Surgical Technology Midterm Exam Ch 1-4:
Questions With Complete Solutions
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving
failure by the RN and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in
retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found not liable?
Correct Answer - doctrine of borrowed servant
Which body system is highly susceptible to injury during positioning
of bariatric and geriatric patients? Correct Answer -
integumentary
Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?
Correct Answer - foreign bodies left in patient
The term golden hour refers to reduction of morbidity and mortality
of which type of patient population? Correct Answer - trauma
victims
Which member of the surgical team is ultimately responsible for
obtaining a written, informed surgical consent from a patient?
Correct Answer - surgeon
What is a common potential side effect of all forms of antibiotic
therapy for major pediatric infections? Correct Answer -
pseudomembranous enterocolitis
Which of the following surgical team members would be responsible
for separating instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the
postoperative phase? Correct Answer - CST
SIDS (formerly known as "crib death") is categorized as which
general category of cause of death? Correct Answer - sudden
, The American Hospital Association replaced its "Patient's Bill of
Rights" with which of the following? Correct Answer - Patient
Care Partnership
Which of the following terms is used to describe surgical
intervention that does not have to be performed immediately or
within a short period of time, for example, a torn meniscus repair?
Correct Answer - elective
The legal term that identifies the knowledge and skills required for a
profession and describes a health care provider's core
accountability, based on education, experience, and credentialing is:
Correct Answer - scope of practice
What other condition frequently suffered by obese patients and
discovered intraoperatively may be treated surgically in conjunction
with a bariatric procedure? Correct Answer - cholelithiasis
The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are
applied to which of the following? Correct Answer - AST
recommended clinical ladder levels
An emergency laparotomy would be the indicated treatment for all
of the following postoperative bariatric surgery complications
EXCEPT: Correct Answer - thrombophlebitis
After which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and
the United States begin to train and employ allied health
professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery? Correct
Answer - World War II
Which term describes a physician-group-owned hospital? Correct
Answer - proprietary
Questions With Complete Solutions
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving
failure by the RN and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in
retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found not liable?
Correct Answer - doctrine of borrowed servant
Which body system is highly susceptible to injury during positioning
of bariatric and geriatric patients? Correct Answer -
integumentary
Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?
Correct Answer - foreign bodies left in patient
The term golden hour refers to reduction of morbidity and mortality
of which type of patient population? Correct Answer - trauma
victims
Which member of the surgical team is ultimately responsible for
obtaining a written, informed surgical consent from a patient?
Correct Answer - surgeon
What is a common potential side effect of all forms of antibiotic
therapy for major pediatric infections? Correct Answer -
pseudomembranous enterocolitis
Which of the following surgical team members would be responsible
for separating instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the
postoperative phase? Correct Answer - CST
SIDS (formerly known as "crib death") is categorized as which
general category of cause of death? Correct Answer - sudden
, The American Hospital Association replaced its "Patient's Bill of
Rights" with which of the following? Correct Answer - Patient
Care Partnership
Which of the following terms is used to describe surgical
intervention that does not have to be performed immediately or
within a short period of time, for example, a torn meniscus repair?
Correct Answer - elective
The legal term that identifies the knowledge and skills required for a
profession and describes a health care provider's core
accountability, based on education, experience, and credentialing is:
Correct Answer - scope of practice
What other condition frequently suffered by obese patients and
discovered intraoperatively may be treated surgically in conjunction
with a bariatric procedure? Correct Answer - cholelithiasis
The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are
applied to which of the following? Correct Answer - AST
recommended clinical ladder levels
An emergency laparotomy would be the indicated treatment for all
of the following postoperative bariatric surgery complications
EXCEPT: Correct Answer - thrombophlebitis
After which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and
the United States begin to train and employ allied health
professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery? Correct
Answer - World War II
Which term describes a physician-group-owned hospital? Correct
Answer - proprietary
