CST EXAM #1 SOWELA

DEFINITIONS

100

THE PATIENT FIRST, MOTTO OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

AEGER PRIMO

200

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

HIPPA

300

VOLUNTARY CREDENTIALING PROCESS USUALLY SPONSORED BY A NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY;NOT NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PRACTICE A PROFESSION LEGALLY

CERTIFICATION

400

AN OMISSION OR COMMISSION OF AN ACT; AN UNINTENTIONAL TORT IN WHICH A FAILURE IN TREATING OR CARING FOR A PATIENT HAS OCCURRED

NEGLIGENCE

500

"THE THING SPEAKS FOR ITSELF": A DOCTRINE OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE; EXPERT WITNESSES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO VERIFY FACT

RES IPSA LOQUITUR

MED TERM

100

WITHOUT

A

200

ANTI

AGAINST

300

BI

DOUBLE

400

CENTESIS

ASPIRATE

500

ITIS

INFLAMMATION

ABBREVIATIONS

100

AP

ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR

200

AV

ATRIOVENTRICULAR

300

BMT

BILATERAL MYRINGOTOMY AND TUBES

400

EUA

EXAM UNDER ANESTHESIA

500

OU

BOTH EYES

CALCULATIONS

100

2.2 POUNDS =__ KILOGRAM

1

200

1GRAM=___MILLIGRAMS

1000

300

ml abbreviation for 

MILLILITER

400

10CC=___ml

10

500

mm  ABBREVIATION FOR__

MILLIMETER

SURG TECH ROLE

100

IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEVING A MEDICATION , THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST SHOULD__

LABEL THE MEDICATION

200

WHEN LOCAL ANESTHETIC IS PASSED TO SURGEON, THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST SHOULD_

STATE THE NAME AND DOSAGE OF THE MEDICATION

300

DURING SURGERY, IF AN EMERGENCY COMPLICATION ARISES, THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST SHOULD__

REMAIN STERILE AND PROTECT THE STERILE FIELD

400

THE SURGEON AND ASSISTANT BOTH NEED GOWN AND GLOVED, THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST SHOULD GOWN ___FIRST

SURGEON

500

 WHILE SCRUBBIN IF YOU THINK YOU CONTAMINATED YOUR ELBOW, YOU SHOULD__

STOP SCRUBBING AND START OVER