CST - NBSTSA NEWEST exam with precise ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
detailed solutions ||\\//||
Tympanosplasty - correct answer✔✔Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles)
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After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds to
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prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - correct
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answer✔✔Regown and reglove the surgeon ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What position is used for a pneumonectomy? - correct answer✔✔Lateral
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What is the kraske position? - correct answer✔✔Anatomical position in which the patient
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is prone, with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down.
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Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage? - correct answer✔✔Lithotomy||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to the general abdominal set-
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up? - correct answer✔✔Gastrointestinal
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What is a fenestrated drape? - correct answer✔✔A drape with an opening that allows
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exposure of the operative site ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one. A surgical
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technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR two and the next case in ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best course of action? - correct
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,answer✔✔New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR two and the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
setup in OR one should be disposed of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in creating a bloodless
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field? - correct answer✔✔Padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with
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Webril
For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used? - correct answer✔✔Satinsky
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Surgical loupes are used to: - correct answer✔✔Magnify the surgical field ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy? - correct answer✔✔Left
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lateral kidney ||\\//||
Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown are considered unsterile
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because they are: - correct answer✔✔Absorbant and collect moisture ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during an appendectomy ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
should be: - correct answer✔✔Placed in a separate bin ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a bowel resection? - correct
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answer✔✔Allen
The primary purpose of chest tubes is to: - correct answer✔✔Re-establish the negative
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pressure
Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to: - correct answer✔✔Hold the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
duct open ||\\//||
, The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types of
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suture? - correct answer✔✔Purse-string ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy? - correct
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answer✔✔Fogarty
A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach? - correct answer✔✔Transurethral
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Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision? - correct answer✔✔Weitlaner
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What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing? - correct answer✔✔Adaptic
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During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare
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specimens using which method? - correct answer✔✔Placed in separate containers and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
identify
Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be performed on the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
patient in the operating room? - correct answer✔✔Sigmoidectomy
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When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologist in the scrub role
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should first notify the: - correct answer✔✔Contaminating team member
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Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a procedure has begun should be
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counted by the: - correct answer✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the
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detailed solutions ||\\//||
Tympanosplasty - correct answer✔✔Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles)
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After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds to
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prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - correct
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answer✔✔Regown and reglove the surgeon ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What position is used for a pneumonectomy? - correct answer✔✔Lateral
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What is the kraske position? - correct answer✔✔Anatomical position in which the patient
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is prone, with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down.
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Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage? - correct answer✔✔Lithotomy||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to the general abdominal set-
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up? - correct answer✔✔Gastrointestinal
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What is a fenestrated drape? - correct answer✔✔A drape with an opening that allows
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exposure of the operative site ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one. A surgical
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technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR two and the next case in ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best course of action? - correct
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,answer✔✔New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR two and the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
setup in OR one should be disposed of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in creating a bloodless
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field? - correct answer✔✔Padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with
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Webril
For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used? - correct answer✔✔Satinsky
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Surgical loupes are used to: - correct answer✔✔Magnify the surgical field ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy? - correct answer✔✔Left
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lateral kidney ||\\//||
Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown are considered unsterile
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because they are: - correct answer✔✔Absorbant and collect moisture ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during an appendectomy ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
should be: - correct answer✔✔Placed in a separate bin ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a bowel resection? - correct
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answer✔✔Allen
The primary purpose of chest tubes is to: - correct answer✔✔Re-establish the negative
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pressure
Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to: - correct answer✔✔Hold the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
duct open ||\\//||
, The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types of
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suture? - correct answer✔✔Purse-string ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy? - correct
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answer✔✔Fogarty
A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach? - correct answer✔✔Transurethral
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Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision? - correct answer✔✔Weitlaner
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What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing? - correct answer✔✔Adaptic
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During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare
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specimens using which method? - correct answer✔✔Placed in separate containers and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
identify
Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be performed on the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
patient in the operating room? - correct answer✔✔Sigmoidectomy
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When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologist in the scrub role
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should first notify the: - correct answer✔✔Contaminating team member
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Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a procedure has begun should be
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counted by the: - correct answer✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the
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