Perioperative Care

Question 1

Difference between elective surgery and acute surgery?

Answer 1

ELECTIVE = Planned
ACUTE = Immediate/emergency

Question 2

What does “PERIOPERATIVE” mean?

Answer 2

Means the whole continuum of care throughout surgery from start to end.

Question 3

What does “Postoperative” mean?

Answer 3

After surgery

Question 4

What does “Intraoperative” mean?

Answer 4

During surgery

Question 5

What does “Preoperative” mean?

Answer 5

Before surgery

Question 6

What does “DIAGNOSTIC surgery mean?

Answer 6

-Means to provide a diagnosis
-to improve quality of life

Question 7

What does “Cosmetic” surgery mean?

Answer 7

Alter physical appearance, reconstruction surgery. Plastic surgery e.g repairing a burn or scar

Question 8

What does “Palliative” surgery mean?

Answer 8

Cannot cure the person. Without cure; To improve quality of life or cutting a nerve root to reduce pain

Question 9

Body root words:

1: Carp/o
2: Faci/o
3: Mast/o
4: Phall/o
5: Dors/i/o
6: Blepher/o
7: Or/o
8: ot/o
9: Thorac/o
10: Rhin/o
11: Tarso

Answer 9

1: wrist
2: face
3: breast
4: penis
5: Back
6: head
7: eyelid
8: mouth
9: Ear
10: chest
11: Mouth

Question 10

Surgical methods

Answer 10

Microsurgery & Minimal invasive surgery

Question 11

What does “ Anastomosis” mean?

Answer 11

The joining of two ends. The connection of two disconnected parts

Question 12

Components of General Anesthesia

Answer 12

1: unconsciousness (Hypnosis)
2: Analgesia (Areflexia) - without pain or without reflex
3: muscle relaxation - ventilated because cannot breathe by themselves

Question 13

Types of Anaethesia/Anaesthetics

Answer 13

1: General anaesthetic
2: Local Anaesthetic
- Regional
- Including spinal and epidural (not feel anything from waist down)
3: Sedation

Question 14

Patient positioning: SUPINE

Answer 14

Lying flat with chest up

Question 15

Patient positioning: PRONE

Answer 15

Lying flat with chest facing down and back up

Question 16

Patient positioning: LITHOTOMY

Answer 16

Lying on back with knees positioned above hips and spread apart

Question 17

NBM

Answer 17

Nil by mouth

Question 18

What is ANESTHESIA?

Answer 18

Partial or complete loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness as result of disease, injury, or administration of an anaesthetic agent, usually by injection or inhalation

Question 19

Patient positions

Answer 19

Supine
Prone
Lithotomy
Traction
Lateral
Trendelendberg
Reverse trendelenberg
Side tilt
Beach chair

Question 20

Lateral position

Answer 20

Lying on side