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51 Cards in this Set
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Bard-Parker Scalpel Handle - handle sizes come in #3, 4 and 7 - handle sizes #3 and 7 are used for small animals and with blade sizes 15 and smaller - handle size #4 is used for large animals and with blade sizes 20 and larger |
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Scalpel Blades - blades tend to be disposable |
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Hemostatic Forceps |
- various types of grasping patterns and jaw serrations - come in different sizes and straight or curved - hold and retract blood vessels - most widely used instrument - characterized by having rachet, ring end, and box lock |
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Halstead Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps - used to stop or secure hemostasis of delicate tissue |
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Kelly Hemostatic Forceps - used to clamp bleeding vessels - serrations go 1/2 way |
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Crile Hemostatic Forceps - secure temporary hemostasis in deep anatomy |
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Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps - less traumatic - clamp intestines, bowel, or large vessels |
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Rochester-Pean Hemostatic Forceps clamp large vessels - very traumatic |
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Needle Holders |
- used to grab and hold suture - some can cut suture material - aka "needle driver" |
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Olsen-Hegar Needle Holders - able to cut suture - one side is grabber, other side is scissors |
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Mayo-Hegar Needle Holders - can't cut suture - have ridge |
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Scissors |
- used to cut or snip through tissue, to separate tissue, or to cut suture material and wire - available in all sizes, lengths, and weights - classified by type of point, shape of blade, or cutting edge |
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Standard Scissors - can cut suture - can be used to cut patient drape - can be sharp/sharp, blunt/blunt, or sharp/blunt |
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Mayo Dissecting/Operating Scissors - cut patient drape and dissect tissue - big, fat, and chunky |
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Metzenbaum Scissors -used only on fine tissues and vessels |
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Littauer Suture Removal Scissors - remove sutures |
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Wire Cutting Scissors - very traumatic - not used on tissue - only used to cut cerclage wire or wire sutures |
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Stapler Remover - removes staples |
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Lister Bandage Removal Scissors - cut through bandage material - always have blunted end |
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Thumb Forceps |
- similar to tweezers - various types of jaw patterns - used to grab tissue or dressings - provide minimal tissue damage when used correctly |
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Brown-Adson Thumb Forceps - grab superficial, delicate tissue |
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Rat Tooth Thumb Forceps - used to grab superficial tissue |
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Cooey and Debackey Forceps - used to grab soft and bony tissue |
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Tissue Forceps |
- same functions as hemostats |
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Allis Tissue Forceps - can hold sponges - holds body wall |
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Babcock Tissue Forceps - atraumatic - clamp stomach, intestines, and bladder |
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Doyen Intestinal Tissue Forceps - hold intestines |
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Backhaus Towel Clamps - attach drape material - used to hold articles together - some are atraumatic, others are traumatic |
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Roeder Towel Clamp - attach to drape material |
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Retractors |
-used to pull apart edges of incised tissue - helps surgeon visualize better - either hand-held or self-retained - hand-held retractors have several disadvantages: 1) need scrub nurse tech or assistant 2) if patient is small, retractor may interfere |
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Gelpi Retractors - self-retained - used in orthopedic surgeries |
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Weitlaners - self-retained - primarily used for spinal muscle retraction |
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Balfour Retractors - self-retained - used to spread wide things i.e. abdominal cavity |
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Finochietto Rib Spreader - self-retained - spreads ribs |
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Senn Retractors - hand-held - used to retract fascia and muscle tissue |
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Volkmann Rake Retractor - hand-held - retract superficial tissue |
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Snook Spay Hook - used to find uterus and uterine horns during spay |
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Poole Suction Tip - multiple holes for large amounts of fluid |
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Punch Biopsy - goes into skin to get sample |
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Allilgator Forceps - good for hard to reach places |
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Orthopedic Tools |
- used for repairs and assist in the approach - bone clamps are designed to prevent crushing of bone when reducing a fracture |
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Rongeurs - used to bite into bones and remove chunks |
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Gigli Wire and Handles - used as hand saw to cut and chisel bone - used to dehorn cattle |
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Curette - helps clean out bone - used to get bone marrow samples |
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Mallet - used with osteotome to break or chisel bone |
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Osteotome - used with mallet to break or chisel bone |
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Mouth Speculum |
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Extractors
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Root Elevators |
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Dental Curette |
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Hand Scalers |