Medical Aspects of Surgical Technology
A health professionals failure to stay with a patient and provide care, especially when there is an implied contract to do so.
A rare phenomenon in which a fully unconscious patient under general anesthesia retains the sense of hearing and pain during the surgery.
Anesthesia Awareness
A term used to characterize a tumor that does not have the capability to spread to other parts of the body.
Benign
Wearing two pairs of gloves, one over the other, to reduce the risk of contamination's a result of glove failure or puncture.
Double Gloving
Fowler's/Beach Chair
Accepting Responsibility for one's actions.
Accountability
A model of Human Needs developed by a psychologist.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs
An imaging technique that allows physicians to obtain cross-sectional X-ray views of the patient.
Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
A unidirectional ultra clean air delivery system.
Laminar Air Flow
Flat on back, arms out or tucked.
Supine
Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do.
Negligence
Patient Centered Care
Medical Assessment of body cavities using a fiber optic instrument
Endoscopic Procedures
Equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses
PPE
Flat on back, Head of bed Down
Trendelenburg
A patient safety event that is not related to the patient's illness or underlying condition, resulting in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm
Sentinel Event
A person's ability to plan for and achieve their life goals.
Self-Actualization
A radiological technique that provides real time images of an anatomical region.
Fluoroscopy
The application of a specific antiseptic to all surfaces of the hands and arms prior to donning gown and gloves before a surgical procedure.
Surgical hand antisepsis
On the Patient's Side
Lateral
A deliberate attempt to discredit another person through speech.
Slander
Seven Patient Fears
Death, Pain, Anesthesia, Disfigurement, Loss of Control, Physical Exposure, Loss of Privacy
A diagnostic technique that uses radio frequency signals and magnetic energy to produce images.
MRI
Post operative infection of the surgical wound.
Surgical Site Infection SSI
Patient lying on back, arms tucked or out, Legs up in stirrups
Lithotomy