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67 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following historical figures is considered the father of modern anatomy and changed the traditional approach to anatomical studies |
Vesalius |
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How many phases of surgical case management are there |
3 |
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Which of the following surgical team members would be responsible for separating instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the post-operative phase |
CST |
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A private surgical technologist is usually employed by which of the following |
Surgeon or Physician Group |
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Which term describes the relationship between the certified surgical technologist and the members of the surgical team the O.R |
Professional |
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Which term describes the surgical technologists foundational commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality comma fair treatment, Cost Containment coma and attention to the highest level of surgical patient care? |
Surgical conscience |
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Which acronym represents an organization that serves as both an insurer and provider of Medical Services |
HMO - health maintenance organization |
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What type of professional would have do or DPM after his or her name |
Dr. |
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Through which hospital department or committee would the certified surgical first assistant CSFA submit a request for privileges to work in the operating room |
Medical staff |
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What does the acronym drg stand for in the hospital setting |
Diagnosis-related groups |
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The federal government insurance programs under the general heading of CMS include |
Medicare part A, Medicare Part B, and Medicaid |
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When in ARC /STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology program to verify and clarify records and annual reporting information to whom does he should submit the findings? |
CAAHEP- committee on accreditation of Allied Health education programs |
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Which of the following membership organizations would the circulating RN in the operating room likely join as a member |
AORN - association of registered nurses |
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The CST and csfa credentials are registered trademarks of which organization |
Nbstsa- national board of surgical technology and surgical assisting |
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The hospital's infection control nurse will report any suspicion of rare are mysterious infectious diseases to which governmental |
CDC - center for disease control |
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Which organization would employees of the Central Sterile Processing Department likely join as members |
IAHCSMM- International Association of Healthcare Central service material management |
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A medical device or surgical piece of equipment that has failed would have to be taken out of service and any patient injury reported to which of the following agencies |
FDA- Food and Drug Administration |
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Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery for developed techniques for surgical antisepsis |
Lister |
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Which specialist would likely have privileges to surgically treat diseases of the breast, hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal systems and thyroid gland? |
General surgeon |
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After which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and the United States begin to train and employed Allied health professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery |
World War 2 |
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Which national membership organizations House of delegates proposed the creation of the association of operating room technicians AORT in 1969 |
Aorn |
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A special consent form would be required for which of the following situations during a hospital admission |
Surgical procedure |
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Which member of the surgical team is ultimately responsible for obtaining a written informed surgical consent from a patient |
Surgeon |
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In 2004 which of the following agencies created the do not use abbreviation list |
The Joint Commission (JC) |
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Which of the following pertains to a patient's wishes about medical treatment and self-determination in the event of incapacitation or inability to communicate |
Advance directive |
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All of the following carry the force of state or national league enforcement except |
Implementation of the neutral zone |
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The most common types of patient care errors committed by operating room Personnel including negligence and malpractice are characterized as |
Unintentional torts |
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Which of the following terms describes the principles such as benevolence trustworthiness and honesty for the care and well-being of others and Society |
Morals |
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The legal term that identifies the knowledge and skills required for a profession and describe a health care providers core accountability based on education experience and credentialing is |
Scope of practice |
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Verification that educational programs meet minimum accreditation standards is done by |
CAAHEP |
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Which legal Doctrine would be most applicable in a case involving failure by the RN and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found not liable |
Doctrine of borrowed servant |
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Which legal Doctrine would be most applicable in a case involving injury to a patient as a result of hospital employees lack of proper training or credentialing |
Doctrine of corporate negligence |
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Which type of legal action is most likely in cases involving tort law and operating room personnel |
Civil |
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If a patient suffered a burn as a result of improper application of the ESU dispersive pad the individual team member responsible may be found guilty in a lawsuit of which of the following |
Negligence |
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Which of the following terms meets the following definition a voluntary and informed act in which one party gets permission to another party to touch |
Consent |
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For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe conditions and Hazards most critical |
Risk management |
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Which of the following is not one of the five stages of grief |
Repression |
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Which of the following terms represents a positive physical and psychological state of a patient |
Eustress |
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The following are forms of advance directive |
Do not resuscitate, durable power of attorney, donation after cardiac death |
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Maslow's research produced a hierarchical structure of |
Human progression |
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For what type of research was Sister Castillo Roy best known |
Adaptation model |
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Which of the following levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is the Pinnacle and can be accomplished only when all other needs are met |
Self-actualization |
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Which organs or tissues can be recovered after death or after a patient has already been removed from life support |
Bone |
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Which of the following procedures would be surgical treatment for an elderly patients psychological dissatisfaction with his or her appearance |
Blephatoplasty and whytidectomy |
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Which area of concern or fear would most likely be the main focus for a teenage patient having surgery |
Body image |
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Which of the following conditions was defined by the Harvard school of medicine and include the following physical signs flat EEG, unresponsiveness, lowered body temperature, and absent pupil reflexes |
Whole brain death |
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What type of life support treatment would be considered ultimately foot tall and its benefits far outweigh by the financial and emotional burden suffered by the family and Health Care |
Extraordinary |
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A terminally ill patient whose advance directive is to refuse any life-saving efforts by health care workers is choosing which type of euthanasia |
Passive |
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What is a normal human emotion that surgical team members may feel for their patients but most not interfere with their responsibility to maintain focus on their jobs particularly in all Hazard situations |
Empathy |
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A patient may be considered a candidate for donation after cardiac death DCd if his or her heart is predict predicted to cease functioning within what period of time after removal from mechanical support |
90 minutes |
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The death of a patient from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease would be characterized as which general category of cause of death |
Prolonged |
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Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of which body system |
Endocrine |
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In what way can the surgical technologist who is setting up his or her back table and Mayo that produces an 18 month old patient anxiety prior to induction of anesthesia |
Perform Roman duties of preparation of the sterile field giving as quiet as possible for induction |
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What is the number one cause of death in children ages 1 to 15 in the United States |
Accidents |
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A patient undergoing bariatric surgery may require extra time for general anesthetic reversal because anesthetic agents may be accumulated in and slowly eliminated from what type of tissue |
Adipose fat |
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Which of the following is a common response of pediatric patients to injury and may result in gastric dilation |
Hyperventilation |
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What other condition frequently suffered by obese patients and discovered intraoperatively may be treated surgically in conjunction with a bariatric procedure |
Cholelithiasis |
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What is the unusual cause of clavicular fracture of neonate during a vaginal delivery |
Shoulder dystocia |
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What is the chemical and physiological classification of insulin |
Hormone |
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Placement of a rolled sheet or pad to elevate a pregnant patients right head tilt in the operating room table to the left with slight Trendelenburg or both will shift the weight of the gravid uterus and relieve pressure from the |
Abdominal aorta and Vena caval |
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for which condition would a patient come into the operating room likely need an interpreter |
Down syndrome |
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All of the following National agencies have regulations or protocols for healthcare workers who may be exposed to the infectious disease in their work environment |
CDC, NIOSH,OSHA |
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What is the term for the mechanism of injury in a trauma patient that takes into account velocity of the enduring Force flexibility of the tissue and shape of the enduring Force |
Kinematics |
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Which level of Trauma Center designation can meet all the needs required for treating patients on a twenty-four-hour basis |
Level 1 |
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Physical forces of deceleration acceleration compression and shearing are factors in which type of injuries |
Blunt |
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During a surgical procedure on a pregnant patient the surgical technologist in the scrub room may be asked to palpate what area to detect possible contractions |
Gravid uterus |
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In which pediatric age group would all of the cranial facial sinuses be fully developed |
Adolescent |