Vocabulary 1
CST/ORT ?
Certified surgical technician / Operating room technician
The nonsterile member of the surgical team is called?
Circulator
What is TJC
The Joint Commission
A period within which death is expected, usually days to months
End of life
In the OR, Death is __?
Rare.
What is a Scrub?
Role and name commonly applied to the surgical tech or licensed nurse in the sterile scrub role during surgery
What is a CST-CFA
Certified Surgical Technologist - Certified First Assistant
Available outside normal working hours to respond to emergency cases
"On Call"
DNR/DNAR
Do Not Resuscitate / Do Not Attempt Resuscitations
What is Postmortem care
Prepares the body for viewing by the family and assists in further handling procedures carried out by the morgue and mortuary
What is an Allied Health Profession
A profession that follows the principle of medicine and nursing but focuses on an expertise set apart from those practices
What is AORN?
Association of Operating Room Nurses
NBSTA
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Natural stiffening of the body that starts approximately 15 minutes after death and lasts about 24 hours
Rigor Mortis
Requires medical professional and other caregivers to ask the family for permission to recover organs from the deceased
Required request law
Assistant circulator
The Surgical Technologist, A professional journal was published by who?
The AST
The cause of death is determined by?
The Centers for disease control and Prevention (International Classification of Disease)
A patient death that requires investigation by the coroner, as well as an autopsy on the deceased?
Coroners case
Name of the Swiss psychiatrist who proposed a theory of development or psychological stages of the dying experience.
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
Surgical conscience
In surgery, professional and personal honesty about pones actions, mistakes, and abilities
What are some education options for aspiring ST's?
Certificate programs, Military, 2 year program etc..
Other career opportunities a ST may have?
Central supply manager, Educator, Medical sales, Surgery Scheduler, Research assistant etc...
A written document stating an individuals specific wishes regarding his or her health care to be enacted in the event the person is unable to make decisions
Advance heath care directive
What are the following stages of grief and dying in order?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance