MISC 1
What is the technical name for a clamp?
a. Kelly
b. hemostat
c. snap
d. mosquito
b. hemostat
What blade goes on a #4 knife handle?
a. 12 blade
b. 15 blade
c. 20 glade
d. 11 blade
c. 20 blade
What are Metzenbaum, Tenotomy, and Potts-Smith?
a. hemostats
b. tissue forceps
c. vascular clamps
d. scissors
d. scissors
What shape is a drain dressing is cut into to accommodate the drain tube exiting the patient’s body?
a. X
b. L
c. Y
d. Z
C, Y
What are Minerva jackets and Spica casts?
a. rigid dressings
b. surgical warming blankets
c. splints
d. terms for larger than normal dressings
a rigid dressings
What is the opening in a surgical drape that is placed over the operative site called?
a. operative site
b. laparotomy opening
c. fenestration
d. laparotomy drape
c. fenestration
What are the paired parts of a hemostat that span between the box lock and the finger rings.
a. shafts
b. serrations
c. clamps
d. shanks
d. shanks
Which blade will most likely be used for a tonsillectomy?
a. 20 blade
b. 11 blade
c. 12 blade
d. 15 blade
12 blade
Large draining wounds that need frequent dressing changes would require what?
a. a wound vac
b. antibiotic ointment placed on wound with each dressing change
c. 3-layer dressing
d. mastisol and steri-strip dressings
c. a 3-layer dressing
Which suction tip is designed with multiple rows of perforations to prevent occlusion by the intestines in a laparotomy?
a. Yankaur
b. Poole
c. Andrew
d. Frazier
b. Poole
A cigarette drain removes fluid from a wound through?
a. absorption
b. wicking
c. dehydration
d. coagulation
b. wicking
What is used unsterilely in surgery for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis?
a. sequential compression devices (SCDs)
b. compression socks
c. Bair Hugger
d. heparine
a. sequential compression devices (SCDs)
After passing a suture to the surgeon, what should your next step be?
a. get the next instrument ready
b. start a count
c. pass the suture scissors to the assistant
d. start cleaning your field
c. pass the suture scissors to the assistant
What are Weitlaner, O’Connor-O’Sullivan, and Balfour?
a. Vascular instruments
b. Self-retaining retractors
c. Ortho drill systems
d. Hand-held retractors
b. Self-retaining retractors
What are Bougie, Heaney, Hegar, and Van Buren?
a. Ob/Gyn instruments
b. dilators
c. clamps
d. retractors
b. dilators
What surgical scissors are commonly called suture scissors?
a. curved mayo scissors
b. Potts smith scissors
c. Stevens tenotomy scissors
d. Straight mayo scissors
d. Straight mayo scissors
What is the geometric shape usually achieved by the placement of the first layer of sterile surgical drapes?
a. rectangle
b. circle
c. triangle
d. square
d. square
Which suffix indicates a cutting device?
a. otomy
b. tome
c. ostomy
d. ectomy
b. tome
Op-site, collodion, adhesive gels, and Steri-strips are all?
a. one layered dressings
b. two layered dressings
c. three layered dressings
d. drains
a. one layered dressings
Name three types of tubes. (choose all that apply)
a. GI
b. Chest
c. Airway
d. Penrose
a. GI
b. Chest
c. Airway
What type of endoscope would be appropriate for examination of the renal pelvis via a natural body orifice.
a. laparoscope
b. cystoscope
c. ureteroscope
d. sigmotoscope
c. ureteroscope
What blade would be used to incise a blood vessel or create a stab wound for drain placement?
a. 10 blade
b. 11 blade
c. 15 blade
d. 12 blade
b. 11 blade
What is used for patients with major abdominal wounds that require frequent dressing changes to prevent damage to the skin?
a. pressure dressings
b. 4x4 gauze dressings
c. Montgomery straps
d. wound-vac devices
c. Montgomery straps
Thin, compressed sponges used during neurosurgical procedures to protect delicate neural structures are called?
a. peanuts
b. kittners
c. cottonoids
d. raytec
c. cottonoids
What would the surgeon be considering when looking at the location of the incision, the type and amount of drainage expected, and the condition of the incision/wound upon closure?
a. what suture to use
b. what dressings to use
c. how long the patient needs to stay in the hospital
d. what antibiotics to prescribe
b. what dressings to use