM ABOVE LOWER ARM ON SAME PLANE AS SHOULDER; FOREARM AND WRIST IN NEUTRAL
POSITION; PALM DOWN

-LOWER ARM ON SAME PLANE AS OR MATTRESS; FOREARM AND WRIST IN NEUTRAL POSITINO; PALM
UP

-DON'T FORGET THE AXILLARY ROLL!!

-LOWER LEG IS FLEXED AT HIP AND KNEES

-UPPER LEG IS STRAIGHT AND SUPPORTED WITH PILLOWS BETWEEN LEGS

-SAFETY STRAP! (OR BEAN BAG; OR PEGS) - ANSWER-LATERAL POSITION



-MAINTAIN FEET IN CORRECT ANATOMICAL POSITION TO PREVENT FOOT DROP

-EYES PADDED AND PRESSURE AVOIDED TO PREVENT CONJUNCTIVAL EDEMA, CORNEAL ABRASION, OR
RETINAL ISCHEMIA

-ARMS ROTATED SLOWLY ON ARM BOARDS PREVENTING BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY

-MOST VULNERABLE TO RESP PROBLEMS DUE TO COMPRESSION OF DIAPHRAGM WHICH IMPAIRS GAS
EXCHANGE - ANSWER-PRONE POSITION



-NO INFLAMMATION

-RESP, AILMENTARY, AND GU TRACTS NOT ENTERED

-EX. EYE SURGERY, HERNIA REPAIRS, BREAST SURGERY, NONTRAUMATIC NEURO & ORTHO SURGERY,
CARDIAC, OR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY - ANSWER-CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS

AORN Periop 101 Final Exam () Expected
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-OLD, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS WITH DEVITALIZED TISSUE, PERFORATED VISCERA, DELAYED PRIMARY
WOUND CLOSURE

-EX. INCISION AND DRAINAGE, TOTAL EVISCERATION, PERFORATED VISCERA - ANSWER-CLASS IV-DIRTY
WOUNDS



-OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS

-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE

-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT

-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION

-EX. LAPAROTOMY W/ SIGNIFICANT SPILLAGE, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS, ACUTE APPENDICITIS OR
CHOLECYSTITIS, COMPOUND FRACTURES - ANSWER-CLASS III-CONTAMINATED WOUNDS



-PATIENT'S BUTTOCKS IS EVEN WITH LOWER BREAK IN OR BED BUT SHOULD NOT EXTEND OVER THE
BREAK TO PREVENT STRAIN ON SACRUM

-ARMS ARE PLACED ON PADDED ARM BOARDS TO PREVENT PATIENT FINGERS FROM RESTING IN THE
OR TABLE BREAK



PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS

-SIGNIFICANT DROP IN BP IF LEGS LOWERED TOO QUICKLY

-CIRCULATORY AND RESP SYSTEMS MAY BE COMPROMISED DUE TO COMPRESSION OF ABDOMEN ON
INFERIOR VENA CAVA AND AB AORTA

-DISLOCATION OF HIPS IF LEGS NOT RAISED OR LOEWRED SIMULATNEOUSLY OR NOT POSITIONED AT
EQUAL HEIGHTS - ANSWER-LITHOTOMY POSITION



-RESP, AILMENTARY, OR GU WOUNDS ENTERED UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT
CONTAMINATION OF SURROUNDING TISSUE


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-NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR MAJOR BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE

-EX. D&C, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, GASTRECTOMY, CHOLE WITHOUT SPILLAGE, ELECTIVE APPY,
CYSTOSCOPY, TURP ON PT W/ NEGATIVE URINE CULTURES, SIGMOID COLON RESECTION - ANSWER-
CLASS II-CLEAN CONTAMINATED



3 CATEGORIES OF DISINFECTION ACCORDING TO SPAULDING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS - ANSWER--
NONCRITICAL: CONTACT WITH UNBROKEN SKIN

-SEMI CRITICAL: CONTACT WITH MUCOUS MEMBRANES

-CRITICAL: CONTACT WITH BLOOD STREAM OR OTHERWISE NORMALLY STERILD BODY AREAS



3 MAIN CATEGORIES OF DIRECT COSTS - ANSWER-MEDICAL SUPPLIES

PERSONNEL

PURCHASING SERVICES



4 STEPS OF WRONG SITE, WRONG PROCEDURE, WRONG PERSON SURGERY PROTOCOL - ANSWER-
PATIENT PARTICIPATION

INDENTIFYING THE PATIENT

MARKING THE SITE

TIME OUT



5 COMPLICATIONS OF ADMINISTERING ANETHESIA - ANSWER-LARYNGOSPASMS

HEART PROBLEMS

BP CHANGES

ARRYTHMIA

HEMORRHAGE

ANAPHYLAXIS

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