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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is a measurement of the amount of bicarbonate in arterial blood?
HCO3
Tort
Basal cell carcinoma
Arrest
2. Which types of fractures is at the greatest risk for infection?
Marcaine
Open
Subclavian
Mastoid sinus - facial nerve
3. What is an abnormal activiated clotting time?
Sutures should be placed in deep tissue to prevent hematoma
More than 120 seconds
Bacteria
Radical vulvectomy
4. The structure that bind the small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall is the
Inferior to the rib
Mesentery
Subclavian
Mitral valve
5. The arterial branches of the celiac trunk
Intestinal obstruction - stump rupture - sepsis
Caesarean section
Atrial depolarization
Right hepatic artery - left hepatic artery - proper hepatic artery - celiac trunk - splenic trunk - left gastric artery - common hepatic artery - gastroduodenal artery
6. What is the loose areolar tissue that seperates the breast fromt he pectoralis major muscle?
Azygos
Subcutaneous
Nephroblastoma
Retromammary space
7. Increased WBC - bilirubin - alkaline phosphatase and positive blood culture would be associated with
The footplate of the stapes cannot move
Trigeminal
Common bile duct - ampulla of vater - intrahepatic ducts - right hepatic duct - left hepatic duct - gallbladder - cystic duct - common hepatic duct
Cholangitis
8. The normal adult range of WBC is...
5 -000 - 10 -000/mm3
Vertebral
Dantrolene
Superior
9. Which type of hernias occur in Hesselbach's triangle?
Gynecologic
Direct
Transversalis fascia
Saphenous vein and internal mammary artery
10. Which carpal bones are fractured most frequently?
Sympathetic nervous system
Spina bifida
Maxillary
Scaphoid
11. The large artery that arises from the left side of the aortic arch and descends into the arm is the
Traction sutures
Subclavian
Intussusception
Lembert
12. What antibiotics should not be given as a preoperative prophylaxis to a pediatric patient?
Improve wound visibility
Trauma victim with extensive burns of the body
3 months
Ciprofloxacin
13. What statement is correct concerning the handling of renal calculi?
Chemical burn
Compression
Ovary
Kept dry to avoid interference with chemical analysis
14. Langer lines generally lie perpendicular to the direction of...
Intussusception
Secobarbital
Hypocalcemia
Underlying muscle tension
15. What is the mechanism of action in heparin?
Trauma victim with extensive burns of the body
Breaks down the clot
Left iliac vein
Can cause severe ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
16. A sigmoid colostomy is brought through the
Herniation
Ileoanal
Rectus muscle
Fibroblasts
17. Which structures that travel thoughthe temporal bone must be identified and preserved when performing a mastoidectomy?
Triangle of Calot
Mastoid sinus - facial nerve
Nerve damage
Inguinal ligament
18. What microorganisms is responsbile for causing postoperative wound edge erythema and rebound tenderness?
Group B steptococci
Circumflex and anterior descending arteries
Kocher
Bile duct
19. By definition - carcinoma in situ is a malignant neoplasm that has not
Calcium chloride
Prevent blood loss
Absorbable - synthetic
Extended beyound the basement membrane
20. During the adminstration of general anesthesia - there is a loss of the eyelid reflex in stage
Perforation
II
Pilocarpine
Kraske
21. A drug used to reverse hypotension is...
Levartenernol (levophed)
Rupture
Dura
Chiba
22. Serosanguineous drainage means
Craniosynostosis
Blood-tinged
Vein
Suprasternal notch
23. At what point does the external iliac artery become the femoral artery?
Femur
Hepaticojejunostomy
At the location of the inguinal ligament
Chiba
24. A broad spectrum bactericidal antibiotic that interferes with synthesis of the cell wall and has a chemical structure similar to the penicillins is...
Cefazolin
Thrombin
Falciform
Children with spina bifida
25. What may be requested during an emergency femoral embolectomy?
Uterosacral
Flame-retardant
Arteriograms
Thoracodorsal
26. Impaired healing of a vertical abdominal incision can result in
Chiba
Medial meniscus
Herniation
Removed residual cortex
27. Which dressing is used when moderate to heavy fluid drainage is expected?
Three layer
Drying of secretions
Axillary tail of Spence
An infection
28. What is a correct statement concerning the principles of suture placment?
Sutures should be placed in deep tissue to prevent hematoma
Inferior thyroid artery
Triangle of Calot
Pulmonary embolus
29. Seperates the frontal and temporal lobes
Open
Cecum
Absence of a popliteal artery pulse when palpated
Fissure of sylvius
30. Common pathogens infecting traumatic wounds often require the use of...
Kraske
Evisceration
Penicillinase-resistant penicillin
Bretylium
31. What is the most common cause of mitral stenosis?
Superior mesenteric
Rectal inury
Rheumatic fever
Hand
32. Ulnar nerve damage could result from
Cecum
Placement of an elbow on unpadded table
Tensile strength
Suspend the vesicle neck
33. To prevent the plates - screws and rods from breaking when performing a spinal fusion - bone graft is need to fuse to...
Heparin
Flame-retardant
Condensation
Bone
34. Zenker's diverticulum is an outpouching of the
Santorini
Condyle
Portal
Esophagus
35. Which cranial nerves innervate the inferior - medial - superior rectus - inferior oblique - and levator palpebrae muscle of the eye?
Oculomotor (III)
Compression
Hypoglassal
Kidney
36. Which arteries could be injured if the screws for an anterior cervical discectomy are placed laterally rather than straight or at a medial angle?
Granulation
Vertebral
Treat hydrocephalus
Thin layer of subcutaneous brown fat for insulation
37. Which surgical maneuvers refers to the dissection of the lateral peritoneal attachments of the duodenum to allow inspection of the duodenum - pancreas - and other retroperitoneal structures?
Fracture of the proximal third of the ulna with radial dislocation
Kocher
Mastoid sinus - facial nerve
Fifth
38. Excessive secretion of growth hormones in adults causes
Myringotomy
Arteriograms
Acromegaly
Nephrostomy
39. The thoracic duct begins in the
Embolectomy
Bacteria
Abdomen at the cisterna chyli
Penicillinase-resistant penicillin
40. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt is used to...
Osteochondral defects
Uterosacral
Treat hydrocephalus
Vitamin B12
41. When performing an open AAA - which artery or arteries are cross-clamped prior to cross-clamping the aorta?
Iliac
Gynecologic
Hypoglassal
Vertebral and internal carotids
42. A method to protect tissue fromt the CO2 laser is to cover the area with
Sinuses of Valsalva
Wet towels
Right hepatic artery - left hepatic artery - proper hepatic artery - celiac trunk - splenic trunk - left gastric artery - common hepatic artery - gastroduodenal artery
Left iliac vein
43. Some patients may show the most severe and lifethreatening type of reaction to certain drugs known as
Acetylcholine chloride
Poupart's ligament
Anaphylaxis
Ligament of treitz
44. When establishing the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic procedures - the CO2 gas pressure is kept between
Iliac fossa
Choroid
Splenic
14 - 16 mmHg
45. What is a result of potassium imbalance?
Arch bars
250-300mmHg
Uterosacral
Cardiac arrhythmias
46. Wich hemostatic agents are most frequently used during a spinal fusion?
Thrombin
Reducing as much as possible the trauma to the tissue
Reverse trendelenburg
0.9% sodium chloride
47. Jackson's membrane would be found near the
Accessory
Cecum
Retention
Clostridium perfringens
48. The series of arcades along the mesenteric border thorughout the length of the colon is called the
Thoracoabdominal
Portal
Water
Margical artery of drummond
49. Retraction of eyelid tissues requiring intermittent retraction and release over a period of time is accomplished by utilizing
250-300mmHg
Stapedotomy
Abdominal aorta
Traction sutures
50. When performing a tympanoplasty - the graft is secured to the oval window when
Inguinal
Hepatic
Absorbable - synthetic
The footplate of the stapes cannot move