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Which of the following grafts is harvested to perform a coronary artery bypass?
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Mammary artery ||\\//||
The various methods of scrubbing, timed, counted, stroke are all intended to:
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Diminish resident flora ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When performing a total hysterectomy, the following organs are removed:
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Uterus and cervix ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Donning Or attire refers to: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Scrubs, cap, booties ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Cases requiring the surgical team to wear space suits such as orthopedic surgery are
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considered to be: ||\\//|| ||\\//||
High risk ||\\//||
Why is post-operative recovery time increased in obese patients?
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Retention of anesthetic agent ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which of the following pressure ulcer stages represents an ulcer that has a full-thickness
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defect through the skin and soft tissues, and is covered by sloughing or eschar?
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Unstageable
During and anal fistula or anal fissure repair, what is the instrument used to measure the
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dept and direction of the sinus or fistula?
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Probe
Which of the following correctly states why a three-way Foley catheter is inserted after
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transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Hemostasis
, During any surgical procedure, instruments need to always be handed to the surgical team ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
in a position of use. When passing instruments with rings, they should be passed by holding
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them by the:
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box lock ||\\//||
A TRAM flap is performed together with:
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Mastectomy
After gowning and gloving the surgeon, the surgeon activates a Duraprep applicator and
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
proceeds to prep the patient. Upon completion of the prep, what should the surgical ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
technologist initiate next? ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The surgeon should be re-gowned and re-gloved||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
While preparing for a laser procedure, the surgical technologist gather laser specific
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equipment inclusive of: ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Black chromium instruments ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Intraoperatively a patient always loses heat into the environment. This loss is referred to as: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Radiation
The Patient's Bill of Rights clearly defines patients as being:
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the customer ||\\//||
During a femoropopliteal bypass, which of the following retractors is used to provide better
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exposure of the vessels? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Beckman
Use of PMMA (bone cement) during hip arthroplasty is associated with which of the
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following?
Cardiac arrhythmia ||\\//||
Diagnosing coronary artery disease is accomplished by performing a/an: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Cardiac catheterization ||\\//||
To treat stomach cancer the following surgical procedure is performed to remove the distal
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portion of the stomach and connect it to the jejunum: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
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accurate detailed solutions ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which of the following grafts is harvested to perform a coronary artery bypass?
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Mammary artery ||\\//||
The various methods of scrubbing, timed, counted, stroke are all intended to:
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Diminish resident flora ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When performing a total hysterectomy, the following organs are removed:
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Uterus and cervix ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Donning Or attire refers to: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Scrubs, cap, booties ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Cases requiring the surgical team to wear space suits such as orthopedic surgery are
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
considered to be: ||\\//|| ||\\//||
High risk ||\\//||
Why is post-operative recovery time increased in obese patients?
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Retention of anesthetic agent ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which of the following pressure ulcer stages represents an ulcer that has a full-thickness
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
defect through the skin and soft tissues, and is covered by sloughing or eschar?
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Unstageable
During and anal fistula or anal fissure repair, what is the instrument used to measure the
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dept and direction of the sinus or fistula?
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Probe
Which of the following correctly states why a three-way Foley catheter is inserted after
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Hemostasis
, During any surgical procedure, instruments need to always be handed to the surgical team ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
in a position of use. When passing instruments with rings, they should be passed by holding
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
them by the:
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
box lock ||\\//||
A TRAM flap is performed together with:
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Mastectomy
After gowning and gloving the surgeon, the surgeon activates a Duraprep applicator and
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
proceeds to prep the patient. Upon completion of the prep, what should the surgical ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
technologist initiate next? ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The surgeon should be re-gowned and re-gloved||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
While preparing for a laser procedure, the surgical technologist gather laser specific
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
equipment inclusive of: ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Black chromium instruments ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Intraoperatively a patient always loses heat into the environment. This loss is referred to as: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Radiation
The Patient's Bill of Rights clearly defines patients as being:
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the customer ||\\//||
During a femoropopliteal bypass, which of the following retractors is used to provide better
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
exposure of the vessels? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Beckman
Use of PMMA (bone cement) during hip arthroplasty is associated with which of the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
following?
Cardiac arrhythmia ||\\//||
Diagnosing coronary artery disease is accomplished by performing a/an: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Cardiac catheterization ||\\//||
To treat stomach cancer the following surgical procedure is performed to remove the distal
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
portion of the stomach and connect it to the jejunum: ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Billroth II ||\\//||
