Quiz 1

Question 1

What is true for surgical suction

Answer 1

The suction tube should be in a sterile package
The suction could be mechanical or manual
The suction tube end connected to the suction tip should be kept sterile

Question 2

Which suction tip is best for abdominal fluid suction during surgery

Answer 2

Poole

Question 3

What surgical needle is most commonly used in veterinary surgery

Answer 3

Reverse cutting

Question 4

A re-breathing system…

Answer 4

Should be used on patients that weight 7kg or more
Uses less oxygen flow than a non-rebreathing system
Conserves heat and moisture

Question 5

What forceps are best for handling delicate lung tissue during surgery?

Answer 5

DeBakey

Question 6

When scrubbing in for a surgical procedure, which are considered the “dirtiest” areas?

Answer 6

Under the fingernails and the webbing between the fingers

Question 7

Which of the following is like a “melon baller” and is used to “scoop” out necrotic bone?

Answer 7

bone curette

Question 8

Which of the following forceps is best for intestinal surgery requiring an anastomosis?

Answer 8

Doyens

Question 9

What offers tissue security, and less compromise of blood supply when compared to the horizontal mattress pattern?

Answer 9

The interrupted vertical mattress pattern

Question 10

Open gloving would NOT be used for what procedure?

Answer 10

dog abdominal exploratory

Question 11

The sterile field for a surgical gown is…

Answer 11

• 2 inches above the elbow to the edge of the cuff

- the front of the chest to the level of the surgical table

Question 12

What is true for using the oxygen flush valve when the anesthesia machine is connect to an anesthesia patient using a partial rebreathing system?

Answer 12

It can dilute the anesthetic gas being delivered to the patient

• It can be dangerous for the patient by delivering 35 to 75 ml / minute of oxygen which can lead to alveolar rupture
• It can bypass the flow meter and vaporizer and deliver 100% oxygen

Question 13

What is not the responsibility of the circulating nurse?

Answer 13

To perform retraction during surgery

Question 14

What is true when handling a curved surgery needle

Answer 14

When placing suture material through the eye of the needle, the suture passes through the eye from the inside of the curve to the outside.

Question 15

Contamination of the sterile field that occurs through the passage of fluid through, or a puncture in, a microbial barrier is…

Answer 15

strike-through

Question 16

Before an anesthetic procedure occurs, the recommended minimum PSI in the E tank that require the tank to be switched out is…

Answer 16

500 PSI

Question 17

When planning the surgery schedule for the day, one should schedule…

Answer 17

the “cleanest” procedure first and progress with the “dirtiest” procedures last

Question 18

How often should a test for low-pressure leaks on an anesthetic system be performed?

Answer 18

before each use

Question 19

Which of the following biopsy instruments are most appropriate for bone?

Answer 19

Michele

Question 20

What is the maximum pressure you should deliver when manually ventilating a small animal anesthetic patient?

Answer 20

20 cm H20

Question 21

When should a charcoal canister in a passive scavenging anesthetic system be changed based on weight of the canister or the time in use?

Answer 21

At 50 grams of weight or 12 hours of use.

Question 22

Which of the following suture material has more ability to harbor bacterial contaminants?

Answer 22

regular Vicryl

Question 23

The absence of pathogenic microorganisms that cause infection is known as…

Answer 23

asepsis

Question 24

Why should PPE be worn when changing the carbon dioxide absorbent granules?

Answer 24

Inhalation of the dust is corrosive to mucous membranes

Question 25

Inhalation anesthetic agents commonly in use today will require what type of vaporizer?

Answer 25

precision vaporizer out of the circuit

Question 26

Which of the following needle holders have embedded scissors in the jaw

Answer 26

Olsen-Hegar

Question 27

Of the following, which of the types of DEAD SPACE, can we control and modify?

Answer 27

Mechanical

Question 28

Surgical wire…

Answer 28

• is usually made of stainless steel.
• increased gauge size means decreased thickness
• has little to no tissue reactivity

Question 29

Synthetic Suture…

Answer 29

if absorbable is done so by hydrolysis

Question 30

When Quarter Draping, what is the sequence of placing drapes?

Answer 30

close, caudal, cranial, far

Question 31

What does a subcuticular pattern placed at the skin margin superficial to the subcutaneous circumvent the need for?

Answer 31

External skin sutures.

Question 32

What has more knots which lead to the increased possibility of tissue reaction?

Answer 32

The simple interrupted pattern