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Surgical First Assist

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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. Where is Hartmann's pouch located?






2. Which incisions allow for optimal exposure of frontal sinus fractures?






3. A vulsellum forceps is used in ___ surgery.






4. The blood component administered to patients with a clotting problem is...






5. Two-thirds of the breast tissue rests on the pectoralis major muscle and the other one-third rests on the






6. The correct arm placement when positioning a patient supine with arms extended on armboards is...






7. What could occur when a posterior fossa craniotomy is performed with the patient in a sitting position?






8. If the suture breaks and the remainder of the suture line stays intact - which suture technique was utitlized?






9. Which metacarpals is most commonly fractured when associated with a 'boxer's fracture?






10. Which muscle is an important anatomical landmark in fractures of the forearm?






11. What is applied topically to arteries for prevention of vasoconstriction?






12. Traffic patterns in the surgery department are designed to...






13. Measures to treat atelectasis include






14. Phagocystosis by the white blood cells is an example of the body's






15. Which arteries are identified - ligated - and divided during the perineal dissection of an abdominoperineal resection?






16. Body temperature is regulated by the






17. During hemostasis - prothrombin and thromboplastin - along with calcium ions in the blood - form






18. An injury to the ulnar nerve could cause






19. Reasons for skin graft failure include






20. A radical lymphadenectomy is performed to treat cancer of the






21. The three protective tissue layers called the meninges lie in the following order - starting with the most superficial






22. The uterine artery is a branch of th anterior trunk of the






23. Dumping syndrome is a complication of...






24. A patient scheduled for surgery has a hematocrit reading of 45% of total blood volume - which is...






25. A barbituate that may be used for sleep in the night before surgery is...






26. What may be requested during an emergency femoral embolectomy?






27. Which nerves must be identified during an inguinal hernia repair?






28. An emergency durg used for treating ventricular fibrilation or tachycardia is...






29. The normal pH of urine is...






30. The correct range for the pneumatic tourniquet pressure on an average adult for an upper extremity is...






31. The ovarian artery is a branch of the






32. A stagnorn stone is one that lodges and continues to grow int he






33. Intraoperative fluid and electroyte imbalance are affected by






34. What is the most common cause of mitral stenosis?






35. The earliest sign of MH is...






36. The volume of rbc expressed as the number of cells per cubic mm






37. The flexure between the transverse colon and the descending colon is called the






38. What would affect normal wound healing?






39. A wound that is left open and closed secondarily when there is no longer evidence of infection is an example of...






40. When performing a high ligation and stripping of the great saphenous vein - which arteries are located at the saphenofemoral junction and should be kept from injury






41. The small ducts that drain bile directly into the gallbladder are called






42. The celiac artery trifurcates into the






43. The most appropriate devices to prevent skin pressure ulcers and deep tissue injury in the OR are...






44. Sutures fromt he ear may be removed after






45. Heat loss from the body occurs by all the following methods except






46. Langer lines generally lie perpendicular to the direction of...






47. In which procedures will the patient be placed in supine position with the right side slightly elevated by a wedge?






48. The arterial branches of the celiac trunk






49. What nerves innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle?






50. Zenker's diverticulum is an outpouching of the