Clinical Trivia Flashcards
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TYPE OF NEEDLE POINT USED ON TISSUE SUCH AS PERITONEUM AND INTESTINES
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TAPER POINT
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NEEDLE POINT THAT WOULD BE USED TO SUTURE FRIABLE TISSUE SUCH AS LIVER AND KIDNEY
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BLUNT POINT
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TYPE OF SUTURE THAT WOULD BE USED TO INVERT THE STUMP OF THE APPENDIX
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PURSE-STRING
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WHY IS SILK NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN THE URINARY TRACT OR BILITARY SURGERY
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BECOMES A NUCLEUS FOR STONE FORMATION
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USE TO PREVENT SUTURE FROM CUTTING INTO THE SKIN SURFACE
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BUMPERS OR BOLSTERS
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ANOTHER NAME FOR STAY SUTURE
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RETENTION
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SPONGE USED ON BRAIN TISSUE
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COTTONOID PATTY
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USED TO HOLD A BULKY DRESSING THAT REQUIRES FREQUENT CHANGING
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MONTGOMERY STRAPS
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WHY WOULD BENZOIN BE APPLIED TO THE SKIN BEFORE DRESSING APPLICATION
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TO INCREASE ADHESIVENESS
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HOW MUCH STERILE WATER IS USED TO INFLATE 5CC FOLEY CATHETER
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10CC/ML
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CATHETER USED TO REMOVE EMBOLUS OR GALLSTONES
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FOGARTY
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WHY IS A 30CC FOLEY USED AFTER TURP
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HEMOSTASIS
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SCORING SYSTEM THAT ASSESSES AN INFANT’S CONDITION AFTER BIRTH
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APGAR
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LOUPES ARE USED FOR
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MAGNIFICATION
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GAS INTRODUCED INTO THE PERITONEUM DURING LAPAROSCOPY SURGERY TO CREATE PNEUMOPERITONEUM
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CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
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PRESSUE APPLIED TO THE TRACHEAL CARTILAGE TO OCCLUDE THE ESOPHAGUS TO AVOID ASPIRATION
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CRICOID PRESSURE
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MINIMUM DISTANCE AN UNSTERILE PERSON SHOULD REMAIN FROM THE STERILE FILED
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12IN/1 FT
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USES PERACETIC ACID AS THE STERILANT
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STERIS
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COMMERCIAL NAME FOR GLUTARALDEHYDE
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CIDEX
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TASS
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TOXIC ANTERIOR SEGMENT SYNDROME
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REGIONAL BLOCK THAT USES A TOURNIQUET
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BIER BLOCK
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THE INACTIVE ELECTRODE FOR THE CAUTERY
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DISPERSIVE/GROUNDING PAD
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USED TO DETECT BLOOD FLOW
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DOPPLER
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COLOR OF THE GAS OUTLET FOR OXYGEN
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GREEN
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUIRED TO MOVE A PATIENT SAFETY
4
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EXTREME POSITIONS OF THE ARM CAN INJURY
BRACHIAL PLEXUS
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LEGAL TERM THAT HOLDS EACH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS/HER OWN ACTIONS
LIABILITY
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AEGAR PRIMO
LATIN TERM FOR THE PATIENT FIRST
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X-RAY OF THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN
VENTRICULOGRAPHY
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HURD DISSECTOR AND PILLAR RETRACTOR IS USED FOR WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY
ENT - T&A
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IDENTIFY UTERINE DILATOR
HANK
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MAXIMUN WEIGHT FOR INSTRUMENT TRAY
25 POUNDS
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MOST COMMON LASER
C02
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IDENTIFY
GLASMAN VISCERA RETAINER (FISH)
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LASER USED IN UROLOGY TO PERFORM LASER LITHOTRIPSY
HOLMIUM:YAG LASER
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REQUIRED NUMBER OF AIR EXCHANGES PER HR IN THE OR
15 TO 25
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CAST PADDING
WEBRIL
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ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA
BACILLI
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MICROORGANISMS USED AS BIOLOGICAL MONITOR FOR STEAM STERILIZATION
BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS
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NONADHERENT DRESSING
ADAPTIC
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IDENTIFY CATHETER ALSO KNOW AS A MUSHROOM CATHETER
PEZZER CATHETER
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THE ONLY TRUE INDICATOR OF ITEM STERILITY
BIOLOGICAL - BI
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NAME OF INCISON MADE FOR A SIMPLE OPEN NEPHRECTOMY
SUBCOSTAL FLANK
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USED IN NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES TO DECREASE INTRACRANIAL PRESSUE
MANNITOL
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IDENTIFY FORCEPS CAN BE USED IN NEUROSURGERY FOR PLACEMENT OF COTTONOIDS
BAYONET FORCEPS
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STRUCTURES THAT ARE LIGATED AND DIVIDED DURING A CHOLECYSTECTOMY
CYSTIC ARTERY AND CYSTIC DUCT
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LOCAL ANESTHESIA THAT PROVIDES THE SHOREST DURATION OF NUMBNESS
LIDOCAINE
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MACHINE USED IN SPD THAT USES CAVITATION FOR CLEANING INSTRUMENTS
ULTRASONIC CLEANER
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CONNECTS BONE TO BONE
LIGAMENTS
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A JAVID SHUNT IS USED FOR WHAT SURGICAL PROCEDURE
CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
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WHAT WOUND CLASSIFICATION WOULD BE ASSINGED TO A SURGERY IN WHICH THE BOWEL WAS ACCIDENTLY PERFORATED DURING THE PROCEDURE
CLASS III
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BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR USED FOR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE GAS PLASMA
BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS
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ANOTHER TERM FOR SECOND INTENTION, WHERE THE WOUND IS LEFT OPEN TO HEAL FROM THE BOTTOM UP
GRANULATION
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WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM TM STAND FOR IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY SURGERY
TYMPANIC MEMBRANCE
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IDENTIFY INSTRUMENT - USED TO CROSS-CLAMP THE INTESTINE DURING A BOWEL RESECTION (ATRAUMATIC CLAMP)
GALSSMAN INSTESTIONAL CLAMP
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IDENTIFY SCISSORS - MOST LIKELY FOUND IN A BASIC HYSTERECTOMY SET
JORGENSON
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IDENTIFY - USED FOR DRAPING OF AN EXTREMITY
STOCKINETTE
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IDENTIFY RETRACTOR - SELF-RETAINING USED PRIMARILY IN MIDLINE ABDOMINAL INCISIONS
BALFOUR
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CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TACHYCARDIA, RISING CORE BODY TEMPERATURE, AND RIGID MUSCLES, CAN BE TREATED WITH DANTROLENE
MH - MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
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IDENTIFY SCISSORS - MAINLY USED IN ENT
BELLUCCI
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IDENTIFY RETRACTOR - MAINLY USED FOR POSTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY
DAVIDSON SCAPULA
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INSTRUMENT FINISH THAT IS BLACK CHROMIUM, ELIMINATES GLARE AND USED FOR LASER SURGERY
EBONY FINSIH
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IDENTIFY INSTRUMENT - WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR A SPINAL FUSION SETUP
COBB ELEVATOR
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USED TO CLEAN THE LUMEN OF A FRAZIER SUCTION
STYLETTE
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IDENTIFY HEADREST - USES THREE-PIN SYSTEM TO HOLD THE HEAD STILL DURING CRANIOTOMY PROCEDURES
MAYFIELD
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IDENTIFY - USED FOR SURGERIES ON THE LUMBAR SPINE
WILSON FRAME
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SAFETY STRAP PLACEMENT FOR PATIENTS IN SUPINE POSITION
2 INCHES ABOVE KNEES
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IDENTIFY - THESE SPONGES ARE ROUND PIECES OF COTTON COVERED WITH GAUZE, USED IN ENT MOSTLY
TONSIL (ROUND) SPONGES
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IDENTIFY - THESE SPONGES TIGHTLY ROLLED, USED FOR BLUNT DISSECTION
KITTNER SPONGES
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WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM MAC STAND FOR
MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE
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DRUGS USED TO PREVENT NAUSEA
ANTIEMETICS
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ANTAGONIST FOR HEPARIN
PROTAMINE SULFATE
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ANOTHER NAME FOR POLYGLACTIN 910
VICRYL
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LDS IS THE ACRONYM FOR
LIGATING AND DIVIDING STAPLER DEVICE
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TYPE OF SUTURE THAT HOLDS ITS POSITION AND LOCKS IN PLACE AS IT GOES THROUGH TISSUE WITHOUT HAVING TO TIE A KNOT
BARBED SUTURE
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CICATRIX
SCAR
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THE RULE OF NINES IS USED TO DETERMINE
BODY SURFACE BURNED
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THIS TYPE OF INCISION IS USED FOR AN OPEN APPENDECTOMY
MCBURNEY
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TYPE OF GAS WITHIN THIS CYLINDER
OXYGEN
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IDENTIFY - USED FOLLOWING HIP SURGERY
ABDUCTION PILLOW
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TYPE OF GAS WITHIN THIS CYLINDER
NITROGEN
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IDENTIFY
INSUFFLATOR TUBING
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IDENTIFY - SURGEON SITS HERE DURING ROBOTIC CASES
SURGEON CONSOLE
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IDENTIFY TROCAR - THIS TROCAR CAN BE UTILIZED WHENEVER THE VERESS NEEDLE IS NOT USED
HASSON
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IDENTIFY - THIS IS USED WHENEVER THE ACP NEEDS TO VENTILATE ONE LUNG AT A TIME
DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHAEL TUBE
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INDICATE LEFT EYE
OS
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PREMATURE CLOSURE OF THE SUTURES OF THE CRANIAL BONES
CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
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SURGICAL OPENING INTO A JOINT
ARTHROTOMY
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INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING SPLIT-THICKNESES OF SKIN FOR TRANSPLANTATION
DERMATOME
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PLASTIC SURGERY TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE EXTERNAL NOSE
RHINOPLASTY
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SUDORIFEROUS GLANDS ARE
SWEAT GLANDS
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TERM THAT MEANS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OR TURN OUTWARD
ABDUCT
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MIDDLE, MUSCULAR LAYER OF THE HEART WALL
MYOCARDIUM
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Y-SHAPED DIVISION OF A BLOOD VESSEL OR GRAFT
BIFURCATION
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THE TERM THAT MEANS TOWARD THE TAIL
CAUDAL
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BACTERIA THAT LIVE ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN
AEROBES
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AN ENZYME SOMETIMES ADDED TO LOCAL ANESTHESIA TO ENHANCE INFILTRATION/SPREAD, USED IN OPHTHLAMIC SURGERY
HYALURONIDASE (WYDASE)
98
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR OR, WHICH DECREASE AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION AND STATIC ELECTRICITY
50%- 55%
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WHO IS RESONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING THE INFORMED CONSENT
SURGEON
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MALE BREAST ENLARGEMENT
GYNECOMASTIA
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TWISTING OF THE BOWEL CAUSING OBSTRUCTION
VOLVULUS
102
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF HERNIA
INDIRECT
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X-RAY VISUALIZATION OF THE KIDNEYS, URETERS, AND BLADDER FOLLOWING IV OF DYE
KUB
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ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE MIDDLE EAR
OTITIS MEDIA
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IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF FRACTURE - MAY ALSO BE CALLED A MOUSTACHE FRACTURE
LE FORT I FRACTURE
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MEDICAL TERM FOR A FACELIFT
RHYTIDECTOMY
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A TRAM FLAP WOULD BE USED FOR WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION
108
ABNORMAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE
SCOLIOSIS
109
MOST LIKEY DONOR SITE FOR AUTOGENOUS BONE
ILIUM (ILIAC CREST)
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WHAT IS A COLLES' FRACTURE
FRACTURE OF DISTAL RADIUS
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HEMOSTATIC AGENT TO CONTROL BLEEDING FROM A BONE
BONE WAX
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WHERE IS A BAKER'S CYST LOCATED
POPLITEAL FOSSA
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CONER OF THE EYE
CANTHUS
114
CYST/TUMOR OF THE MEIBOMIAN GLAND OF THE EYELID
CHALAZION
115
DILATING EYE DROPS
MYDRIATICS
116
REMOVAL OF THE LUNG
PNEUMONECTOMY
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THE INSTRUMENT SEQUENCE FOR PLACEMENT OF A SURGICAL SCREW
DRILL, DEPTH GAUGE, TAP, SCREW
(DON'T MERRY TOO SOON)
118
WHAT IS THE FIRST INSTRUMENT THE SURGEON WILL NEED FOR MYRINGOTOMY
EAR SPECULUM
119
THE SOLUTION MOST FREQUENLTY USED TO IRRIGATE THE EYE
BSS - BALANCED SALT SOLUTION
120
THE LARGE POSTERIOR CAVITY OF THE EYE IS FILLED WITH A GEL SUBSTANCE CALLED
VITEROUS HUMOR
121
BULGING OF THE BLADDER INTO THE VAGINA
CYSTOCELE
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THE HING POINT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMETNS
BOX LOCK
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STRAIGHT NEEDLE
KEITH
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MEDICATION GIVEN DURING LABOR TO INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF UTERINE CONTRACTIONS
OXYTOCIN
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WHAT POSITION IS A TYPE OF PRONE POSITON IN WHICH THE PATIENT LIES ON HIS/HER ABDOMEN WITH THE HIPS FLEXED INTO AN INVERTED "V" POSITION
JACKKNIFE OR KRASKE
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A LEGAL DOCUMENT STATING THE PATIENT'S WISHES FOR REFUSING OR LIMITING CARE IF THE PATIENT BECOMES INCOMPETENT
LIVING WILL
127
IDENTIFY - THIS INSTRUMENT MAYBE USED TO DILATE THE URETHRA IN MALE PATIENTS
VAN BUREN SOUNDS
128
WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THIS VICRYL REEL
2-0
129
GENERIC NAME FOR MARCAINE
BUPIVACAINE
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WHICH PATHOGEN LEADS IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
STAPH AUREUS
131
WHAT NORMALLY RESIDUES IN THE LUMEN OF INTESTINES
E COLI
132
THE EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERIES BRANCH INTO
FEMORAL
133
IDENTIFY - THIS IS USED TO REMOVE TISSUE FRAGMENTS FROM WITHIN THE BLADDER DURING A TURP
ELLIK
134
SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT HIATAL HERNIA
NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION
135
IDENTIFY - THIS IS USED TO OBTAIN A BIOPSY
TRU-CUT NEEDLE
136
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A T-TUBE
DRAIN BILE
137
MYDRIATES AND CYCLOPLEGIC CAUSE
PUPIL DILATION
138
REMOVAL OF FLUID FROM THE PLEURAL CAVITY
THORACENTESIS
139
GENERIC NAME FOR ANECTINE, COMMON MUSCLE RELAXANT, CAN TRIGGER MH
SUCCINYLCHOLINE
140
DRUG ADMINISTRATION BY INJECTION
PARENTERAL
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ANOTHER NAME FOR SELLICK'S MANEUVER
CRICOID PRESSUE
142
COLOR OF NITROUS OXIDE CYLINDER
BLUE
143
SOLUTION USED TO IDENTIFY DISEASED AREA FOR A CONIZATION OF THE CERVIX
LUGOL'S
144
IDENTIFY - INSTRUMENT USED TO DISSECT PROSTATE TISSUE DURING A TURP
RESECTOSCOPE
145
USED TO RETRACT THE SPERMATIC CORD DURING AN OPEN HERNIORRHAPY
PENROSE DRAIN
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IDENTIFY - INSTRUMENT USED FOR A COMMON BILE DUCT EXPLORATION
RANDALL STONE FORCEPS
147
IDENTIFY - SPECIMEN CONTAINER USED IN A FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY TO COLLECT SECRETIONS
LUKENS (SPUTUM TRAP)
148
FIRST ITEM THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST REMOVES IN THE SCRUB ROLE
GOWN
149
IDENTIFY
HEMOVAC DRAIN
150
IDENTIFY
LOWMAN BONE CLAMP (TURKEY CLAW)
151
IDENTIFY - USED TO CLOSE A WOUND OR INCISION OR TO REINFORCE A SUTURED INCISION LINE, OFTEN USED WITH A SUBCUTICULAR CLOSURE
STERI-STRIPS
152
IDENTIFY - HELPS TO PREVENT VENOUS STASIS AND DECREASE THE CHANCE OF THROMBUS FORMATION
SCD - SEQUENTIAL COMPRESSION DEVICE
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IDENTIFY - USED IN ENT FOR SUCTIONING WITHIN NARROW SPACES, SUCH AS THE EAR CANAL
BARON SUCTION TUBES
154
IDENTIFY - THIS RETRACTOR IS USED FOR RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY
MILLIN
155
IDENTIFY - THIS HIGH SPEED DRILL IS POPULAR FOR SPINAL/CRANIAL PROCEDURES
MIDAS REX
156
IDENTIFY - SELF-RETAINING NEUROSURGICAL RETRACTOR, USED TO MAINTAIN TRACTION ON BRAIN TISSUE
LEYLA-YASARGIL RETRACTOR
157
IDENTIFY - THIS ELEVATOR ALLOWS GENTLE SEPARATING AND LIFTING OF THE PERIOSTEAL LAYER FROM BONE TISSUE
WOODSON ELEVATOR
