Final Exam

Question 1

What are the drug administration routes?

Answer 1

Parenteral (by injection)
Oral (by mouth)
Topical (on the surface)

Question 2

What is MAC

Answer 2

Monitored anesthesia care during regional anesthesia
No intubation
PT is conscious

Question 3

Slander

Answer 3

Spoken defamation

Question 4

What is respondant superior?

Answer 4

Let the master respond

Question 5

Difference between marcaine and lidocaine?

Answer 5

Marcaine long duration

Lidocaine shirt duratuon

Question 6

Who obtains the surgical informed consent?

Answer 6

The surgeon

Question 7

This organization’s primary purpose is ensuring that ST’s have the knowledge and skills to administer pt care.

Answer 7

AST (Association of Surgical Technologists)

Question 8

Sodium Chloride

Answer 8

Most common

Isotonic

Question 9

AST

Answer 9

Association of Surgical Technologists

Question 10

Which member of the sx team is responsible for protecting an unsplinted fracture during positioning?

Answer 10

The surgeon

Question 11

What is whole blood?

Answer 11

Contains serum and blood cells plus anticoagulant and preservatives.
Used during loss of blood

Question 12

What is the reversal to Succinocholine

Answer 12

Dantrolene

Question 13

What is the primary responsibility of the first scrub during cardiac arrest in the OR?

Answer 13

Protect the sterile field

Question 14

What are the phases of general anesthesia

Answer 14

Induction, maintenance, emergence, recovery.

Question 15

Dextrose

Answer 15

For PT’s who need easily metabolized calories. It’s a natural sugar

Question 16

What must be verified by the pt prior to transporting them to the OR?

Answer 16

Name, DOB, physician

Question 17

What is BSS?

Answer 17

Balanced salt solution used for irrigation during eye surgery

Question 18

What are some common induction agents?

Answer 18

Propofol
Fentanyl
Pentathal

Question 19

What is a Bier block

Answer 19

Exsanguination of a limb to create a bloodless field

Question 20

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 20

movement of a drug through the body

Question 21

Platelets

Answer 21

Contain coagulation factors, red blood cells, and white blood cells.
When pt has clotting issues

Question 22

What are the oral routes?

Answer 22

Ingestion - swallowing
Buccal - by cheek
Sublingual - below tongue

Question 23

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 23

changes in the body as a result of a drug

Question 24

Lactated Ringers

Answer 24

Salt solution used to replenish electrolytes

Question 25

What microorganisms are being removed in the surgical scrub?

Answer 25

Transient

Question 26

The pt is never positioned until

Answer 26

Anesthesia provider gives permission

Question 27

What is malpractice

Answer 27

Negligence committed by a professional. Involved intent.

Question 28

Common IV Fluids

Answer 28

Sodium Chloride Dextrose Lactated Ringers

Question 29

Libel

Answer 29

Defamation in writing

Question 30

What is a common paralytic (neuromuscular blocker)

Answer 30

Succinocholine | Anextine

Question 31

What is regional anesthesia

Answer 31

Provides reversible loss of sensation in a specific area of the body without affecting consciousness

Question 32

What are the local anesthetica

Answer 32

Marcaine and lidocaine

Question 33

Red blood cells

Answer 33

Contains red blood cells and a small amount of plasma and preservative Used when pt is anemic/has deficiency

Question 34

Which team member determines when the pt can be transported to the PACU?

Answer 34

Anesthesia provider

Question 35

What are the parenteral routes?

Answer 35

Intravenous - into the vein Intraosseous - into the bone marrow Intramuscular - into the muscle Subcutaneous - into the connective tissue Intradermal - between the dermis and epidermis Intraspinal - into the subarachnoid or epidural space Intraperitoneal - into the peritoneal cavity

Question 36

Which legal principle applies when the pt is given the wrong dose of a local anesthetic

Answer 36

Res ispa loquitor

Question 37

What is spinal anesthesia?

Answer 37

Injection of anesthetic into the intrathecal or sub arachnoid space

Question 38

AORN

Answer 38

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Question 39

A narcotic analgesic

Answer 39

Demeral

Question 40

What is negligence?

Answer 40

Does not involve intent

Question 41

CST

Answer 41

Certified Surgical Technologist

Question 42

Washed red blood cells

Answer 42

They have been washed to remove the plasma and I administered to patients who are hypersensitive to blood

Question 43

How many people to transfer a pt?

Answer 43

4. 6 if obese

Question 44

What are the topical routes?

Answer 44

``` Instillation - drops in the eye Transdermal - through a skin patch Rectal - Rectal mucous Vaginal - vaginal mucous Nasal - nose Inhalant - inhaled ```

Question 45

A general consent form authorizes what?

Answer 45

Routine medical treatment

Question 46

What is a tort?

Answer 46

A civil wrongdoing

Question 47

What procedure should be followed for securing consent for sx for an unconscious pt requiring emergency surgery whose family members or guardian cannot be contacted?

Answer 47

Two consulting physicians must agree

Question 48

Fresh frozen plasma

Answer 48

Contains normal amounts of coagulation factors. | Used in patients who have clotting ussues