CST - NBSTSA app exams & Answers. 100% Accurate. Graded A+

CST - NBSTSA app exams & Answers. 100% Accurate. Graded A+. Tympanosplasty - ✔✔Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles) ...

CST - NBSTSA app exams & Answers. 100% Accurate. Graded A+. Tympanosplasty - ✔✔Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles) After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds to prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - ✔✔Regown and reglove the surgeon What position is used for a pneumonectomy? - ✔✔Lateral What is the kraske position? - ✔✔Anatomical position in which the patient is prone, with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down. Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage? - ✔✔Lithotomy When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to the general abdominal set-up? - ✔✔Gastrointestinal What is a fenestrated drape? - ✔✔A drape with an opening that allows exposure of the operative site Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one. A surgical technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR two and the next case in OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best course of action? - ✔✔New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR two and the setup in OR one should be disposed of What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in creating a bloodless field? - ✔✔Padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with Webril For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used? - ✔✔Satinsky Surgical loupes are used to: - ✔✔Magnify the surgical field Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy? - ✔✔Left lateral kidney Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown are considered unsterile because they are: - ✔✔Absorbant and collect moisture Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during an appendectomy should be: - ✔✔Placed in a separate bin Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a bowel resection? - ✔✔Allen The primary purpose of chest tubes is to: - ✔✔Re-establish the negative pressure Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to: - ✔✔Hold the duct open The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types of suture? - ✔✔Purse-string Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy? - ✔✔Fogarty A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach? - ✔✔Transurethral Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision? - ✔✔Weitlaner What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing? - ✔✔Adaptic During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare specimens using which method? - ✔✔Placed in separate containers and identify Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be performed on the patient in the operating room? - ✔✔Sigmoidectomy When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologist in the scrub role should first notify the: - ✔✔Contaminating team member Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a procedure has begun should be counted by the: - ✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator What is a procedure for removing excess skin from the face and neck? - ✔✔Rhytidectomy Which rongeur is used to expand the antrostomy in a Caldwell-Luc procedure? - ✔✔Kerrison Which procedure is used to visualize the cystic, hepatic, and common ducts? - ✔✔Cholangiography Once the spinous process is exposed during a laminectomy, the next instrument needed for the removal of the lamina is a: - ✔✔Kerrison rongeur What should the surgical technologist in the scrub role do during a cardiac emergency? - ✔✔Remain sterile and keep the table sterile What is used to stabilize a fractured finger? - ✔✔Kirschner wires During the application of arch bars, the surgeon will most likely use what between the teeth and around the bar? - ✔✔25-gauge or 26-gauge stainless steel wire Which solution is used to identify diseased areas for a cold conization of the cervix? - ✔✔Lugol's When using power saws on bone, what action best helps prevent bone damage? - ✔✔Irrigation Which retractor is used in a C-section? - ✔✔De Lee A nasogastric tube (NG) is used to: - ✔✔Drain the stomach Which procedure requires an incision in the suprasternal nothc? - ✔✔Mediastinoscopy The surgical technologist in the scrub role must keep track of blood loss as well as: - ✔✔Track amount of irrigation used Following an abdominal surgery, the surgeon has just closed the peritoneum. Which layer will be sutured next? - ✔✔Fascia Which medication is the anesthesia provider responsible for recording the name, amount, and delivery method during a surgical procedure? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Blunt A Stamey needle is used for which type of surgery? - ✔✔Bladder suspension What advantage do hand-held retractors have over self-retaining retractors? - ✔✔Dynamic adjustability If unexpected heavy blood loss occurs during an abdominal procedure, a surgical technologist should request additional: - ✔✔Lap sponges What is most commonly used for wound closure in the presence of infection? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔To aid visual inspection for leakage In comparison to oral Fahrenheit temperatures, rectal Fahrenheit temperatures are - ✔✔Approximately 1 degree higher What is the unexpected occurrence that involves physiologic or psychologic injury or death? - ✔✔Sentinel event Following a surgical procedure, what is the best sequence of actions for a surgical technologist to take? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Surgical drapes 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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Humidity The destruction of organisms in an autoclave is accomplished by the: - ✔✔Coagulation of cell protein Ratcheted instruments should be: - ✔✔Opened for washing and sterilizing An effective packaging material used for a Balfour to be steam sterilized: - ✔✔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? - ✔✔The air was not evacuated from the pouch Which layer is transected when a subcostal flank incision is used from a nephrectomy? - ✔✔Oblique muscles In order to remove a portion of the kidney, the surgeon must enter what? - ✔✔Gerota's fascia What lies between the lung and the chest wall? - ✔✔pleura Where is the gastrocnemius muscle located? - ✔✔Calf What is the most serious complication of a strangulated hernia? - ✔✔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: - ✔✔Hesselbach triangle Scoliosis is most commonly found in which curve of the vertebral column? - ✔✔Thoracic When performing a Shirodkar procedure, where is the attention being focused? - ✔✔Cervix A patient entering the operating room for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy looks jaundiced. What is the best explanation for this? - ✔✔Biliary obstruction Which surgical procedure may be used to remove a carcinoma from the head of the pancreas? - ✔✔Whipple A scleral buckle procedure repairs: - ✔✔Detached retina