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An instrument used to remove stitches.
What are Littauer suture removal scissors
the number of separate rooms/areas that make up a surgical suite
What is three (3)
Two most common types of suture
What is absorbable and nonabsorbable
Cutting into the stomach
What is Gastrotomy
Used to block off the airway so oxygen and inhalant anesthesia can be absorbed
What is an endotracheal tube
An instrument used to incise tissue
What is a scalpel or a blade
An area or room where Sterile procedures may be done
What is the Operating Room
The most common type of organic, nonabsorbable suture
What is Silk
Kidney removal
What is a Nephrectomy
A device, when placed in a patient, that can help deliver IV medications, fluids. or TPN
What is an intravenous catheter
An instrument used to pull back tissue for better visualization of the surgical site
What are retractors
Where fingernails are cleaned and hands washed
What is the scrub room/area
The resistance of a material to breaking under tension
What is tensile strength
Suturing the stomach to the abdominal wall
What is a Gastropexy
This is the term used for the three-scrub prep when we start scrubbing where the incision is and work our way outward
What is "Targeted"
The most commonly used tissue forceps with 9 interlocking teeth
What are Brown-Adson forceps
The area or room that "dirty procedures" can be performed
What is the prep room
How long it takes most absorbable suture to begin to lose its tensile strength
What is 60 days
Another term used for celiotomy
What is a Laparotomy
What is a laryngoscope
These needle holders have a built in pair of scissors for cutting suture
What are Olsen-Hegar needle holders
Area where supplies and excess of surgical packs may be stored (give both areas)
What is the scrub room/Area or Prep room Area
Two types of needles used with suture material
What are swaged and eyed
Suturing the abnormal opening of a hernia
What is Herniorrhaphy
Process of blocking the airway and placing a tube IN the trachea to pass anesthetic gas (during short term anesthesia)
What is intubation