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100

This item contains blood products that can be used in the OR but must not be sent to the ICU or any other receiving unit. 

What is a Massive Transfusion Pack?

100
This member of the surgical team remains in sterile gown and gloves and monitors sterile procedure throughout the surgery
What is the scrub nurse
100

This is the icon the nurse needs to select to arrange for your patient to go directly back to Day Surgery when not stopping in PACU.

What is "Patient Transport"

100
This classification of medication is often given pre-operatively for its anti-anxiety and sedative effects
What is a benzodiazepine
100

This item is sometimes mistakenly thrown in the blue Stryker recycling bin, but as it is not recyclable, it should be discarded in the sharps bin in the theatres. 

What is a bowel stapler?

200

This is the timeframe that RBC are allowed to be at room temperature for.

What is 60 minutes?

200
This member of the surgical team helps to get the operating room ready for the procedure, among other duties, and is not scrubbed in
What is the circulating nurse
200

On what day will the lab be live in EPIC and you will no longer be required to print requisitions for your specimens?

What is Wave 6/May 6th, 2023

200
Thrombocytopenia is when this type of cell is below this number
What is platelets; 150,000 Bonus: What is a patient with thrombocytopenia at risk for?
200

This is the command used on Vocera to request a spot for your patient immediately post-surgery. 

What is "Call Recovery"

300

This item cannot be placed in the blood box as the integrity is destroyed if not kept at room temperature.

What are platelets?

300

In this step, the patient's identification, surgical site marking, signed consent and procedure to be done are all verified

What is the Safe Surgery Checklist?

300

This is the most likely cause of post-anesthesia (emergence) delirium

What is decreased oxygenation Bonus: what is another cause?

300
Post-op pain management often consists of a combination of two or more of these classes of medication
What is NSAID, acetaminophen and opioid
300

Tara Klassen, PhD research scientist gave a presentation on the risk of anaphylactic reactions and nephrotoxicity when using Bacitracin. What is the gold standard alternative to Bacitracin? 

What is normal saline (NaCL)?

400

What information is the blood bank looking for when you send back a box that has been opened/checked but nothing was used?

A. Time box opened

B. Time blood checked

C. Note - "Blood checked/not used." Kept in box with lid closed for duration of case. 

400
A patient with this type of problem will need extra precautions in positioning for surgery
What is a musculoskeletal problem
400

OR staff are required to log into these 3 icons this often in the event a downtime to access patient charts: BCA Printing, PRDSRO (read only EPIC) and South BCA Web. 

What is once every 30 days?

400
These labs are monitored to assess kidney function
What is BUN and creatinine
400

The definition of RAAPID...

What is Referral, Access, Advice, Placement, Information and Destination

500
The Haemobank fridges contain 4 units of uncrossmatched blood, what type/quantity of each are they? 

What is two O+ and two O-?

500
This person is in charge of monitoring the patient throughout the surgery
Who is the anesthesia care provider
500

If you have a medication you cannot find in intra-op medications or via Orders, you can type this catchphrase into Orders and fill in the information as prompted. 

What is a "Non Standard Medication?"

500
Alterations in this electrolyte, both high and low, put a patient at risk for cardiac arrhythmias
What is potassium Bonus: What is the normal range?
500
This common surgery requires extra protocols for infection because the consequences of an infection in the surgical site are so serious
What is a joint replacement
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