FOUR LETTER WORDS
STARTS WITH "M"
THAT'S MADE OF WHAT?
HISTORY
RANDOMNESS
100
THIS ORGANIZATION ISSUES STANDARDS FOR OPERATING ROOM NURSES.
WHAT IS AORN?
100
ROBOTIC AND LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES ARE CONSIDERED THIS TYPE OF SURGERY.
WHAT IS MINIMALLY INVASIVE?
100
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, HYDROGEN CYANIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITRILES, VIRUSES, BACTERIA, BLOOD, AND CANCER CELLS.
WHAT IS SURGICAL PLUME (SMOKE)?
100
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783) WHISKY, OPIUM, OR A STICK WERE THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THIS DURING SURGERY.
WHAT IS ANESTHESIA?
100
WHEN SPONGE PACKS ARE MANUFACTURED, THEY ARE NOT COUNTED, THEY ARE __________.
WHAT IS WEIGHED?
200
WRAPPED INSTRUMENT TRAYS SHOULD ALWAYS BE CHECKED FOR THIS.
WHAT IS A HOLE?
200
THIS METABOLIC DISORDER CAN BE TRIGGERED BY CERTAIN INHALED ANESTHETICS AND SUCCINYLCHOLINE.
WHAT IS MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA?
200
BEES WAX, PARAFFIN AND ISOPROPYL PAMITATE.
WHAT IS BONE WAX?
200
THIS WAS THE FIRST LOCAL ANESTHETIC USED IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
WHAT IS COCAINE?
ITS USEAGE STOPPED DUE TO IT'S TOXICITY WITH PATIENTS HAVING SEIZURES, RESPIRATORY FAILURE, AND ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS.
200
IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 700,000 PEOPLE HAVE THIS ORGAN REMOVED EACH YEAR.
WHAT IS THE GALLBLADDER?
300
THIS IS A TYPE OF FRACTURE TABLE.
WHAT IS A HANA
?
300
THIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WHEN USING CAUTERY WITH A PATIENT THAT HAS A PACEMAKER.
WHAT IS A MAGNET?
300
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE (NACMC), 1.2% IONIC SILVER, ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID DISODUM SALT (EDTA), AND BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE (BEC).
WHAT IS AN AQUACEL AG?
300
THIS SURGEON WAS FAMOUS FOR COMPLETING AN AMPUTATION IN UNDER 30 SECONDS - BUT HAD A 300% MORTALITY RATE IN ONE CASE.
WHO IS ROBERT LISTON?
BEFORE ANESTHESIA SPEED = SURVIVAL
300
THIS IS THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF AN OPERATING ROOM TABLE.
WHAT IS 10-15 YEARS?
400
INVENTED BY JUDY FAULKNER IN 1979, IN A BASEMENT IN MADISON, WISCONIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO REVOLUTIONIZE HOW MEDICAL RECORDS WERE STORED AND SHARED.
WHAT IS EPIC?
400
A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OR A SURGEON (IN MICHIGAN CITY).
WHAT IS (A) MAGILL?
400
90% GLYCOLIDE AND 10% L-LACTIDE ALSO KONWN AS POLYGLACTIN 910.
WHAT IS VICRYL SUTURE?
400
THIS PROCEDURE WAS DONE IN ANCIENT EGYPT AS FAR AS 10,000 BCE USING CRUDE STONE AND SHARPENED ROCKS AS INSTRUMENTS.
WHAT IS A
CIRCUMCISION?
400
IN 1540 TO 1745, THIS PROFESSIONAL WAS ALSO YOUR LOCAL SURGEON.
WHAT IS A BARBER?
RED = ARTERIAL BLOOD
WHITE = BANDAGES USED TO STOP BLEEDING
BLUE = VENOUS BLOOD
500
THIS BRAND OF ELECTROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT IS COMMONLY INTEGRATED INTO ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEMS TO PRECISELY CUT AND COAGULATE.
WHAT IS THE ERBE?
500
THIS ITEM CAN BE USED BY ANYONE DURING ROOM TURNOVER.
WHAT IS A MOP?
500
PMMA COPOLYMER, ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE, BENZOYL PEROXIDE, GENTAMICIN SULPHATE, METHYL METHACRYLATE N, N-DIMETHYL-P-TOLUIDINE.
WHAT IS BONE CEMENT?
500
SURGEONS SOMETIMES USED THESE AS SUTURES.
WHAT ARE ARMY 
ANTS?
THE ANT WOULD BIT THE WOUND EDGES, THEN THE SURGEON WOULD TWIST OFF THE BODY, LEAVING THE JAWS CLAMPED AND THE EDGES APPROXIMATED.
500
TELL ME 2 REASONS SURGICAL DRAPES ARE BLUE.
WHAT IS REDUCTION OF EYE FATIUE, ENHANCED SENSITIVITY TO RED, THE MINIMIZATION OF AFTERIMAGES, AND IT CREATES A MORE CALMING ENVIRONMENT.
PREVIOUSLY, SURGERY TEAMS WORE WHITE, WHICH CAUSED GLARE AND VISUAL FATIGUE.