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Surgical instruments Flashcards

1
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2 types of needle drivers

A

Mayo

Webster

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2
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scalpel used for skin incisions

A

10 blade

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3
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scalpel used to open vessels and make stab incisions

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11 blade

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4
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scalpel used for small, precise incisions

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15 blade

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5
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scalpel similar to #10 blade but larger

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20 blade

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6
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What size is the scalpel handle?

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7
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Scissors: multi-purpose workhorse with blunt rounded tips

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Mayo scissors

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8
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Straight mayo

A

“Suture scissors”
Cut suture, superficial
tissues, fascia

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9
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Curved mayo

A

Cut tendons, ligaments,

muscle, heavy tissue

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10
Q

Metzenbaum scissors

A 
“Metz”
Straight or curved
Variety of lengths
Used for blunt dissection or cutting delicate tissues
Generally NOT for suture
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11
Q

Bandage scissors/ trauma shears are used to ______

A

but heavy non-tissue materials

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12
Q

Used to grasp, hold firmly or exert

traction upon tissue or material

A

Forceps

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13
Q

Pickups aka

A

thumb forceps

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14
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Clamps aka

A

locking forceps

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15
Q

4 kinds of thumb forceps

A

DeBakey Forceps
Adson Forceps
Tissue Forceps with teeth
Russian Forceps

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16
Q

Types of Locking Forceps

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Mosquito Forceps
Hemostat (Crile forceps)
Kelly Forceps
Tonsil Forceps
Right Angle Forceps
Ring Forceps
Babcock Forceps
Kocher Forceps
Rochester Peon Clamp
Allis Forceps
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17
Q

Forceps which have a finer tip than a hemostat

A

Mosquito forceps

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18
Q

Uses for mosquito forceps

A

Clamp vessels

Grasp bleeding tissue Suture to ligate vessel

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19
Q

Crile forceps aka

A

Hemostat
“Stat”
“Snap”
“Tag”

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20
Q

Uses for a hemostat

A

Clamp vessels
Grasp bleeding tissue
Suture to ligate vessel

21
Q

A larger hemostat

A

Kelly forceps

22
Q

Uses for kelly forceps

A

Clamping large blood
vessels
Manipulating heavy tissue
Soft tissue dissection

23
Q

Uses for tonsil forceps

A

Passing ties
As a dissector when adding sponge ball to tips
Tunneling for drain
placement

24
Q

Uses for right angle forceps

A

Clamp hard-to -reach vessels and to place sutures behind
or around a vessel
“Tie on a passer“ – right
angle with tie clamped in the tip

25
Q

Ring forceps aka

A

sponge forceps

sponge stick

26
Q

Uses for ring forceps

A

Folded sponge in jaws to retract tissue and absorb fluids in the surgical field
Tissue removal

27
Q

Babcock forceps aka

A

Tissue holding forceps

28
Q

Babcock forceps are used for

A

Hold tubular organs, stomach, bladder, appendix

29
Q

Kocher forceps uses

A

trauma: hemostasis, hold touch cartilage or ribs during rib resection

30
Q

A large kelly is called a

A

Rochester Peon Clamp

31
Q

Uses for a rochester peon clamp

A

traumatic
mesenteric hemostasis
chest tube insertion

32
Q

Uses for allis forceps

A

Traumatic
hold tough structures
grasp tissue that will be removed

33
Q

Uses for penetrating towel clamps

A

traumatic
clamp towels together
Clamp tissue for manipulation and removal

34
Q

Uses for non-penetrating towel clamps

A

Clamp drapes, towels
together
Clamp items to drapes

35
Q

Caution with penetrating towel clamps

A

will pierce drapes, gloves, fingers!

36
Q

2 types of self-retaining retractors

A

Weitlaner (sharp or dull tips)

Gelpi

37
Q

A shallow, superficial retractors (2)

A

Army navy retractor

Goulet retractor

38
Q

Richardson retractions aka

A

“Big Rich”, “Baby Rich”

Used to retract various
tissues

39
Q

Retractors often used in abdomen and chest

A

Malleable/Ribbon Retractors

40
Q

Retractor used in deep incisions

A

Dever

41
Q

Used for elevating subcutaneous

tissue, broad surfaces and edges

A

Rakes

42
Q

“Bovie”

A

Electrosurgery used to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or destroy tissue

Monopolar or bipolar

43
Q

To irrigate by “washout”

A

pitcher pour

44
Q

To irrigate wounds or wet hands for suture tying

A

bulb syringe

45
Q

General multi-purpose suction tip

A

Yankauer

46
Q

suction good for large volume

A

Poole

47
Q

very fine suction tip

A

Frazier

48
Q

Allows for suction and
irrigation from the same
instrument

A

Suction-irrigator

49
Q

Sponges aka

A

Laps

RayTecs

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