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The surgical technologist is preparing for a laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy. Which of
the following equipment is needed for the procedure?
A. endoscopic retrieval bag
B. harmonic scalpel
C. endoscopic GIA
D. Alexis retractor - (Correct Answer)B. harmonic scalpel
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing to do a posterior spinal
fusion of the T3-L2 range? 心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing to do a posterior spinal
我们面对挫折时,是一颗不屈的
fusion of the T3-L2 range?
心让我们勇敢前行
A. Wilson frame
B. Mayfield head frame
C. bean bag
D. fracture table - (Correct Answer)A. Wilson frame
3. When preparing the room for a total knee arthroplasty which of the following items is
necessary to occlude blood flow during the surgical procedure?
A. Coban
B. stockinette
C. tourniquet
D. Esmark - (Correct Answer)C. tourniquet
,The surgeon is starting an exploratory laparotomy on an elderly female patient with a very large
rotund abdomen. Which of the following supplies should the surgical technologist have available
in the room?
A. Laparoscopic instruments and a Bookwalter retractor.
B. Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
C. Laparoscopic instruments and a Balfour retractor.
D. Bowel instrumentation and a Balfour retractor. - (Correct Answer)B. Bowel instrumentation
and a Bookwalter retractor.
Which of the following equipment is essential for a VATS procedure? (Select the three (3)
correct answers.)
A. Wilson frame
B. bean bag
C. video tower 心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
D. Jackson table 我们面对挫折时,是一颗不屈的
E. pillows - (Correct Answer)B. bean bag
心让我们勇敢前行
C. video tower
E. pillows
The surgical team is in the midst of the Time Out Protocol with the OR charge nurse present to
audit their briefing. After stating the procedure, site of procedure, antibiotics administered,
patient history, patient name and everyone in the room agreeing to the briefing, the charge nurse
declared it a failed briefing. Which of the following elements of a Time Out did the surgical team
exclude?
A. verification of the floor the patient will return to
B. verification of blood type
C. verification that the proper implants are in the room
D. verification of the surgical consent form - (Correct Answer)C. verification that the proper
implants are in the room
, Which of the following are verified in the Time Out process? (Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
A. patient's identity
B. patient's blood type
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
E. patient's date of birth - (Correct Answer)A. patient's identity
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
The nurse initiates a surgical time out with the surgeon not present and states the wrong patient
identifiers. Which of the following is the best action for the surgical technologist to take?
A. Ask the nurse to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
心的坚强决定了我们的命运。当
B. Report this sentinel event through the facility compliance hotline.
我们面对挫折时,是一颗不屈的
C. Perform the time out with the correct patient identifiers.
心让我们勇敢前行
D. Allow the nurse to complete the time out. - (Correct Answer)A. Ask the nurse to repeat the
time out once the physician is in the room.
Which of the following is a special consideration before the procedure for a burn patient?
A. amount of light in the room
B. temperature of room
C. laminar air flow rates
D. type of operating room bed - (Correct Answer)B. temperature of room
In an appendectomy where the patient is morbidly obese, which of the following self-retaining
retractors is most appropriate to have on the sterile field?
A. O'Sullivan-O'Connor
B. Balfour