The Surgical Team
Leads the operation and is responsible for the procedure.
Surgeon
Finger clip that measured blood oxygen.
Pulse oximeter
Staff who clean and turn over room between cases.
Janitorial/Environmental Services; Preferrabely respond with Environenmental Services given that is the main term (EVS)
Number of years of medical school?
4.
Operates on the heart and chest
Cardiothoraric Surgeon
Individual who observes and assists in small ways.
Medical Student
Nurse, works alongside anesthesiologist to administer anesthseia & monitor patient.
CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist)
Doctor who examines removed tissue during surgery.
Pathologist
Hands-on training physicians complete after medical school.
Residency.
Specialist who operates on the ears, nose, and throat.
ENT (Otolaryngologist)
Sterile Team Member who passes instruments to the surgeon.
Scrub Tech (Surgical Technologist/Scrub Nurse/Scrub Tech)
Tube in the airway to breathe for patient.
Intubation/Endotracheal tube
Specialist who runs the heart-lung bypass machine.
Perfusionist.
Extra specialty training after residency, such as pediatric surgery.
Fellowship.
Operates on eyes
Ophthamologist
Monitors patient's vitals, administers medications
Anesthesiologist
An epidural is this type of anesthesia, which numbers one area while the patient stays awake.
Regional.
Area where patients wake up after surgery, monitored by nurses.
PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit)
"SAT" For Medical Schools
OR
National exam nursing graduates must pass to obtain a nursing license
MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test)/NCLEX
Surgeon who connects blood vessels and treats aneurysms and clots outside the heart and brain.
Vascular Surgeon
Helps the surgeon by acting as a first assistant. Also helps pre-op and post-op.
PA
(Also resident/NP)
Patients that are told not to eat or drink before surgery, which is called this abbreviation.
NPO ("Nothing by mouth"; nil per os Latin)
Machine in sterile processing that uses pressurized steam to sterilize instruments.
Autoclave.
Exam series require for US Medical Licensure.
USMLE
Surgeon who operates on the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands.
Endocrine surgeon.