Professional Organizations
MISC.
Microbiology
Hemostasis, Wound healing, and wound closure
Pharmacology & Anesthesia
100

The non-profit national professional membership organization for Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants. 

AST

Association of Surgical Technologist

100

To leave a patient alone who is still in need of care or observation. 


Abandonment

100

A disease causing microorganism, virus, or bacteria

Pathogens

100

Wound classification:

Acute, non-purulent, inflamed operative wound or open, fresh wound, or any surgical procedure with procedure with major breaks in sterile technique or gross spillage from the GI tract. 

Class III

Contaminated 


100

Difficulty breathing and pain

Dyspnea

200

Organization that is solely responsible for all decisions regarding certification, from determining eligibility to maintaining

NBSTSA

National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting

200

A situation in which a patient gives voluntary permission to another party to perform the procedures that have been explained; includes the risks, benefits, possible complications, and alternative treatment options. 

Informed consent

200

Pertaining to an organism which lives and thrives in the presence of air and dies without it. 

Aerobic

200

The layer of tough connective tissue covering the muscle

Fascia

200

The application of cricoid pressure to to reduce the risk of aspiration.

Sellick's maneuver

300

An independent, non profit national organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health organizations.

TJC

The Joint Commission

300

The unidirectional positive-pressure flow of air that captures microbes to be filtered

Laminar airflow

300

Gram positive rod-shaped disease-causing bacteria

Bacilli

300

The partial or total separation of a layer or layers of tissue after closure

Dehiscence

300

Providing anesthesia to the distal portion of an upper extremity by injecting a large volume of low concentration of anesthetic agent. 

Bier block

400

Non-profit national organization of Surgeons located in Chicago, Illinois. 

ACS

American College of Surgeons

400

This diagnostic scan produces pictures of a body part in "slices".  It is useful for detecting and examining masses within the body. 

CAT scan

Computed axial Tomography

400

Microorganism with a cell wall that is lacking organelles and a nucleus. 

bacteria

400

The decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part

Ischemia

400

Often triggered by succinylcholine, causing tachycardia-tachypnea, unstable BP, perspiration, elevated body temperature, and muscle rigidity. 

MH

Malignant Hyperthermia

500

The committee on Accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the CAAHEP, which oversees the accreditation processes of Surgical Technology education programs. 

ARC/STSA

Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting

500
These five factors are critical to the outcome of steam sterilization.

Time

Contact

Temperature

Moisture

Pressure

500

round shaped bacteria

cocci

500

Stage of wound healing that begins approximately on the 3rd postoperative day-day 20. When fibroblasts multiply bridging wound edges. 

Proliferation Phase

500

Binds to the opioid receptor sites in the CNS to reverse the effects of narcotic analgesics. 

Narcotic antagonist