Chapter One Flashcards
(28 cards)
Which of the following terms is used to describe surgical intervention that does not have to be performed immediately or within a short period of time, for example, a torn meniscus repair?
Elective
Which of the following historical figures is considered the father of modern anatomy and changed the traditional approach to anatomical studies?
Vesalius
Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine?
Roentgen
How many phases of surgical case management are there?
3
Which of the following surgical team members would be primarily responsible for maintaining the patient’s operative record and transporting the patient to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)?
Circulating RN
Which of the following surgical team members would be responsible for separating instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the postoperative phase?
CST
Which organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificates?
NBSTSA
Which of the following symbols on the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) logo represents the surgical technologist performing various roles in surgery?
Black/Blue Triangle
In or by which of the four components of communication would “decoding” take place?
Receiver
Which example of nonverbal body language might a patient perceive as a negative attitude from a team member?
Tightly Folded Arms
Which term describes the surgical technologist’s foundational commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment, cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical patient care?
Surgical Conscience
Which department would provide services for repair of broken equipment or to do routine preventive checks?
Maintenance and Biomed
Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery first developed techniques for surgical antisepsis?
Lister
After which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and the United States begin to train and employ allied health professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery?
World War II
Which term describes the relationship between the certified surgical technologist (CST) and the other members of the surgical team in the OR?
Professional
Which of the following behaviors would NOT be considered an example of “workplace violence”?
Yielding to others’ viewpoint
According to the AST position statement on teamwork, which type of environment contributes most to a safe and efficient surgical experience with positive patient outcomes?
Collaborative
Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery performed the first heart transplant in the United States?
Cooley
Which of the following pioneers of medicine invented the smallpox vaccine?
Jenner
Which of the following surgical team members is a nonphysician who has acquired additional knowledge and experience and obtained an appropriate surgical assistant credential?
SFA
The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are applied to:
AST Recommended Clinical Ladder
A CST who attempts to work and cooperate with others to reach a solution is exhibiting which of the following conflict resolution behaviors?
Collaborating
Which of the following principles of surgical conscience discusses the avoidance of unnecessary waste?
Cost Consciousness
Which of the following departments would provide pre-, intra-, and postoperative pathological studies?
Pathology
