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1015 final Flashcards

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Basin

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Supply
- Filled with sterile water for soaking used instru
- Comes wrapped sterilely and to be opened on ring stand

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Graduate Pitcher

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- Filled with 1000 ml. of warm saline for irrigation around wound
- Irrigation fluid measured and reported to anesthesiologist for EBL

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Small bowl

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- Used on back table for variety of reasons: specimens, dye, or sponges
- Even if empty keep on back table use can arise at any time

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Kidney basin

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- Extra bowl used at tech’s discretion
- Edge is useful to catch spillover saline during wound irrigation

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Medicine cup

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- Holds medication on back table
- Drugs are poured in cup by circulating nurse in sterile manner

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Asepto bulb syringe

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- Filled w/ 120cc of saline for irrigation
- May be used to retrieve a “washing” specimen

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Bulb Syringe

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- Filled w/ 60cc saline for irrigation
- Used to irrigate delicate or shallow structures; nose, ear

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Bovie Pad

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Supply
- Pad is single use, used non-sterile manner
- Applied to pt’s skin over a muscular, non-bony, hair free surface

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Bovie Pencil

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Supply/Occluding
- End of cord is passed to circulator to be plugged into bovie machine
- Tip is considered a sharp and must be removed from pencil and disposed in sharp container

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Bovie tip

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Supply/Occluding
- Must be counted
- Tips are interchangeable

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Bovie Scratch Pad

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- Used to clean char from bovie tip
- Adhesive back to secure to drapes near operative field or on mayo

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Needle Mattress

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- Needles are stuck on magnetic strip as being used during case
- Each # block receives 1 needle to facilitate count at end of case

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Lap Sponges

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Supply
Pack of 5
- May be moistened w saline and used as a “pack to retract and protect non-operative viscera
- Cases w large amounts of blood are expected

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Tail Sponges

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Supply
Pack of 5
- Often used during vaginal hysterectomies to pack bowel away from uterus
- Radiopaque band that runs through, visible by x-ray

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Raytec Sponge

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Supply
Pack of 10
- Cases w small incisions w/ minimal blood loss
- Must be folded and loaded on sponge stick if used below fascia layer

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Cottonoid Sponge

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Pack of 10
- Soaked in hemostatic agent then topically applied to tissue to constrict blood vessels for controlled bleeding
- Radiopaque band runs through, visible during x-ray

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Tonsil Sponge

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Pack of 5
- Cotton filled gauze used during tonsillectomy to pack bed.
- Loaded and passed on tonsil clamp

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Kitners and Peanuts

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Supply
Pack of 5
- Used for blunt dissection in small areas
- Often attached to clamp when placed on mayo

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Rubber shod

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Pack of 10
- Designed to slide onto tips of hemostatic clamps
- Used to grasp sutures w/o damaging

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Syringe

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Supply
- Used to draw up and administer med/fluids
- Measured in milliliters

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Hypodermic Needles

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Supply
- Must be counted
- Needles are # according to size in diameter

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Light Handles

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- Used by sterile team to adjust operative light
- Attached to spot light and the only sterile place of light

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Marking Pen w Labels and Ruler

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- Used for writing on skin, labeling meds of other writing necessary
- Thrown away at end of case and new for new cases

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Suction Tubing

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Supply
- Used on most cases for suctioning fluid, blood, or smoke
- End of adapter is passed to nurse to plug into canister

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Suction tip

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Supply/Occluding
- Attached to tubing to aid in removing fluid from wound
- Variety of sizes and shapes to adapt to various cavities/tissues

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3-way Stopcock

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- Connector between 2 types of tubing & syringe for measuring fluid
- Moveable valve shuts off one port at a time

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Sterile Surgical towels

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Supply
Pack of 2 or 4
- Both disposable or non-disposable forms
- General purpose used at techs discretion

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Adhesive Tape

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Supply
- Tape is very strong
- Many purposes but rarely used as dressing

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Elastic Tape

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Supply
- Tape is stretchy
- Frequently used in circumferential dressings & pressure dressings

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Microfoam tape

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Supply
- Stretchy & wet proof
- Used for pressure dressings

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Paper Tape

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Supply
- Paper tape does not stretch & mildly sticky
- To tape down 4x4 dressing sponges & people who are allergic to other tape

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Transpore Tape

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Supply
- Commonly used dressing in the OR
- Small pores to allow dressing to breath & tears easily

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Steri-Strips

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Supply
- Designed to stay on until they naturally fall off
- Applied directly over the incision to bring skin edges together

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Mastisol

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Supply
- Liquid adhesive provides sticky surface to help steri-strips adhere to skin surface
- Dispensed by crushing the glass vial and allows the liquid to permeate the cotton tip.

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Medipore

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Supply
- Applied over 4x4 dressings
- Perforated, convenient for the circulator to handle

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Ortho Glass

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Supply
- Wrapped in padding & sealed foil wrapper to prevent air from hardening the fiberglass
- Fiberglass is very soft & pliable. Hardening agent is activated by dipping the material in warm water

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Cast Tape

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Supply
- Used with a cast padding material
- Must be allowed to air dry before it comes in contact with other surfaces to prevent sticking

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Coban

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Supply
- Used as a drape as well as a dressing
- Circumferential tape that clings to itself but not to other things

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Ace Bandage

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Supply
- An elasticized circumferential dressing, good for compression dressings on limbs
- Comes in variable widths. 2” & 3” work best on hand dressings or pediatric feet

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Kerlix

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Supply
- bulky circumferential dressing that is commonly used on limbs over 4x4 dressing sponges & under Ace wraps

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Kling

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Supply
- Non-bulky single layer circumferential dressing that is commonly used on limbs over 4x4 dressing sponges & under Ace wraps

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Webril Cast Padding

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Supply
- Used to pad & protect skin underneath a cast, splint, or ace wrap
- Made of natural cotton material and tears easily

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Soft Roll Cast Padding

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Supply
- Used to pad & protect skin underneath a cast
- Made of a synthetic material that doesn’t tear as easily as Webril

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4x4 Dressings

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Supply
- Dressing size is picked according to wound size
- Basic part of almost all dressings to absorb mild to moderate amounts of drainage

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4x4 Fluffs

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Supply
- To absorb mild to moderate amounts of drainage while protecting & padding the wound
- May be folded, opened out & fluffed, or used just as they are

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ABD Pad

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Supply
- Large thick and over wounds that are expected to bleed / drain significant amounts of fluid
- Pack a wound & remain in pt postoperatively w/ radiopaque strip

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Telfa

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Supply
- Cut to size & used over incisions w/ no steri-strips to keep wound from scabbing
- Non-adherent dressing that allows passage of air/fluids & used to wick secretions from a wound

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Adaptic

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Supply
- Permeable (allowed for fluid and air to wick through)
- Cut to size & applied on incisions that don’t have steri-strips, under 4x4 dressings

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Vaseline Gauze

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Supply
- Nonpermeable
- Cut to size & applied on incisions that don’t have steri-strips, under dressings 4x4s

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Vag packing

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Supply
- Packed into the vaginal cavity to aid in hemostasis
- Sometimes used as a throat pack on oral surgery procedures

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Peri Pad & Belt

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Supply
- Used when that patient is asleep, & very difficult to put mesh underwear on
- This dressings is used in GYN procedures that could produce post operative vaginal

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Nu Gauze

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  • Long stripof cotton used to pack openings to aid in hemostasis & drain wounds
  • Open on sterile field & the tech must use a sterile forceps & pull the strip out & let it drop onto the back table
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Montgomery Straps

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Supply
- Used when a long incisions is left open
- Adhesive backings are applied to the pt’s skin on both sides of the wound

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Transparent Film Dressing

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Supply
- Clear to allow observation of tissue beneath
- Micro-thin film that does not allow air/fluid to pass through

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Oval Eye Pad and Shield

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Supply
- Absorbent multi layer gauze
- Aluminum breathable shield

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Gelfoam

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Supply
- Often smeared in antibiotic dressing to help w/ insertions
- Used temporarily stabilize structures in middle ear grafts

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Dermabond

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Supply
- Barrier to bacteria
- Topical liquid skin adhesive used on small incisions

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Stockinette

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Supply
- Used prior to splint to secure bulky dressings & protect the skin
- Comes in a roll & cut to size

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Retention Suture Bridge

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Supply
- Device that takes pressure off primary incision
- Circular tightening device the suture is threaded through allows for tension to be adjusted

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Foley Catheter & Down Drain

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Supply
- ballon retains the catheter in the bladder
- placed into the bladder through urethra to drain urine

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Cholangiogram Catheter

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Supply
- Introduces radiopaque dye to detect for presence of calculi in biliary system
- Variable designs to secure it temporarily to common bile duct to prevent it from slipping out

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Intravascular Catheter

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Supply
- Inserted percutaneous or via small cut down incision
- Can use venous or arterial access

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Pain Pump Catheter

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Supply
- Commonly used in orthopedic, neurological, & plastic procedures
- Connected pump may be external of implanted with an external controller

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Penrose drain

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Supply
- Passive drain
- Drains fluid into the dressing by capillary action

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Cigarette Drain

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Supply
- Passive drain
- Penrose drain with gauze inside

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T-Tube Drain

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Supply
- passive drain
- Placed within the biliary system

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Feeding Tube

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Supply
- Typically contains a sump design
- Inserted through the abdominal wall into the stomach

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Nasogastric Tube

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Supply
- GI tube placed through the nose until reaches stomach
- Connected to suction and/or syringe to remove gastric juices

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Nephrostomy Tube
Pig tail

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Supply
- Self-retaining
- Removes urine

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Hemovac Drain

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Supply
- Rigid structure designed to not collapse when passed over a joint
- Active drain

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Jackson-Pratt Drain

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Supply
- Used when moderate amounts of drainage is expected
- Has length of holes at insertion end to prevent clogging

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Channel Drain

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Supply
- Active drain
- Used when moderate amounts of drainage are expected

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Chest Tube

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Supply
- Inserted percutaneous through a stab incision
- Come in various sizes & designs

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Closed Water-seal Drainage System

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Supply
- Active & passive drain
- Maintains negative pressure necessary for effectiveness

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Endotracheal tube (ET tube)

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Supply
- Used to maintain patency of upper respiratory tract
- Can contain obturator to help guide it

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Oral Airway

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Supply
- Inserted through the mouth to separate the jaws & depress the tongue
- Used to maintain patency of the upper respiratory tract

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Nasal Airway

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Supply
- Inserted though the nose to prevent obstruction of the airway due to relaxation of the soft palate
- Used to maintain patency of the upper respiratory tract

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Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)

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Supply
- Supraglottic airway device used to maintain patency of the upper respiratory tract
- Alternative to placing an ET tube through the glottis

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Tracheotomy Tube

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Supply
- Has three components; outer & inner cannula & obturator
- Placed into trachea by incision in the neck

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Ureteral Catheters

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Supply
- Placed in ureters w assistance of cystoscope
- drainage bag may be requires if catheter is retained

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Suprapubic Catheters

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Supply
- Placed in bladder through surgical opening in the abd wall
- Come in various sizes & designs

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Urethral Catheters

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Supply
- Do not require a drainage bag
- Variable designs & sizes

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