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Surgical First Assist
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health-sciences
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surgery
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which phase of healing begins within minutes of injury?
Inflammatory
Lobar
15x/hr with 3 exchanges of fresh air
Temporal
2. Normal adult range for sodium is...
Prevent pressure on the lower arm
136 - 145 mEq/L
Fibroblasts
Analgesic
3. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to...
Claw hand
PaCO2
Interrupted
Hypocalcemia
4. When removing anal warts with a laser - the rectum is packed with a wet sponge to...
Compression
Prevent escape of methane gas
Hypocalcemia
Iliac crest
5. What is not considered a permanent urinary diversion?
Sliding
Heparin
Nephrostomy
Direct
6. Increased WBC - bilirubin - alkaline phosphatase and positive blood culture would be associated with
Chemical burn
Armboards extended <90 - with palms facing up
Cholangitis
Dura
7. Cephalothin sodium (Keflin) is a/an
Kocher
Perpendicular to the long axis of the underlying muscle
Date of expiration
Antibiotic
8. What is the purpose for the surgical creation of an arteriovenous fistula?
Triangle of Calot
Capillarity
Hemodialysis
Hypovolemic shock
9. When establishing the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic procedures - the CO2 gas pressure is kept between
14 - 16 mmHg
The footplate of the stapes cannot move
Accessory
Flame-retardant
10. If the suture breaks and the remainder of the suture line stays intact - which suture technique was utitlized?
Heart failure
Interrupted
Uterosacral
Calcium chloride
11. The wound classification of a thoracotomy is...
Clean-contaminated wound
Hyaluronidase
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
Rectal inury
12. The most common skin cancer is...
Hypothalamus
Basal cell carcinoma
Brachiocephalic - left common carotid - left subclavian
Procedure is complete
13. The gelantinous substance within an intervertebral disc is called the
Antibiotic
Meibomian gland
Nucleus pulposus
Fungi
14. The structure that bind the small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall is the
Mesentery
Coronal
Improve wound visibility
Subscapularis
15. Which artery is susceptible to injury during a cholesycstecomy?
Tachyphylaxis
Radical keratotomy
Subclavian
Right hepatic
16. Heat loss from the body occurs by all the following methods except
Sinuses of Valsalva
Pds
Dehiscence
Condensation
17. What is the nourishing coat of the eyeball that consists mainly of blood vessels?
Aqueduct of Sylvius
Choroid
Arch bars
Transverse ligament
18. Which disorders are characteriezed by compression of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendon near the radial styloid process?
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19. What blood componenets are essential in clot formation?
4.6 - 8.0
Nephrostomy
Heparin
Platelets
20. During a laparoscopic hernia repair - stapling is avoided in the triangular area inferior to the internal inguinal ring called
4-8L/minute
Triangle of doom
Internal iliac artery
Hypothyroidism - tetany - hoarseness
21. The trendelengurg position would be most appropriate for which procedure?
The space of riolan
Meibomian gland
Total abdominal hysterectomy
3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L
22. Which of the following veins drains the intracranial venous sinuses to veins on the outside of the skull?
3 minutes
Emissary
Bradycardia
Platelets
23. Which types of fractures is at the greatest risk for infection?
Open
Herniation
Portal vein
Fibroblasts
24. Which muscle is an important anatomical landmark in fractures of the forearm?
Contamination
C2
Talus
Pronator teres
25. Intraoperative fluid and electroyte imbalance are affected by
Chemoreceptor
Saphenous vein and internal mammary artery
Abduction of the shoulder
Blood loss - fluid shifts and replacements
26. The usual location of a Meckel's diverticulum is...
Cuboid bone
Approx. 2 feet from the ileocecal valve
Obturator
Gynecologic
27. Which wound complication would require immediate surgery?
Rupture
Clostridium perfringens
Evisceration
Improve wound visibility
28. Which vein - in addition to the gonadal and lumbar - should be clamped and ligated when performing a left kidney procurement?
Hepatic artery
Fifth
Hepatic artery
Adrenal
29. Dextran is used parenterally to...
Renal
Expand blood plasma volume
Rugae
Ovary
30. What is a measurement of the pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood?
Mitral valve
PaCO2
Infraumbilical
Smith's
31. The point of seperation between the posterior rectus sheath superiorly and absence of the sheath inferiorly is called the
3 months
Between the external and internal anal sphincters
Antibiotic
Arcuate line
32. A hernia through Which bowel or omentum extends and cannot be returned to its normal position through manipulation is referred to as a/an
Transverse ligament
Nonabsorbable suture on a cutting needle
Incarcerated hernia
Myocardial ischemia
33. According to the Mallampati classification of preoperatively assessing airway adequacy for intubation purposes What is Class III?
Thoracoabdominal
Only the base of the uvula can be visualized
Hold everyone legally responsible for their hown negligent acts
the right atrium to the right ventricle
34. The lateral ventricles within the cerebral hemisphere communicate with the third ventricle through the opening called
Epidural hematoma
Foramen of Monro
Nerves of latarjet
Hypothyroidism - tetany - hoarseness
35. When performing a radical cystectomy with ileal conduit - Which is an alternative patient position that a surgeon may prefer?
Isthmus
Low lithotomy
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal
Prevent pressure on the lower arm
36. Blood passes through the bicuspid (mitral) valve when it flows from...
Armboards extended <90 - with palms facing up
Long thoracic
the right atrium to the right ventricle
Nucleus pulposus
37. When performing an inguinal hernia repair and incising the external oblique muscle - the sensory nerve that innervates the scrotum and must be preserved is the
Vasodilation
Ilioinguinal
Not removed
Round
38. Extrauterine disease of the female reproductive system may utilize the following lasers via a colposcope or laparoscope
Co2 - nd:yag - argon
ACL
Hold everyone legally responsible for their hown negligent acts
Accessory
39. The series of arcades along the mesenteric border thorughout the length of the colon is called the
Splenic - superior mesenteric
Margical artery of drummond
Interrupted
Gallbladder infundibulum
40. When positioning a patient for a gnecological procedure involving the candy cane stirrups - the surgical assistant is deliverate in avoiding pressure on the laterl aspect of the patient's knee to prevent injury to which nerve?
Peroneal
Sutures should be placed in deep tissue to prevent hematoma
Nonabsorbable suture on a cutting needle
Kraske
41. Epinephrine should be used in this situation
Anaphylaxis
Rectus muscle
Acetylcholine chloride
Iliac fossa
42. A needle biopsy of the lung may be accomplished with a
Chiba
Diaphragm
Temporal
15x/hr with 3 exchanges of fresh air
43. When performing a tympanoplasty - the graft is secured to the oval window when
Thymus - ascending aorta - lymph nodes
Pds
Anterior capsule is reattached to rim of the glenoid
The footplate of the stapes cannot move
44. A broad spectrum bactericidal antibiotic that interferes with synthesis of the cell wall and has a chemical structure similar to the penicillins is...
Cefazolin
Permission is signed by two consulting physicians
Cardiac arrhythmias
Preserving clotting ability
45. Removal of devitalized tissue is...
Winged scapula
Hypovolemic shock
Golgi complex
Debridement
46. The three structures that form the anatomical triangle of Calot are...
Mastoid bone
Portal vein
Rectum
Cystic duct - common hepatic duct - lower edge of the liver
47. At what point does the external iliac artery become the femoral artery?
At the location of the inguinal ligament
Only the base of the uvula can be visualized
Transversalis fascia
Prevent escape of methane gas
48. General and regional anesthesia contribute to body heat loss by causing
Subcuticular stitch
Gastroduodenal
Vasodilation
Peripheral vascular disease
49. A stagnorn stone is one that lodges and continues to grow int he
Glenoid labrum
Abdominal aorta
Peripheral vascular disease
Renal calyx
50. What is the amount of time that heparin is systemically distributed in the adult?
Ampulla of vater
Trisegmentectomy
Middle cerebral
3 minutes