Positions
The sitting position
What is fowlers
What MUST the ST do first case of the day?
What is damp dust
What team member gives permission to position and or prep the patient?
What is Anesthesia provider
after the ST scrubs and gowns themselves, what is the gloving technique called
What is closed gloving
Before opening any sterile pack, what must be verified first?
What is the packages' integrity
What position would a patient be in for a Lap Chole?
What is reverse trendelenburg with slight tilt to the left
What is a "soft count"?
What is counting laps, raytecs(all radiopaque) blades, bovie, and suture
Purpose of the skin prep?
What is to reduce the microbial count on the skin to an irreducible minimum
When turning your gown, which hand hands the card out?
What is right hand
The area beneath your nails?
What is subungal
The safety strap is placed WHERE on a patient in Supine?
What is 2 inches proximal to the knees
During the process of setting up (gowned and gloved), efficiency and economy suggests the ST?
What is move (touch) items only once.
when pouring liquid onto the Sterile field
what is hold the bottle 12 inches above and with only the lip of the bottle over the basin
In preparation of donning sterile attire, the ST should:
What is open gown and glove onto mayo stand, toss gloves on top of gown
What gloving technique does the Nurse perform?
What is open gloving
What position would the patient be in for a flexible colonoscopy?
What is Sims
Before placing instruments on your backtable the Nurse verifies?
What is the filter on the bottom are intact and the container is dry.
The purpose of a radiofrequency tracking system is to?
Wha is reduce the possibility of retaining foreign objects
What shape is the mayo stand cover?
What is cylindrical
What is the purpose of "TIME OUT"?
To ensure all team members are present and ready for surgery
If a patient is in supine and you place the arm boards at 90 degrees angle from the torso, what could happen?
What is hyperextension/nerve damage
Instruments should be counted before they leave the back table
What is True. They should all be counted before leaving the back table.
During the patient skin prep, areas that are contaminated should?
What is be scrubbed separately or last
normal resident microbial populations found on skin?
What is flora
You must remove the band wrapped around laps or raytecs before counting them.
What is True. You must remove bands when you are to count aloud with the circulator.