Surgery Worksheet

Question 1

Exercise 1:
Questions 1-10: List of personnel who are working in a surgical room, Write S for Sterile or N for Nonsterile for each team member:

-Surgeon

Answer 1

S

Question 2

Circulator

Answer 2

N

Question 3

Radiographer

Answer 3

N

Question 4

Anesthesionlogist

Answer 4

N

Question 5

Surgical assistant

Answer 5

S

Question 6

physiciant’s assistant

Answer 6

S

Question 7

Monitoring technologist

Answer 7

N

Question 8

Scrub nurse

Answer 8

S

Question 9

Certified surgical technologist

Answer 9

S

Question 10

Certified registered nurse anesthetist

Answer 10

N

Question 11

Exercise 2 (11-35):
For any TRUE or FALSE questions, If answer is False, give explaination:

who is the nonsterile surgical team member responsible for monitoring and coordinating all activities within the OR, providing supplies to the CST during the surgical procedure, and managing the care of the patient?

Answer 11

-Scrub nurse

Question 12

During the surgical procedure, the _________ is responsible for monitoring physiologic functions, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, and performing blood replacements.

Answer 12

Anesthesia provider

Question 13

True or False. Street clothes should never be worn within seminrestricted areas of the surgical suite.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or false. it takes two people -a rat tech and a sterile team member - to place an image receptor (IR) into the sterile IR cover.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or false. the floor of the OR is always considered contaminated before a surgical procedure begins

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or false. A rad tech may touch only non-sterile items within the OR

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or false. items of doubtful sterility must be considered nonsterile

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or false. Sterile gowns are considered sterile in front from shoulder to the level of the knees

Answer 18

False; (Sterile gowns are considered sterile in front from the shoulder to the level of the sterile field.)

Question 19

True or false. the sleeves of gowns are considered to be sterile from the cuff to the shoulder

Answer 19

False (the sleeves of gowns are considered to be sterile from the cuff to the elbow

Question 20

True or false. Lifting sterile drapes on a table above table level compromises the sterile field

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or false. The rad tech should place sterile drapes over both ends of the C-arm before entering the OR

Answer 21

False (the C-arm should be convered with sterile drapes only after it is inside an OR.)

Question 22

True or false. when a mobile x-ray unit becomes contaminated, it should never be cleaned while still inside the OR

Answer 22

False (cleaning within the OR helps reduce the posibility of cross contamination

Question 23

During surgical procedures, the single most effective means of radiation protection is: _____

Answer 23

Distance

Question 24

All of the following provide optimum radiation protection during surgical procedure for the rad tech, except for:

Answer 24

-placing the tube side of the C-arm above the patient

Question 25

True or false. the rad tech should be the person who places sterile drapes over both ends of the C-arm

Answer 25

False (only a member of the sterile team can touch sterile supplies; the rad tech is not a member of the sterile team

Question 26

list the reasons operative cholangiography is performed:

Answer 26

a-To investigate the patency of the bile ducts and the functional status of the sphineter of the hepatopancreastic palpation

b-to reveal [cho coi, to ra] the presence of calcuti that cannot be detected by papation

c-to demonstrate such conditions as small intraluminal neoplasms and stricture or dilation of the ducts

Question 27

For the PA projection of the c-spine ACDF surgical procedure, the C-arm should be:

Answer 27

Angled 15 degrees cephalic

Question 28

Images of the hip during surgical fixation procedures must demonstrate from the lateral side of the_______ to the ______ to ensure the hardware did not enter the joint

Answer 28

Femure; acetabular rim

Question 29

True or false. When lining up the screw holes in the nail during a retrograde femoral nailing procedure, the hole should be imaged perfectly round and centered on the monitor.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

During a femoral nailing procedure, which surgical team member may manipulate the patient’s leg to align the screw holes in the C-arm image?

Answer 30

The surgeon

Question 31

True or false. When positioning the C-arm for imaging a tibial nail insertion, the C-arm should be tilted to match the angle of the affected leg.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

True or false. When positioining the C-arm for use during a transphenoidal resection of a pituitray tumor, the C-arm should be positioned for a lateral image

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or false. The femur and the tibia should be seen in the image after the subtraction technique is performed during temoral and tibial arteriography

Answer 33

False (the tibia and the femur should not be seen after substraction is performed

Question 34

True or false. When performing a radiograph of an extremity during surgical procedures to install reduction hardware, the rad tech should remove sterile draping from the affected extremity to ensure proper centering

Answer 34

False (the rad tech should never touch sterile draping overlying the surgical area

Question 35

Strike-through refers to:

Answer 35

-Mosture from a nonsterile surface soaking through to a sterile surface, causing bacteria to reach a sterile area