Medical Instrumentation Test Questions
Course Introduction
Medical Instrumentation focuses on the principles, design, and operation of devices used for diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment within healthcare settings. The course covers the fundamentals of sensors, transducers, biomedical signal acquisition, patient safety, and interfacing medical equipment with computer systems. Students will explore regulatory standards, calibration techniques, and the application of common medical instruments such as ECG, EEG, pulse oximeters, ventilators, and infusion pumps. Emphasis is placed on understanding the engineering challenges in the development of reliable and accurate biomedical devices, as well as the ethical considerations in the use of technology in medicine.
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Surgical Equipment and Supplies 2nd Edition by Colleen J. Rutherford
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Chapter 1: Common Equipment and Supplies
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Q1) Which of the following would most likely be used to position a patient who is undergoing surgery on the lower back?
A) Jackson table
B) candy cane stirrups
C) fracture table
D) knee crutch stirrups
Answer: A
Q2) Chest rolls are used when placing the patient in a __________________________ position.
Answer: prone
Q3) A horseshoe or Shea may be used to position the patient's _______.
A) head
B) arm
C) foot
D) shoulders
Answer: A
Q4) Part of the body of the operating room table,a ______________________ _____________________ is used to elevate the flank area for better exposure during renal procedures.
Answer: kidney rest
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Chapter 2: General Surgical Supplies and Post-Operative
Splints
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Q1) Ioban cannot be used on a patient with a(n)__________ allergy.
A) iodine
B) latex
C) wheat
D) sulfa
Answer: A
Q2) What is the main purpose of suture boots?
Answer: to protect the suture from being damaged by the serrated instrument jaws
Q3) A ____________________ sponge has a cross shape cut into it.
Answer: dressing
Q4) What is bone wax used for?
Answer: barrel,plunger,tip,and measurement markings
Q5) A Lone Star retractor is used for vaginal and rectal surgeries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q6) What are two of the three characteristics found in sponges that are intended for use inside the body?
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Answer: They are lint free,soft (to avoid tissue damage),and have a radiopaque strip sewn into them.
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Chapter 3: Tubes, drains, and Catheters
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Q1) Hydrocephalus is an excess accumulation of __________________ in the brain ventricles.
Answer: CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
Q2) ____________________ tubes are designed to treat a small bowel obstruction.
Answer: Nasointestinal
Q3) Another name for a Pezzer catheter is a Malecot catheter.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The nephrostomy tube is placed:
A) percutaneously
B) transureterally
C) transurethrally
D) intra-abdominally
Answer: A
Q5) A Robinson catheter is the most common type of _____________________ catheter.
Answer: straight (or nonretaining)
Q6) The Salem Sump tube is the most widely used type of ___________________ tube.
Answer: nasogastric
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Chapter 4: Sutures and Suture Needles
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Q1) ________________________ suture consists of more than one strand.
Q2) The "PS" in PS needle stands for:
A) pointed straight
B) plain suture
C) plastic surgery
D) pointed suture
Q3) Name one advantage and one disadvantage of a monofilament suture.
Q4) Which suture does not have memory?
A) Maxon
B) Prolene
C) Chromic Gut
D) Vicryl
Q5) Gore-Tex suture is:
A) monofilament
B) multifilament
C) braided
D) polyfilament
Q6) Plain gut comes packaged in alcohol to prevent drying out.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Lasers
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Q1) "The beam alters or disrupts the tissue in some way" is the definition of ____________________.
Q2) ____________________ ____________________ is the most commonly used type of laser in surgery.
Q3) The laser head is also known as the ______________ ______________.
Q4) Jewelry made of _______________________ should not be worn by personnel in the room or entering the room.
Q5) The ____________________ laser creates less heat than other types and is less damaging to surrounding tissue.
Q6) All of the following factors affect how deep the laser beam penetrates <u>except</u>:
A) duration of tissue exposure
B) power
C) wavelength
D) tissue color
Q7) The argon laser produces a visible ________________________ color beam.
Q8) It is recommended to have _______________________-type fire extinguishers in the room while lasers are in use.
Q9) What does the acronym LASER stand for?
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Chapter 6: Endoscopic and Robotic Equipment
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Q1) Why should you not place a camera on the bottom of an instrument tray?
Q2) Glycine is a __________________ solution.
Q3) All of the following structures are located in the mediastinum except the:
A) trachea
B) heart
C) esophagus
D) lungs
Q4) Gastroscopy refers to viewing inside the:
A) small intestine
B) large intestine
C) esophagus
D) stomach
Q5) Rhinoscopy refers to viewing inside the:
A) mouth
B) nose
C) ear
D) throat
Q6) When the camera is not in use and is outside of the body,place it in ________________ mode.
Q7) Define the word meatoscopy.
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Chapter 7: Specialty Equipment
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Q1) A cryotherapy machine may be used during a procedure to repair a retinal detachment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The primary use of staples in orthopedic surgery is to reconnect ________________ to ________________.
A) soft tissue, bone
B) soft tissue, soft tissue
C) bone, bone
D) bone, bone graft
Q3) The medical term for burr holes into the cranium is:
A) ventriculectomy
B) ventriculostomy
C) ventriculotomy
D) ventriculesis
Q4) The handpiece for a Coblator is also known as the ______________________.
Q5) A phacoemulsifier uses ______________________ waves to fragment the affected lens during a cataract removal.
Q6) If implants of differing alloys are used,they can ______________________ and cause implant breakdown.
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Chapter 8: Anesthesia
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Q1) ___________________ is a major risk with spinal anesthesia.
Q2) _____________ is the medication used in the treatment of malignant hyperthermia.
A) Decadron
B) Lasix
C) Dantrolene
D) Digoxin
Q3) When possible,load needles onto syringes just prior to use.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Spinal anesthesia can be used for procedures below the ________________.
Q5) Cricoid pressure is also known as ____________________ maneuver.
Q6) _________ forceps may be used during intubation to help guide the endotracheal tube.
A) Magill
B) Maguile
C) DeBakey
D) Mayo
Q7) Hearing is the first sense to return during emergence from anesthesia.
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A)True
B)False
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