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Surgical First Assist
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Subjects
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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. The principle of personal liability
Hold everyone legally responsible for their hown negligent acts
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal
X
Portal
2. A patient who has undergone a right-side herniorrhaphy presents 2-5 days postoperatively with swollen and tender testis. What is a likely complication?
Portal
Ischemic orchitis
Within normal range
Rotter
3. Which retractors are typically used to retract the strap muscles during a thyroidectomy?
Vertical midline
Stomach
Anaphylaxis
Green
4. When removing anal warts with a laser - the rectum is packed with a wet sponge to...
Hypotension
Mri
Cycloplegics
Prevent escape of methane gas
5. General and regional anesthesia contribute to body heat loss by causing
Vasodilation
Portal vein
Doctrine of reasonable man
Winged scapula
6. An organelle that contains digestive juices is the
Superior
Ureteral reimplantation
Lysosome
Round
7. During a carotid endarterectomy - which arteries are initially incised?
Prevent blood loss
Common carotid
Perforation
Total abdominal hysterectomy
8. Postop hernias are common after which incisions?
Fungi
Paramedian
Circumflex and anterior descending arteries
Forearm
9. Which is not a carppal bone?
Catabolism
Thymus - ascending aorta - lymph nodes
Ovary
Cuboid bone
10. The volume of red blood cells in whole blood is determined by which of the following tests?
Hematocrit
Stomach
Axillary
Cycloplegics
11. Adipose tissue lies in which skin layer?
Adrenal
Subcutaneous
Iliac fossa
Aureus
12. What would affect normal wound healing?
Tort
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
Peripheral vascular disease
Platelets
13. What is the most common liver cancer?
Myocardial ischemia
Circumflex and anterior descending arteries
Respiratory difficulties
Metastatic disease
14. The small ducts that drain bile directly into the gallbladder are called
3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L
Hepatic
Procedure is complete
the right atrium to the right ventricle
15. Which disorders are characteriezed by compression of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendon near the radial styloid process?
16. What is an intraoperative hazard of laparascopic surgery?
Vesicovaginal
Hematoma
Subcuticular
Perforation
17. What sutures should not be used int he placement of heart valves?
0.9 NS
Chiba
Polydioxanone
Gerotas
18. What is not considered a permanent urinary diversion?
Glenoid labrum
Claw hand
Recurrent laryngeal
Nephrostomy
19. The area where the common bile duct joins the pancreatic duct and enters the duodenum is called the
Ampulla of vater
Children with spina bifida
Lateral pectoral - long thoracic - thoracodorsal - medial pectoral
Wet towels
20. What dye is used in opthalmic surgery to diagnose corneal abrasions?
Fluorescein sodium
Veins
Lower leg flexed - upper leg straight
Infraumbilical
21. Which is the best indicator for possible failure of a below-th-knee amputation to heal?
Ventricular septal defect
Absence of a popliteal artery pulse when palpated
Spina bifida
Brachiocephalic - left common carotid - left subclavian
22. Which ligament connects the thryoid to the trachea?
Green
Berry
Wound infection
Positioned on the fracture table
23. Which solutions are used during a diagnostic cystoscopy?
Acetylcholine chloride
Fifth
Water
Foramen
24. What statement describes second-degree AV block?
Winged scapula
Triangle of Calot
Thoracodorsal
Some - but not all - atrial beats are conducted to the ventricles
25. What structures are located in the anterior mediastinum?
Maxillary
Inguinal ligament
Ligament of treitz
Thymus - ascending aorta - lymph nodes
26. When the myocardium weakens and enlarges - losing the ability to pump blood into the systemic circulation - the resulting condition is called
Infraumbilical
Reverse trendelenburg
Heart failure
Abdominal aorta
27. Which of the following is an example of an isotonic IV solution?
Labrum
Performed as a two handed tie
Facial
0.9% sodium chloride
28. A vulsellum forceps is used in ___ surgery.
Anterior cruicate ligament
4-8L/minute
Gynecologic
Renal calyx
29. Which arteries supplies the cecum - ascending colon - hepatic flexure - and proximal portion of the transverse colon?
Healon
Superior mesenteric
Dura
Omphalocele
30. Adenocarcinoma of th head of the pancreas can result in jaundice - because of compression of the
Suspensory ligaments of cooper
Bile duct
Underlying muscle tension
Median
31. A radical lymphadenectomy is performed to treat cancer of the
Testicles
Chiba
Compression
Each leg raised slowly and gently as it is grasped by the toes
32. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to...
Coronal
Riolan
14 - 16 mmHg
Hypocalcemia
33. The donor left kidney is preferred in order to procure additional length of the
Temporal
Pyloroplasty
Vein
Cholangitis
34. What is the normal value of the BUN for adults?
Round
7-8 mg/dl
Dura
Body fluids and laser plume
35. What blood componenets are essential in clot formation?
Absence of a popliteal artery pulse when palpated
Platelets
Levartenernol (levophed)
Margical artery of drummond
36. An injury to the long thoracic nerve could cause
Pilocarpine
Winged scapula
0.9 NS
Hematocrit
37. The arterial blood supply to the breast is supplied from branches of the
Abduction of the shoulder
Holds each individual responsible for his or her own actions
Lower leg flexed - upper leg straight
Internal mammary - axillary and lateral thoracic
38. The purpose of hemostasis is to...
According to surgeon's preference
Water
X
Prevent blood loss
39. Know the following vessels
Thin layer of subcutaneous brown fat for insulation
Extended beyound the basement membrane
Stomach
Inferior mesenteric vein - superior mesenteric vein - superior hemorrhoidal vein - splenic vein - right gastric artery - portal vein
40. What methods should the surgical assistant consider when cutting sutures?
41. Which structures that travel thoughthe temporal bone must be identified and preserved when performing a mastoidectomy?
Mastoid sinus - facial nerve
Supraorbital and supratrochlear
Vasodilation
Tetracaine
42. The curved transverse incision used for pelvic surgery is called a/an
ACL
Pfannensteil
0.9 NS
Chief
43. Lidocaine with epinephrine is contraindicated in surgery of the
Sliding
Hand
Falx cerebri
Inguinal
44. The ovarian artery is a branch of the
Succinylcholine (Anectine)
Abdominal aorta
Cecum
Catabolism
45. An injury to the ulnar nerve could cause
Winged scapula
0.9% sodium chloride
Claw hand
Levator ani
46. The isotonic solution that is closest to human physiology is...
Splenomegaly
Balanced salt solution (BSS)
Triangle of doom
0.9 NS
47. Meningiomas are benign tumors that originate in the
Dura
Subclavian
Scleral buckling
Radical vulvectomy
48. What types of stitches incoporates the seromuscular layer and submucosa?
Tetracaine
Suspend the vesicle neck
Lembert
Isoproterenol
49. During a vascular procedure - monitoring the activated clotting time intraoperatively provides useful data for judging the need for reversal or addition of...
Fissure of sylvius
Heparin
Hematocrit value
Clostridium perfringens
50. Which types of fistulas refers to leakage of urine into the vagina?
Vesicovaginal
Embolectomy
Myringotomy
Tachycardia