OT / OR Flashcards
Who is a Resident?
Residents are doctors who have completed medical school.
Residents are training in a surgical specialty.
Surgical residency lasts at least five years and sometimes longer. Residents in their first year of training are called interns.
Surgical residents care for patients under the guidance of an attending surgeon.
Residents are always supervised and are allowed to do more as they gain experience through training.
What is HEPA?
High efficiency particulate air filter
Who is a Fellow?
A surgical fellow is defined as a surgeon who has completed their residency and wishes to carry on learning in a specific area. During a fellowship, physicians are referred to as “fellows”. Once the program is complete, fellows no longer require supervision to practice medicine in their sub-specialty. These programs are reserved for the top doctoral graduates, so it is widely considered an honor to be offered a fellowship.
What are the Peritoneum, Mesentery, Omentum?
What is a Trochar?
a sharp-pointed surgical instrument fitted with a cannula and used especially to insert the cannula into a body cavity as a drainage outlet
What is a Nathanson retractor
stainless steel, these are thin and strong to be inserted through a small incision made by a trocar. This liver retractor will help evenly distribute weight to ensure the safety and protection of the liver.
What is a Foley catheter
An indwelling urinary catheter is inserted in the same way as an intermittent catheter, but the catheter is left in place. The catheter is held in the bladder by a water-filled balloon, which prevents it falling out. These types of catheters are often known as Foley catheters.
What is an orogastric tube?
Nasogastric (NG) tubes or Orogastric (OG) tubes are small tubes placed either through the nose or the mouth and end with the tip in the stomach. NG/OG tubes may be used for feedings, medication administration, or removal of contents from the stomach via aspiration, suction, or gravity drainage. Indications.
What is Marcaine?
(Pharmacological name: Bupivacaine
Brand name: Marcaine)
Indicated for the production of local or regional anesthesia or analgesia for surgery
A Veress Needle is used to create…
a pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic procedures.
What is the water drop / hanging drop test?
Few drops of saline should be poured over the Veress needle and the abdominal wall should be lifted slightly if the tip of the Veress needle is inside the abdominal cavity the hanging drop should be sucked inside because, inside the abdomen, there is negative pressure.
