SURGICAL CAREERS
What is a surgeon?
This doctor performs operations to treat injuries and diseases.
What is the operating room (OR)?
This is the room where surgical procedures are performed.
What is orthopedic surgery?
This specialty focuses on bones, joints, and muscles.
What is an undergraduate/bachelor's degree?
Before medical school, students typically complete this.
A patient needs an operation. Who is primarily responsible for performing it?
What is the surgeon?
What is an anesthesiologist?
This professional manages a patient's anesthesia during surgery.
What is sterile technique?
This means keeping an area free from microorganisms that could cause infection.
What is neurosurgery?
This specialty performs operations involving the heart and chest.
What is medical school?
This school comes after undergraduate education for someone who wants to become a physician.
Before surgery, the anesthesia team needs to make sure the patient can safely receive anesthesia. What is this process called?
What is a pre-anesthesia evaluation?
What is a surgical technologist?
This healthcare professional helps prepare instruments and maintain the sterile field.
Who is the anesthesiologist?
This team member is responsible for monitoring the patient's vital signs and anesthesia.
What is general surgery?
This specialty commonly treats conditions involving the digestive system surgically.
What is residency?
After medical school, doctors complete this supervised training in a specialty.
During surgery, the surgical technologist notices that something that should remain sterile has become contaminated. What should happen?
The sterile field should be addressed immediately and the contamination corrected according to OR protocol.
What is an operating-room nurse?
This nurse provides care before, during, and after an operation.
What is surgical preparation?
This is the process of preparing the patient and surgical area before an operation.
What is cardiothoracic surgery?
This specialty performs operations involving the heart and chest.
What is a fellowship?
A doctor who wants additional specialized training after residency may complete this.
A patient needs surgery for a broken bone. Which specialty would most likely be involved?
What is orthopedic surgery?
What is ENT (otolaryngology)?
This surgical specialty focuses on the ear, nose, and throat.
Name three different members of the surgical team.
Surgeon, anesthesiologist, surgical technologist, OR nurse, etc.
What is an otolaryngologist (ENT surgeon)?
A doctor who performs operations involving the ear, nose, and throat is called this.
Put these in the correct order: medical school, undergraduate education, residency.
Undergraduate education → Medical school → Residency
A patient needs surgery involving the brain. Which surgical specialty would most likely perform it?
What is neurosurgery?