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BUNDLE FOR CST-NBSTSA EXAM WITH GRADE A SOLUTIONS/ ALL You Need!

Which solution is used to identify diseased areas for a cold conization of the cervix? Correct Answer: Lugol's When using power saws on bone, what action best helps prevent bone damage? Correct An... swer: Irrigation Which retractor is used in a C-section? Correct Answer: De Lee A nasogastric tube (NG) is used to: Correct Answer: Drain the stomach Which procedure requires an incision in the suprasternal nothc? Correct Answer: Mediastinoscopy The surgical technologist in the scrub role must keep track of blood loss as well as: Correct Answer: Track amount of irrigation used Following an abdominal surgery, the surgeon has just closed the peritoneum. Which layer will be sutured next? Correct Answer: Fascia Which medication is the anesthesia provider responsible for recording the name, amount, and delivery method during a surgical procedure? Correct Answer: Propofol A surgeon is preparing to close the abdomen of an average weight patient. Which closing supplies should the surgical technologist have ready for closing the fascial layer? Correct Answer: 2-0 suture and toothed tissue forceps While preparing a sterile field, a surgical technologist secures the Bovie holster to the Mayo stand. The surgeon insists on keeping the Bovie by him toward the head of the patient. What would be the best course of action? Correct Answer: Move Bovie holster up by the head of the patient A surgeon is performing a procedure to repair damage from a gunshot wound to the chest. Which type of drain should the surgical technologist have available at the end of the procedure? Correct Answer: Underwater A liver laceration is identified during an emergency exploratory laparotomy. A surgical technologist will prepare suture attached to which of the following type of needles? Correct Answer: Blunt A Stamey needle is used for which type of surgery? Correct Answer: Bladder suspension What advantage do hand-held retractors have over self-retaining retractors? Correct Answer: Dynamic adjustability If unexpected heavy blood loss occurs during an abdominal procedure, a surgical technologist should request additional: Correct Answer: Lap sponges What is most commonly used for wound closure in the presence of infection? Correct Answer: Stainless steel A surgeon asks for warm irrigation after a GI tract reastomosis. What best describes the reason for irrigation at this point in the procedure? Correct Answer: To aid visual inspection for leakage In comparison to oral Fahrenheit temperatures, rectal Fahrenheit temperatures are Correct Answer: Approximately 1 degree higher What is the unexpected occurrence that involves physiologic or psychologic injury or death? Correct Answer: Sentinel event Following a surgical procedure, what is the best sequence of actions for a surgical technologist to take? Correct Answer: Remove sterile drapes, remove gown and gloves, and don a pair of unsterile gloves to aid in the care of the postoperative patient To prevent contamination at the end of a surgical procedure, what should be removed last by the surgical technologist in the scrub role? Correct Answer: Surgical drapes/gloves An RN has just asked a surgical technologist to complete a task that is within the surgical technologist's scope of practice, but the surgical technologist does not feel comfortable completing the task independently. What is the surgical technologist's best course of action? Correct Answer: Request that the RN provides the appropriate level of supervision during the task to ensure safety What is necessary for ethylene oxide sterilization to occur? Correct Answer: Humidity The destruction of organisms in an autoclave is accomplished by the: Correct Answer: Coagulation of cell protein Ratcheted instruments should be: Correct Answer: Opened for washing and sterilizing An effective packaging material used for a Balfour to be steam sterilized: Correct Answer: Permits penetration by the sterilant While removing peel pack instruments from the sterilizer, a surgical technologist notices several of the packages have ruptured. What would most likely be the cause of this? Correct Answer: The air was not evacuated from the pouch Which layer is transected when a subcostal flank incision is used from a nephrectomy? Correct Answer: Oblique muscles In order to remove a portion of the kidney, the surgeon must enter what? Correct Answer: Gerota's fascia What lies between the lung and the chest wall? Correct Answer: pleura Where is the gastrocnemius muscle located? Correct Answer: Calf What is the most serious complication of a strangulated hernia? Correct Answer: Necrosis During a herniaorraphy, the abdominal area that is bound by the rectus abdominis muscle, the inguinal ligament, and the inferior epigastric vessels is the: Correct Answer: Hesselbach triangle Scoliosis is most commonly found in which curve of the vertebral column? Correct Answer: Thoracic When performing a Shirodkar procedure, where is the attention being focused? Correct Answer: Cervix A patient entering the operating room for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy looks jaundiced. What is the best explanation for this? Correct Answer: Biliary obstruction Which surgical procedure may be used to remove a carcinoma from the head of the pancreas? Correct Answer: Whipple A scleral buckle procedure repairs: Correct Answer: Detached retinas Which procedure treats a congenital obstructed lesion found at the distal end of an infant's stomach? Correct Answer: Pyloromyotomy What is the surgical correction of a Colles' fracture? Correct Answer: The distal radius is fractured and the periosteum will be closed with absorbable sutures What surgery is a Meckel's diverticulum typically discovered? Correct Answer: Appendectomy Which structure is behind and below the base of the penis? Correct Answer: Scrotum When performing a right hemicolectomy, the surgeon will most likely remove portions of what? Correct Answer: Ascending and transverse colon What destroys bacterial spores? Correct Answer: Sterilant A patient who is HIV-positive is having an abdominal procedure. Another patient who is HIV-negative is having an orthopedic procedure. During and subsequent to the cases, the surgical technologist should take: Correct Answer: Standard precautions for both patients Which wound class is assigned to a bowel case in which the resident perforated during the procedure? Correct Answer: III What is an example of a wound in the inflammatory phase of wound healing? Correct Answer: An abdominal incision, 20 minutes post-closure What is the desired effect of atropine sulfate when used as a preoperative medication? Correct Answer: Drying of secretions Which condition is triggered by an injection of succinylcholine (Anectine) and causes an unusually high fever? Correct Answer: Malignant hyperthermia The primary purpose of a local anesthetic is to: Correct Answer: Block peripheral nerve receptors How is propofol (Diprivan) administered? Correct Answer: Intravenously A physician prescribed 50 mg of Demerol. The Demerol is supplied in 100 mg/mL. How many mL of Demerol should be given? Correct Answer: 0.5 mL A patient presented in the OR without family history related to anesthesia complications. Which complication is of most concern related to the lack of family history? Correct Answer: Malignant hyperthermia The primary consideration in selecting an appropriate anesthetic agent is the: Correct Answer: Physiologic condition of the patient Which anticoagulant should be given during a vascular procedure to prevent normal blood clotting? Correct Answer: Heparin sodium [Show More]

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