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Elsevier's Surgical Technology Exam Review - E-Book
Anbalagan George | Joseph E Charleman
(2017)
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Abstract
The all-in-one surgical technology review you’ve been waiting for is finally here! Elsevier's Surgical Technology Exam Review combines comprehensive content review, worktext practice, and customizable simulated testing options to give you the 360-degree preparation needed for success on the CST exam. Content chapters offer a thorough review of the CST exam focus areas — including medical terminology, basic science, asepsis, surgical technique, and surgical procedures — all in a helpful outline format. Each chapter also features full-color images and illustrations, review questions with rationales, and surgical concept maps., A sample exam at the end of the book provides a simulated test-day experience. The realistic preparation continues online with a testing engine that lets you access exam questions by category or create custom-generated exams that match the format of the CST exam. If you’re looking to pass the CST and be fully prepared for clinical practice, this is the one Surgical Technology review book that you can’t afford to be without!
- UNIQUE! All-in-one resource incorporates content discussions, worktext practice, review questions, and six full practice exams to fully prepare users for the certification exam.
- UNIQUE! Surgical concept maps in the worktext help emphasize the critical thinking skills needed for clinical success by combining relevant medical terminology, anatomy, pathophysiology, microbiology, and pharmacology for each surgical procedure and helping users learn how to apply that foundational knowledge to the operating room.
- Content chapters offer a thorough review of the CST exam focus areas — including medical terminology, basic science, asepsis, surgical technique, and surgical procedures — all in an outline format.
- National Board format utilizes the exam blueprint for the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting’s CST exam to organize content and practice exams.
- Six practice exams (each with 175 questions) help users improve familiarity with answering exam-style questions and build test-taking confidence.
- Realistic testing experience utilizes an online, computer-based testing environment and timing function to mimic the actual testing experience.
- Practice exam customization enables users to practice specific CST blueprint categories in practice mode or use an auto-generator for full CST-style tests in exam mode.
- Answer keys and rationales for each chapter review question and practice test question help users fully comprehend the information being asked and why a specific choice is best.
- UNIQUE! Full-color photos and illustrations offer vivid images of instruments, equipment, clinical situations, concept maps, and basic science to help improve comprehension.
- Chapter review questions allow users to test their level of comprehension before moving onto the next chapter and provide practice for the simulated exams.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| IFC | ES1 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY EXAM REVIEW | i | ||
| Copyright | ii | ||
| REVIEWERS | iii | ||
| INTRODUCTION | iv | ||
| WHY THIS BOOK? | iv | ||
| THE EXAMS | iv | ||
| National Center for Competency Testing | iv | ||
| EXAM PREPARATION | v | ||
| Time Management | v | ||
| Mindfulness | vi | ||
| Test-Taking Strategies and Simulation | vi | ||
| Rule Out | vi | ||
| Never Change Your Answer | vi | ||
| What Is the Question Asking Me? | vi | ||
| Study Tips | vii | ||
| Step 1 | vii | ||
| Step 2 | vii | ||
| Step 3 | vii | ||
| Step 4 | vii | ||
| Mapping | vii | ||
| Basic Science | vii | ||
| Medical Terminology | vii | ||
| Anatomy | vii | ||
| Pathophysiology | vii | ||
| Microbiology | vii | ||
| Pharmacology | vii | ||
| Surgical Didactics | viii | ||
| Law and Ethics | viii | ||
| Surgical Instruments | viii | ||
| Procedural Steps | viii | ||
| Wound Classification | viii | ||
| Possible Postoperative Complications | viii | ||
| Mapping Knowledge to Critical Thinking | viii | ||
| CONCLUSION | viii | ||
| CONTENTS | ix | ||
| 1 - Medical Terminology | 1 | ||
| WHERE DO MEDICAL TERMS COME FROM? | 1 | ||
| Words Based on Root Words | 1 | ||
| What’s a Root Word? | 1 | ||
| What’s a Prefix? | 2 | ||
| What’s a Suffix? | 3 | ||
| What’s a Combining Vowel? | 3 | ||
| Terms Not Based on Root Words | 3 | ||
| Names of Individuals | 3 | ||
| Descriptive Names | 3 | ||
| TERMS FOR BODY PARTS | 3 | ||
| COLOR TERMS | 4 | ||
| COMMONLY USED SURGICAL TERMS | 4 | ||
| MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS | 4 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 6 | ||
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | 6 | ||
| 2 - Anatomy and Physiology | 8 | ||
| PREPARING FOR A CERTIFICATION EXAM | 9 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM | 10 | ||
| CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) | 10 | ||
| 3 - Surgical Environment | 38 | ||
| OPERATING ROOM ENVIRONMENT | 38 | ||
| Areas of the Surgical Department | 38 | ||
| Operating Room | 38 | ||
| Specifications | 40 | ||
| Decontamination Room | 40 | ||
| SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION | 40 | ||
| ELECTROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT | 40 | ||
| Electrocautery | 40 | ||
| Monopolar Cautery | 40 | ||
| Bipolar Cautery | 40 | ||
| Other Electrocautery Devices | 40 | ||
| Electrocautery Safety Tips | 40 | ||
| Lasers | 50 | ||
| CO2 Laser | 50 | ||
| ND:YAG Laser | 50 | ||
| Excimer Laser | 50 | ||
| Holmium:YAG Laser | 50 | ||
| Laser Safety | 50 | ||
| Robotics | 51 | ||
| Imaging | 51 | ||
| X-Rays | 51 | ||
| Fluoroscopy | 51 | ||
| Portable X-Ray Machine | 51 | ||
| X-Ray Safety | 51 | ||
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | 51 | ||
| Computed Tomography (CT)/Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) Scan | 51 | ||
| Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning | 51 | ||
| Ultrasonography | 51 | ||
| Doppler Ultrasound | 51 | ||
| Other Electronic Equipment | 51 | ||
| Nerve Stimulator | 51 | ||
| Cell Saver | 51 | ||
| Decontamination | 53 | ||
| Disinfection | 53 | ||
| Cleaning | 54 | ||
| Low-Level Disinfection | 54 | ||
| Intermediate Disinfection | 54 | ||
| High-Level Disinfection | 54 | ||
| Sterilization | 54 | ||
| Steam Autoclaving | 54 | ||
| Ethylene Oxide (ETO) Gas | 55 | ||
| Glutaraldehyde (Cidex) | 55 | ||
| STERRAD (Hydrogen Peroxide Plasma) | 55 | ||
| STERIS (Peracetic Acid) | 55 | ||
| Quality-Assurance Methods | 55 | ||
| Biological Indicators (Guarantee Sterility of Items) | 55 | ||
| Chemical Indicators (Reveal Exposure to the Sterilization Process) | 55 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 55 | ||
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | 56 | ||
| 4 - Surgical Case Management: Surgical Microbiology and Wound Management | 58 | ||
| SURGICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 59 | ||
| Characteristics of Bacteria | 59 | ||
| Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes | 59 | ||
| Gram Staining | 59 | ||
| Gram-Positive Bacteria | 59 | ||
| Gram-Negative Bacteria | 60 | ||
| Simple Staining | 61 | ||
| Acid-Fast Staining | 61 | ||
| Commonly Tested Microorganisms | 61 | ||
| DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION | 62 | ||
| Disinfection | 62 | ||
| Cleaning | 63 | ||
| Low-Level Disinfection | 63 | ||
| Intermediate Disinfection | 63 | ||
| High-Level Disinfection | 63 | ||
| Sterilization | 63 | ||
| Steam Sterilization | 63 | ||
| Biological Indicators | 63 | ||
| WOUNDS | 65 | ||
| Wound Classification | 65 | ||
| Classification by Wound Origin | 65 | ||
| Surgical Wounds | 65 | ||
| Traumatic Wounds | 65 | ||
| Chronic | 65 | ||
| Classification by Degree of Contamination | 65 | ||
| Class I: Clean | 65 | ||
| Class II: Clean Contaminated | 65 | ||
| Class III: Contaminated | 65 | ||
| Class IV: Dirty | 65 | ||
| Classification by Degree of Wound Healing | 66 | ||
| Primary Intention (Union, First Intention) | 66 | ||
| Secondary Intention (Granulation) | 66 | ||
| Tertiary Intention (Third Intention or Delayed Primary Closure) | 67 | ||
| Vacuum Assisted Closure (V.A.C.; Negative-Pressure Wound Healing) | 67 | ||
| WOUND-CLOSURE DEVICES | 67 | ||
| Sutures | 67 | ||
| Bridges | 67 | ||
| Bolsters | 67 | ||
| Skin Closure Tape | 68 | ||
| Staples | 68 | ||
| THE SURGICAL COUNT | 68 | ||
| Responsibility for the Count | 68 | ||
| When to Perform the Count | 68 | ||
| Procedure for the Count | 69 | ||
| Counting Systems | 69 | ||
| Emergencies and Counts | 69 | ||
| Documentation | 70 | ||
| LOST AND RETAINED ITEMS | 70 | ||
| How Items are Lost | 70 | ||
| How to Search for a Lost Item | 70 | ||
| Preventing Retained Items | 70 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 71 | ||
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | 71 | ||
| 5 - Surgical Pharmacology | 73 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE DRUGS | 73 | ||
| Hydration | 73 | ||
| 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl) (Isotonic) | 74 | ||
| Dextrose (D) | 74 | ||
| Lactated Ringer’s Solution (LR) | 74 | ||
| Ionosol B | 74 | ||
| PlasmaLyte or Isolyte E | 74 | ||
| Physical and Psychological Preparation for Surgery | 74 | ||
| Sedatives | 74 | ||
| Gastric Agents | 75 | ||
| Analgesics | 75 | ||
| Commonly administered analgesics | 75 | ||
| Facts to remember | 75 | ||
| Anticholinergics | 75 | ||
| Antibiotics | 76 | ||
| Penicillins | 77 | ||
| Miscellaneous Antibiotics | 77 | ||
| INTRAOPERATIVE DRUGS | 78 | ||
| Anesthesia for Same-Day Surgery | 78 | ||
| Local Anesthesia | 78 | ||
| Regional Anesthesia | 78 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE DRUGS | 78 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 79 | ||
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | 79 | ||
| 6 - Professionalism | 82 | ||
| CREDENTIALING | 82 | ||
| Demonstrating Competence | 82 | ||
| Professional Organizations | 83 | ||
| COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE | 83 | ||
| Effective and Ineffective Communication | 83 | ||
| Leadership Styles | 83 | ||
| SURGICAL CONSCIENCE | 84 | ||
| Emotional Development of the Surgical Patient | 84 | ||
| LEGAL ISSUES | 85 | ||
| Criminal Versus Civil | 86 | ||
| Torts in Health Care | 86 | ||
| Legal Latin | 86 | ||
| Consent | 86 | ||
| Legal Proceedings | 87 | ||
| ETHICS | 87 | ||
| POLICIES AND PROCEDURES | 88 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 88 | ||
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | 89 | ||
| 7 - Perioperative Case Management | 90 | ||
| GENERAL SURGERY | 92 | ||
| Abdominal Wall Surgeries | 92 | ||
| Procedures | 92 | ||
| Basic Laparoscopic Equipment Required | 92 | ||
| Other Instrument/Equipment Required | 93 | ||
| Basic Anatomy Involved | 93 | ||
| Additional Facts to Remember | 93 | ||
| Mapping | 93 | ||
| Abdominal Contents Surgeries | 94 | ||
| Procedures | 94 | ||
| Additional Facts to Remember | 95 | ||
| Mapping | 95 | ||
| Breast Surgeries | 97 | ||
| Procedures | 97 | ||
| Additional Facts to Remember | 97 | ||
| Mapping | 97 | ||
| ENT (OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC) SURGERIES | 98 | ||
| Ear Procedures | 98 | ||
| Procedures | 98 | ||
| Additional Facts to Remember | 98 | ||
| Mapping | 98 | ||
| Nasal Procedures | 99 | ||
| Procedures | 99 | ||
| Additional Facts to Remember | 99 | ||
| Mapping | 99 | ||
| Throat Surgeries | 100 | ||
| Procedures | 100 | ||
| Additional ENT Facts to Remember | 100 | ||
| Mapping | 100 | ||
| OB/GYN SURGERY | 101 | ||
| Obstetric Surgeries | 102 | ||
| Procedures | 102 | ||
| Basic Anatomy Involved | 102 | ||
| Additional Facts to Remember | 102 | ||
| C-section or Vaginal Delivery | 102 | ||
| Cervical Cerclage (Shirodkar and McDonald Procedures) | 102 | ||
| Mapping | 103 | ||
| Gynecologic Abdominal Contents Procedures | 103 | ||
| Laparoscopic Surgeries | 103 | ||
| Procedures | 103 | ||
| Practice Exam | 145 | ||
| ANSWER KEY FOR CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS | 157 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 | 157 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 | 157 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 | 158 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 | 159 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 | 160 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 | 161 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 | 161 | ||
| ANSWER KEY FOR PRINT PRACTICE EXAM | 164 | ||
| INDEX | 171 | ||
| A | 171 | ||
| B | 171 | ||
| C | 171 | ||
| D | 172 | ||
| E | 172 | ||
| F | 172 | ||
| G | 172 | ||
| H | 173 | ||
| I | 173 | ||
| J | 173 | ||
| K | 173 | ||
| L | 173 | ||
| M | 173 | ||
| N | 174 | ||
| O | 174 | ||
| P | 174 | ||
| Q | 174 | ||
| R | 174 | ||
| S | 175 | ||
| T | 175 | ||
| U | 176 | ||
| V | 176 | ||
| W | 176 | ||
| X | 176 | ||
| Y | 176 | ||
| Z | 176 |