Clinical Trivia Flashcards
TYPE OF NEEDLE POINT USED ON TISSUE SUCH AS PERITONEUM AND INTESTINES
TAPER POINT
NEEDLE POINT THAT WOULD BE USED TO SUTURE FRIABLE TISSUE SUCH AS LIVER AND KIDNEY
BLUNT POINT
TYPE OF SUTURE THAT WOULD BE USED TO INVERT THE STUMP OF THE APPENDIX
PURSE-STRING
WHY IS SILK NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN THE URINARY TRACT OR BILITARY SURGERY
BECOMES A NUCLEUS FOR STONE FORMATION
USE TO PREVENT SUTURE FROM CUTTING INTO THE SKIN SURFACE
BUMPERS OR BOLSTERS
ANOTHER NAME FOR STAY SUTURE
RETENTION
SPONGE USED ON BRAIN TISSUE
COTTONOID PATTY
USED TO HOLD A BULKY DRESSING THAT REQUIRES FREQUENT CHANGING
MONTGOMERY STRAPS
WHY WOULD BENZOIN BE APPLIED TO THE SKIN BEFORE DRESSING APPLICATION
TO INCREASE ADHESIVENESS
HOW MUCH STERILE WATER IS USED TO INFLATE 5CC FOLEY CATHETER
10CC/ML
CATHETER USED TO REMOVE EMBOLUS OR GALLSTONES
FOGARTY
WHY IS A 30CC FOLEY USED AFTER TURP
HEMOSTASIS
SCORING SYSTEM THAT ASSESSES AN INFANT’S CONDITION AFTER BIRTH
APGAR
LOUPES ARE USED FOR
MAGNIFICATION
GAS INTRODUCED INTO THE PERITONEUM DURING LAPAROSCOPY SURGERY TO CREATE PNEUMOPERITONEUM
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
PRESSUE APPLIED TO THE TRACHEAL CARTILAGE TO OCCLUDE THE ESOPHAGUS TO AVOID ASPIRATION
CRICOID PRESSURE
MINIMUM DISTANCE AN UNSTERILE PERSON SHOULD REMAIN FROM THE STERILE FILED
12IN/1 FT
USES PERACETIC ACID AS THE STERILANT
STERIS
COMMERCIAL NAME FOR GLUTARALDEHYDE
CIDEX
TASS
TOXIC ANTERIOR SEGMENT SYNDROME
REGIONAL BLOCK THAT USES A TOURNIQUET
BIER BLOCK
THE INACTIVE ELECTRODE FOR THE CAUTERY
DISPERSIVE/GROUNDING PAD
USED TO DETECT BLOOD FLOW
DOPPLER
COLOR OF THE GAS OUTLET FOR OXYGEN
GREEN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUIRED TO MOVE A PATIENT SAFETY
4
EXTREME POSITIONS OF THE ARM CAN INJURY
BRACHIAL PLEXUS
LEGAL TERM THAT HOLDS EACH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS/HER OWN ACTIONS
LIABILITY
AEGAR PRIMO
LATIN TERM FOR THE PATIENT FIRST
X-RAY OF THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN
VENTRICULOGRAPHY
HURD DISSECTOR AND PILLAR RETRACTOR IS USED FOR WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY
ENT - T&A
IDENTIFY UTERINE DILATOR
HANK
MAXIMUN WEIGHT FOR INSTRUMENT TRAY
25 POUNDS
MOST COMMON LASER
C02
IDENTIFY
GLASMAN VISCERA RETAINER (FISH)
LASER USED IN UROLOGY TO PERFORM LASER LITHOTRIPSY
HOLMIUM:YAG LASER
REQUIRED NUMBER OF AIR EXCHANGES PER HR IN THE OR
15 TO 25
CAST PADDING
WEBRIL
ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA
BACILLI
MICROORGANISMS USED AS BIOLOGICAL MONITOR FOR STEAM STERILIZATION
BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS
NONADHERENT DRESSING
ADAPTIC
IDENTIFY CATHETER ALSO KNOW AS A MUSHROOM CATHETER
PEZZER CATHETER
THE ONLY TRUE INDICATOR OF ITEM STERILITY
BIOLOGICAL - BI
NAME OF INCISON MADE FOR A SIMPLE OPEN NEPHRECTOMY
SUBCOSTAL FLANK
USED IN NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES TO DECREASE INTRACRANIAL PRESSUE
MANNITOL
IDENTIFY FORCEPS CAN BE USED IN NEUROSURGERY FOR PLACEMENT OF COTTONOIDS
BAYONET FORCEPS
STRUCTURES THAT ARE LIGATED AND DIVIDED DURING A CHOLECYSTECTOMY
CYSTIC ARTERY AND CYSTIC DUCT
LOCAL ANESTHESIA THAT PROVIDES THE SHOREST DURATION OF NUMBNESS
LIDOCAINE
MACHINE USED IN SPD THAT USES CAVITATION FOR CLEANING INSTRUMENTS
ULTRASONIC CLEANER
CONNECTS BONE TO BONE
LIGAMENTS
A JAVID SHUNT IS USED FOR WHAT SURGICAL PROCEDURE
CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
WHAT WOUND CLASSIFICATION WOULD BE ASSINGED TO A SURGERY IN WHICH THE BOWEL WAS ACCIDENTLY PERFORATED DURING THE PROCEDURE
CLASS III
BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR USED FOR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE GAS PLASMA
BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS
ANOTHER TERM FOR SECOND INTENTION, WHERE THE WOUND IS LEFT OPEN TO HEAL FROM THE BOTTOM UP
GRANULATION
WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM TM STAND FOR IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY SURGERY
TYMPANIC MEMBRANCE
IDENTIFY INSTRUMENT - USED TO CROSS-CLAMP THE INTESTINE DURING A BOWEL RESECTION (ATRAUMATIC CLAMP)
GALSSMAN INSTESTIONAL CLAMP
IDENTIFY SCISSORS - MOST LIKELY FOUND IN A BASIC HYSTERECTOMY SET
JORGENSON
IDENTIFY - USED FOR DRAPING OF AN EXTREMITY
STOCKINETTE
IDENTIFY RETRACTOR - SELF-RETAINING USED PRIMARILY IN MIDLINE ABDOMINAL INCISIONS
BALFOUR
CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TACHYCARDIA, RISING CORE BODY TEMPERATURE, AND RIGID MUSCLES, CAN BE TREATED WITH DANTROLENE
MH - MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
IDENTIFY SCISSORS - MAINLY USED IN ENT
BELLUCCI
IDENTIFY RETRACTOR - MAINLY USED FOR POSTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY
DAVIDSON SCAPULA
INSTRUMENT FINISH THAT IS BLACK CHROMIUM, ELIMINATES GLARE AND USED FOR LASER SURGERY
EBONY FINSIH