Test your basic knowledge |

Surgical First Assist

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Which two tests are the most cost-efficient in preoperative determination of calculi in the bile tract?






2. Which fractures are caused by falling on the back of the hand with the wrist flexed - aka reverse Colles' fracture?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


3. Postop complications of an appendectomy include these






4. Water constitutes What average normal percentage of total body weight?






5. During common bile duct exploration - which structures are more likely to be accidently injured?






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






7. The flexure at the junction of the duodenum and jejunum is the






8. Cleft lip repair is usually recommended at






9. A method to protect tissue fromt the CO2 laser is to cover the area with






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






11. What is the durg of choice when lidocaine fails to achieve response for treating ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation during sudden cardiac arrest?






12. What is the loose areolar tissue that seperates the breast fromt he pectoralis major muscle?






13. When assisting the surgeon with the draping - where should the surgical assistant stand in relation to the surgeon?






14. In the event that a child needs an emergency procedure and the parents cannot be located to sign the permission






15. Which vein proximally travels across the neck of the abdominal aorta?






16. The primary factor when selecting the surgical needle is...






17. Sutures fromt he ear may be removed after






18. What is the fornix in the kidney organ?






19. What are complications of internal K-wire fixation f a Colles' fracture?






20. This local anesthetics has a longer duration






21. The avascular area located in the mesentery and to the left of the middle colic artery is...






22. Which retractors are typically used to retract the strap muscles during a thyroidectomy?






23. Where do the mental nerves and vessels exit from the mandible?






24. The inner lining of the mucosa within the g.i. tract is composed of...






25. Adipose tissue lies in which skin layer?






26. Which lasers are used to destroy the lens casule during cataract surgery?






27. Which anastomoses is accomplished during a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)?






28. What nerves innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle?






29. What is an abnormal activiated clotting time?






30. What is the most common change in vital signs that are associated with early hypovolemic shock?






31. Sutures placed in a wound to prevent wound evisceration are called






32. What sutures should not be used int he placement of heart valves?






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






34. A common autologous donor site for a free flap graft for replacing the jaw bone is the






35. To establish a tracheostomy - a transverse or midilne incision is made in the neck between the






36. What is the princial goal of suctioning blood and body fluids fromt the wound?






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






38. The thoracic duct begins in the






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






40. A white count of 14 -000 cu/mm would most likely indicate






41. One kilogram is equal to...






42. What is the most common liver cancer?






43. The utereine artery is a branch of the anterior trunk of the






44. Insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle may lead to...






45. Which nerves are most frequently injured due to a shoulder dislocation?






46. Which nerve must be preserved to prevent muscle weakness during a parotidectomy?






47. A major concern in draining a gangrenous gallbladder is...






48. What are the branches of the left coronary artery?






49. Which incision is indicated for an esophagogastrectomy?






50. In which circumstance could the patient sustain an injury to the pudenal nerves?