Medical Terminology
Subjective evidence (patient is feeling pain), only evaluated or measured by the patient
The role of the circulator
Assist in preparation, ensures documents are complete, preop interview, positions patient, performs skin preparation, performs counts with scrub, maintain patient charging, transport patient
True of false: The meaning of negligence is either the doing or not doing of an act that is reasonable and prudent individual wound not do under the same conditions
True
The way we correct medical documentation errors
What stage of grief may someone say "I know I will be in a better place"
Acceptance
Meaning of suffix -itis
inflammation
The role of the surgeon
Determines necessity of the procedure, discusses risks and benefits, ensures patient signs the consent, identify correct surgical site, provides postop care
The meaning of the phrase "Aeger primo"
The Patient First
The definition of ethics
Moral obligations that one person owes to another
The four common coping mechanisms
Denial (patient doesn't accept the truth) Rationalization (tries to rationalize the disease/illness)
Regression (Excessive crying, unique behavior)
Repression (Won't discuss the situation)
Meaning of prefix Inter-
Between or among
The non sterile surgical team members
Who is the circulator and anesthesia care provider
The legal phrase you would use for a surgical instrument being left inside a patient
Res Ipsa Loquitur (the thing speaks for itself)
True of False: An iatrogenic injury is an injury resulting from the activity of health care professionals
True
What stage of grief may someone say "Why is this happening to me"
Anger
The meaning of the medical term Gastritis
Inflammation of the Stomach
The sterile surgical team members
Who is the surgeon, the first assistant, and the scrub tech
The definition of "tort"
A civil wrong; intentional or unintentional
This person is responsible for obtaining written consent
Surgeon
Keep quiet and working on your area
The meaning of the medical term Hepatomegaly
Abnormal enlargement of the liver
Scrub tech duties: One preoperative, one intraoperative, one postoperative
- Arrange OR furniture, Don sterile gown/gloves, Create/maintain sterile field, Perform initial counts, Assist in draping the patient, Organize the sterile field
- Maintain sterile field, anticipate surgeons needs, pass instruments, prepare fluids, clean patient prior to dressing application
- Separate instruments and disassemble sterile field, place sharps in appropriate container, transport instruments to decontamination, assist with room turnover
The term to describe the following situation:
A patient suffers from a burn because the grounding pad of the ESU was improperly placed
Negligence
HIPAA violation
The most common shock seen in infants and children
Septic Shock (Sepsis)