Surgical Instruments
This instrument was used as early as 8000 BC
What is the Scalpel?
This type of wound closure sounds like an office supply
What is a skin stapler?
This is the most common surgical position and resembles correct anatomic position.
What is Supine?
This piece of surgical equipment requires that a grounding pad be placed on the patient
What is the electrosurgical instrument or Bovie?
This is used to process instruments to ensure sterility
What is an autoclave?
This instrument, named for an OBGYN at Johns Hopkins, is used to clamp blood vessels or to grasp tissue
What is the Kelly Hemostat?
This product is super!
What is wound glue?
This is the most commonly used position for vaginal procedures
What is Lithotomy?
The nurse's signature on this document means that the nurse has witnessed the patient's signature.
What is the surgical consent?
This should not be taken home to launder because non-commercial machines cannot reach adequate temperatures
What are surgical scrubs?
A Lebonese-American cardiac surgeon invented this instrument to avoid tissue damage during manipulation
What is the Debakey Tissue Forcep?
This wound closure product is packaged "wet"
What is cat gut or chromic suture?
This is the position common used in renal procedures and may use the beanbag positioner
What is the Lateral position?
This product is used to measure exposure to radiation
What is a dosimeter?
This product is used to prevent the inhalation of small particles and requires a fit test to ensure effectiveness
What is an N95 mask?
This is a self-retaining retractor that can eliminate the need for surgical assistants in superficial procedures
What is the Weitlaner retractor?
This type of suture needle is often used in bowel procedures.
What is the SH needle?
This position allows for adequate CO2 insufflation of the abdomen for laparoscopic procedures
What is the Trendelenburg position?
This condition may be predicted by an allergy to kiwi.
What is a latex sensitivity or latex allergy?
Having this means that you know what is sterile and what is not and you are attuned to any changes
What is a sterile conscience?
The inventor of this instrument was painted by Toulouse-Lautrec
What is the Peon hemostat?
This type of suture is often used superficially and disappears over time.
What is absorbable suture?
This position, used for laminectomies, can cause respiratory compromise
What is the prone or jack-knife position?
This is an inherited condition that may be triggered by the administration of succinycholine and can result in death.
What is Malignant Hyperthermia?
Staff who do this before a surgical procedure achieve asepsis--not sterility.
What is a surgical hand scrub?