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Atelectasis
Collapse of the air sacs.
Circulating Nurse
Coordinates activities and manages client care by continually assessing client safety, aseptic practice, and the environment (e.g., temperature, humidity, and lighting); with the scrub nurse, is responsible for accounting for all sponges, needles, and instruments at the close of surgery.
Closed-wound Drainage System
Consists of a drain connected to either an electric suction or a portable drainage suction.
Conscious Sedation
A minimal depression of level of consciousness during which the client retains the ability to consciously maintain a patent airway and respond appropriately to verbal and physical stimuli.
Elective Surgery
Performed when surgical intervention is the preferred treatment for a condition that is not imminently life threatening or to improve the clients life.
Emboli/Embolus
A blood clot (or substance such as air) that has moved from its place of origin and is causing obstruction to circulation elsewhere.
Emergency Surgery
Surgery that is performed immediately to preserve function or the life of the client.
Epidural Anesthesia
The injection of an anesthetic agent into the epidural space.
General Anesthesia
The induced loss of all sensation and consciousness.
Intraoperative Phase
The phase of surgery that begins when the client is transferred to the operating room and ends when the client is admitted to the postanesthesia care unit.
Local Anesthesia
An anesthetic agent used for minor surgical procedures that is injected into a specific area.
Major Surgery
Surgery that involves a high degree of risk for a variety or reasons; it may be complicated or prolonged; large losses of hood may occur; vital organs may be involved; postoperative complications may occur.
Minor Surgery
Surgery that involves little risk, produces few complications, and is often performed in a "day surgery" facility.
Nerve Block
Chemical interruption of a nerve pathway effected by injecting a local anesthetic.
Penrose Drain
A flat, thin, rubber tube inserted into a wound to allow for fluid to flow from the wound; it has an open end that drains onto a dressing.
Peridural Anesthesia
Is an injection of an anesthetic agent into the epidural space.
Perioperative Period
Refers to the three phases of surgery; preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative.
Postoperative Phase
The period of surgery that begins with the admission of the client to the postanesthesia area and ends when healing is complete.
Preoperative Phase
The period of surgery that begins when the decision for surgery has been made and and ends when the client is transferred to the operating bed.
Regional Anesthesia
The temporary interruption of the transmission of nerve impulses to and from a specific area or region of the body; the client loses sensation in an area of the body but remains conscious.
Scrub Person
Usually UAP but can be a RN or LPN, assists the surgeon by draping the client with sterile drapes and handling sterile intruments and supplies; with the circulating nurse, is responsible for accounting for all sponges, needles, and instruments at the close of surgery.
Spinal Anesthesia
Anesthesia produced by injecting an anesthetic agent into the subarachnoid space surrounding the spinal cord; also referred to as subarachnoid block.
SAB - Subarachnoid Block
Anesthesia produced by injecting an anesthetic agent into the subarachnoid space surrounding the spinal cord.
Surface Anesthesia
Applied directly to the skin and mucous membrabes, open skin surfaces, wounds, and burns.
Suture
A thread used to sew body tissues together.
Thrombophlebitis
Inflammation of a vein followed by formation of a blood clot.
Thrombus/Thrombi
A solid mass of blood constituents in the circulatory system; a clot.
Tissue Perfusion
Passage of fluid (e.g., blood) through a specific organ or body part.
Topical Anesthesia
Applied directly to the skin and mucous membrabes, open skin surfaces, wounds, and burns.