Professional Organizations
The non-profit national professional membership organization for Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants.
AST
Association of Surgical Technologist
To leave a patient alone who is still in need of care or observation.
Abandonment
A disease causing microorganism, virus, or bacteria
Pathogens
Wound classification:
Acute, non-purulent, inflamed operative wound or open, fresh wound, or any surgical procedure with procedure with major breaks in sterile technique or gross spillage from the GI tract.
Class III
Contaminated
Difficulty breathing and pain
Dyspnea
Organization that is solely responsible for all decisions regarding certification, from determining eligibility to maintaining
NBSTSA
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
A situation in which a patient gives voluntary permission to another party to perform the procedures that have been explained; includes the risks, benefits, possible complications, and alternative treatment options.
Informed consent
Pertaining to an organism which lives and thrives in the presence of air and dies without it.
Aerobic
The layer of tough connective tissue covering the muscle
Fascia
The application of cricoid pressure to to reduce the risk of aspiration.
Sellick's maneuver
An independent, non profit national organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health organizations.
TJC
The Joint Commission
The unidirectional positive-pressure flow of air that captures microbes to be filtered
Laminar airflow
Gram positive rod-shaped disease-causing bacteria
Bacilli
The partial or total separation of a layer or layers of tissue after closure
Dehiscence
Providing anesthesia to the distal portion of an upper extremity by injecting a large volume of low concentration of anesthetic agent.
Bier block
Non-profit national organization of Surgeons located in Chicago, Illinois.
ACS
American College of Surgeons
This diagnostic scan produces pictures of a body part in "slices". It is useful for detecting and examining masses within the body.
CAT scan
Computed axial Tomography
Microorganism with a cell wall that is lacking organelles and a nucleus.
bacteria
The decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part
Ischemia
Often triggered by succinylcholine, causing tachycardia-tachypnea, unstable BP, perspiration, elevated body temperature, and muscle rigidity.
MH
Malignant Hyperthermia
The committee on Accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the CAAHEP, which oversees the accreditation processes of Surgical Technology education programs.
ARC/STSA
Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Time
Contact
Temperature
Moisture
Pressure
round shaped bacteria
cocci
Stage of wound healing that begins approximately on the 3rd postoperative day-day 20. When fibroblasts multiply bridging wound edges.
Proliferation Phase
Binds to the opioid receptor sites in the CNS to reverse the effects of narcotic analgesics.
Narcotic antagonist