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NCCT SURGICAL TECH PRACTICE
CORRECTLY ANSWERED L ATEST
Question: The surgical technologist is preparing for a
laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy. Which of the following equipment is needed for the procedure?
- endoscopic retrieval bag
- harmonic scalpel
- endoscopic GIA
- Alexis retractor
Correct answer: B. harmonic scalpel
Question: Which of the following positioning equipment
is needed when preparing to do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
- Wilson frame
- Mayfield head frame
- bean bag
- fracture table
Correct answer: A. Wilson frame
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Question: When preparing the room for a total knee
arthroplasty which of the following items is necessary to occlude blood flow during the surgical procedure?
- Coban
- stockinette
- tourniquet
- Esmark
Correct answer: C. tourniquet
Question: The surgeon is starting an exploratory
laparotomy on an elderly female patient with a very large rotund abdomen. Which of the following supplies should the surgical technologist have available in the room?
- Laparoscopic instruments and a Bookwalter retractor.
- Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
- Laparoscopic instruments and a Balfour retractor.
- Bowel instrumentation and a Balfour retractor.
Correct answer: B. Bowel instrumentation and a
Bookwalter retractor.
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Question: Which of the following equipment is essential
for a VATS procedure? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
- Wilson frame
- bean bag
- video tower
- Jackson table
- pillows
Correct answer: B. bean bag, C. video tower, E. pillows
Question: The surgical team is in the midst of the Time
Out Protocol with the OR charge nurse present to audit their briefing. After stating the procedure, site of procedure, antibiotics administered, patient history, patient name and everyone in the room agreeing to the briefing, the charge nurse declared it a failed briefing.Which of the following elements of a Time Out did the surgical team exclude?
- verification of the floor the patient will return to
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- verification of blood type
- verification that the proper implants are in the room
- verification of the surgical consent form
Correct answer: C. verification that the proper implants
are in the room
Question: Which of the following are verified in the Time
Out process? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
- patient's identity
- patient's blood type
- correct site
- procedure to be performed
- patient's date of birth
Correct answer: A. patient's identity, C. correct site, D.
procedure to be performed
Question: The nurse initiates a surgical time out with the
surgeon not present and states the wrong patient identifiers. Which of the following is the best action for the surgical technologist to take?