Wound Closure & Healing
This type of wound healing is delayed, heals by granulation, and has scar formation.
What is second intention?
The shelf life of processed instruments is ______-related.
What is event?
These are the two pressure injury assessment tools made specifically to assess periop patients.
What are the Scott Triggers Tool and Munro Scale?
This is the primary medication used to treat Malignant Hyperthermia.
What is dantrolene sodium?
These are the three classifications for endoscopes.
What is (a) rigid, (b) semi-rigid, and (c) flexible?
This is a suture strand that is built into the needle end.
What is a swaged needle?
Biological indicators monitor this.
What is the efficacy of the sterilizer?
These are all the positioning equipment required for a patient who is prone. (6)
What are (a) head positioner, (b) chest rolls, (c) gel pad for knees, (d) pillows to elevate toes, (e) safety strap, (f) padded arm boards?
ORs require a minimum of this many air exchanges per hour.
What is 20?
These are the main materials surgical instruments are made of. (2)
What is (a) stainless steel or (b) titanium?
This wound class is characterized by open, fresh, traumatic wounds, major breaks in sterile technique, gross spillage from the GI tract, and incisions where no purulent inflammation is encountered.
What is contaminated (wound class III)?
The use of high-frequency sound waves that form microscopic bubbles that become unstable and implode, creating small vacuums that remove debris from surgical instrument's crevices and flat surfaces.
What is cavitation?
These are the physiological changes that occur for patients in lithotomy. (3)
What are (a) abdominal organs shift, increasing pressure on the diaphragm, (b) decreases perfusion in the legs, (c) circulatory system may be compromised d/t compression on the inferior vena cava and abdominal aorta.
These are the three components of the Fire Safety Triangle.
These are the components of an instrument's anatomy. (5)
What is (a) jaw, (b) joint, (c) shank, (d) ratchet, (e) ring?
This is described as a suture around a circular wound.
What is a purse-string suture?
These are the four types of chemical sterilization.
This stage of pressure injury is characterized by full-thickness skin loss and possibly down to the fascia with deep craters.
What is stage III?
These carts should always be available in case of emergency. (5)
What is (a) crash cart, (b) emergency/difficult airway cart, (c) MH cart, (d) LAST cart, (e) trauma cart (e.g. crani cart, AAA cart, etc.)?
These are the names and characteristics of stainless steel instrument finishes. (3)
What is (a) adonized (satin finish, glare proof, corrosion can occur), (b) ebony (black surface that eliminates glare), and (c) mirror (shiny, reflects light)?
This type of wound closure distributes skin stretching away from wound edges.
What is zipper closure?
These are the key considerations when assembling instrument trays. (8)
What is (a) instruments must be dry, (b) heavier items on bottom, (c) all ratchets open, (d) cupped portion down, (e) detachable parts disassembled, (f) tray weight is evenly distributed, (g) properly labeled, (h) internal and external indicators?
These are the factors that cause pressure-related injuries. (7)
What are (a) friction, (b) shear, (c) moisture, (d) pressure, (e) heat, (f) cold, (h) negativity?
These are some of the signs and symptoms of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST). (5)
What is (a) agitation, (b) confusion, (d) dizziness, (e) metallic taste, (f) tinnitus?
This instrument material is inert and nonmagnetic. It is also harder, lighter, and stronger than its competitor material.
What is titanium?