Unit 1
The most frequent cause of injury in the OR
What are burns?
The correct way for 2 sterile people to pass each other
What is front-to-front or back-to-back?
Where the patient return electrode should be placed on a patient
What is a large muscle mass?
A kelly clamp would be considered (Category)
What is clamping and occluding?
Total number of drug "Rights"
The assignment board is an example of what zone
What is Restricted?
The cuff of your gown after donning gloves
What is contaminated?
Most common example of a fuel source for a fire
What is alcohol based prep?
Two part suction with one part being a perforated guard
What is ABD/Abdominal/Poole?
Spinals and epidurals are considered this type of anesthesia
What is regional anesthesia?
The act of doing something that a reasonable and prudent person would not do
What is negligence?
The shelf life of a packaged sterile item
What is event-related?
Considered a closed airway
What is an ET tube?
Scissors that are commonly used on heavy tissue such as fascia and large tendons
What are curved mayos?
Another name for Xylocaine
What is Lidocaine?
The STs responsibility in the OR
What is establish and maintain a surgical field?
The state of the presence of no pathogens
What is asepsis?
Occurs when the bovie pencil comes in contact with a stainless steel instrument
What in direct coupling?
Type of finish that is used on laser surgery instruments
What is black finish?
Drug that causes vasoconstriction and increased heart rate
What is epinephrine?
The department that receives all tissue samples and other specimens from surgery
What is pathology?
The type of contamination that occurs by penetration of a nonsterile fluid through a sterile covering
What is strike-through?
Common ignition sources for a fire
What are light cords?
What is the laser?
What is the bovie?
Instrument with sharp pointed tips, generally used to manipulate or grasp tissue such as the cervix
What is tenaculum?
Instillation is considered this route of drug administration
What is topical?