Equipment
Three tenets of radiation safety
Time, Distance, Shielding
These types of patients are more prone to skin breakdown
Elderly pts
Use what to disinfect the rubber septum of the medication vial before drawing up meds
Alcohol
Sterile towels are used for
square-off the incision site, wrap the head, wrap around an extremity
Phases of postoperative care
Phase I, II, and III
ESU dispersive pads are either
Single use, or reusable
Hyperextension to the neck can cause injury to what nerve
Brachial plexus nerve
What should you label the container with
Medication name, strength, diluent if used, date, and time received
Incise drapes are used for
the incisional area
What scale scores recovery after surgery
The three waveforms from an ESU
Cut, coagulate, and blend
For Trendelenburg position the feet are higher than the pts. head by
15-30 degrees
When labeling the sterile field use what type of lettering
TALL MAN
Split drapes are commonly used for
ENT, head and neck, and orthopedic procedures
Most complications of surgery occur during the first ____ hours
48 hrs
Examples of fuel (fire safety)
Flammable skin antisepsis solution
Trendelenburg position moves the blank to improve surgical access to the pelvic organs
Abdominal viscera cephalad
How often should you change gloves when handling chemotherapy agents
Every 30 mins
What can be used to secure towels
skin staples
ERAS meaning
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
LASER Acronym
Light, Amplication, Stimulated, Emission, Radiation
Don't use what types of wrist restraints with Trendelenburg position
Circumferential
Example of the three most commonly used high alert and high risk medications used in the OR
Heparin, Insulin, Chemotherapy agents
Before inserting a central venous catheter the provider should
don a mask, perform a perioperative skin prep, don a sterile gown and gloves, drape the patient using a full body drape
ASA 5 category
A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation