INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the letter response that best answers the exercise, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing in the answer in the space(s) provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to “Solutions to Exercises” at the end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the solution.
1. What type of surgery is performed for the removal and examination of tissue from the living body?
a. Ablative.
b. Biopsy.
c. Elective.
d. Exploratory.
2. During the perioperative period, where is the most important place for a surgical team to work as a well-functioning team?
3. Which of the following members is the leader of the surgical team?
a. Circulating nurse.
b. Anesthesiologist.
c. Anesthetist.
d. Surgeon.
4. Who on the surgical team has the responsibility to advise the surgeon of impending complications and independently intervening as necessary?
5. Who on the surgical team does not scrub or wear sterile gloves or gown?
Special Instructions for Exercises 6 Through 11. Match the type of surgery in Column A with the appropriate definition in Column B by writing the letter of the definition on the space provided to the left of the exercise number.
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COLUMN A |
COLUMN B |
| ___ 6. Elective
___ 7. Reconstructive ___ 8. Frozen section ___ 9. Palliative ___10. Exploratory ___11. Ablative
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a. Surgery performed to remove a diseased organ or other tissue.
b. Surgery performed to confirm the extent of the pathologic process and sometimes to confirm a diagnosis. c. Surgery performed for a person’s well being, not absolutely necessary for life. d. Surgery performed to relieve the symptoms of a disease process. e. A technique used in biopsy procedures where the specimens are removed from a patient with a microtome, are rapidly frozen, and then examined for a possible malignancy. f. Plastic surgery. |
12. List the three classifications of anesthetic agents:
13. When the anesthesiologist/anesthetist selects an anesthetic agent, he considers the patient’s smoking and drinking habits, the medication history, and the presence of diseases that effect the:
14. List the nine factors which effect the selection of an anesthetic agent.
Check Your Answers
SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 2
- b (para 2-2b)
2. Operating room (para 2-3)
3. d (para 2-4a)
4. Anesthesiologist/anesthetist (para 2-4b(3)(d))
5. Circulating nurse (para 2-4d(2))
6. c (para 2-2d)
7. f (para 2-2h)
8. e (para 2-2f)
9. d (para 2-2g)
10. b (para 2-2e)
11. a (para 2-2a)
12. General Regional or block Local (para 2-7)
13. Pulmonary function/exercise tolerance
Hepatic function
Renal function
Cardiovascular function (para 2-6b)
14. Type of surgery.
Depth and extent of anesthesia required.
Anticipated length of the procedure.
Patient’s condition.
Patient’s previous experiences with anesthesia.
Preferences of the anesthesiologist/anesthetist and the patient.
Available equipment.
Skill of the anesthesiologist/anesthetist.
Age of the patient. (para 2-5b)