Congenital Heart Disease
Pulmonary stenosis, VSD, Over-riding aorta and right ventricular hypertrophy.
What is Tetralogy of Fallot
Mixture of ancef and gelfoam powder that is applied to the sternum at closing.
What is "bone dough"?
Provides alternating pressure to provide tissue offloading for pressure injury prevention.
What is Dabir Mattress?
Used to complete autotransfusion.
What is Cell Saver?
A surgeon led pause by the entire surgical team before the start of any surgical procedure to confirm the correct patient, procedure, signed consent and site marking.
What is the surgical timeout?
Endocardial cushions do not fuse-atria and ventricle septal defects.
What is atrio-ventricular canal defect (AV Canal)?
What is oxacillin?
The length of time for scrubbing groins with Chloraprep for surgical prep.
What is 2 minutes
This cannula goes in first when cannulating for bypass.
What is the aortic cannula?
These two are required from the surgeon prior to taking the patient back to the Operating Room.
What is surgical consent and attestation?
Blood pressure is increased in the upper extremeties and decreased in the lower extremeties.
What is coarctation of the aorta?
Used to prime pedimag pump and circuit.
What is plasmalyte or normal saline?
Type of air pressure required in rooms where surgical procedures are performed.
What is positive pressure?
Placed into the right atrium or vena cava and allows for venous return of blood into the venous reservoir.
What is the venous cannula?
This must be completed prior to incision, at the close of the first cavity and prior to the close of the surgical incision.
What is surgical count?
When the valve between the right atrium and right ventricle does not develop.
What is tricuspid atresia?
5ml of this stained solution is used to "stiffen" autologus pericardium.
What is 8% glutaraldehyde?
Uses radiofrequency and saline to provide hemostatic sealing of soft tissue without smoke or char.
What is Aquamantys?
This drug is most essential to go on bypass.
What is heparin?
Only packing with this should be used in the surgical wound.
What is radiopaque marking?
The aorta arises from the right ventricle instead of the left ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle instead of the right ventricle.
What is transposition of the great vessels?
What is Nitric Oxide?
During "flash" sterilization, the autoclave must reach this temperature to ensure an instrument sterile.
What is 270 - 275 ^ C?
The vent sits here when inside the heart.
What is the left ventricle?
During this time, the surgeon and circulating nurse confirm the surgical procedure, surgical counts, specimens, and recovery location with the attention of the entire surgical team.
What is the surgical debrief / debriefing?