Med/Surg correct answers Slang term that reflects the two most common physician
specialty categories of: Internal Medicine and Surgery
Peter Drucker correct answers Hospitals are perhaps the most complicated business
enterprise ever created by mankind.
Prior to 1970 correct answers All surgical procedures took place in the Department of
Surgery, O.R of a Hospital.
In the 1970's correct answers The development of the computer chip camera, permitted
visualization of organs. The development of free stand ambulatory surgery centers.
Minimally Invasive Surgery correct answers Surgeon makes small incisions and inserts
tubes called trochars, carbon dioxide can be used to inflate area to allow for more space
to perform procedure. A camera is inserted into the opening. Special instruments placed
into the other opening to perform the procedure.
Why Minimally invasive surgery correct answers Shorter hospital stays, less scaring,
less pain, decreased chance of complications
Arthroscopy correct answers Procedure used to treat or view the interior of a joint, most
commonly knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle, foot, and hip.
Endoscopy correct answers "looking inside", does not need to make incisions, uses to
look inside organs or orifices.
Gastroscopy correct answers Views the stomach
Laryngoscopy correct answers View the Larynx
Cytoscopy correct answers Views the Urinary tract.
Laparoscopy correct answers Performed in the abdominal area using several small
incisions.
Phacoemulsification correct answers Removal of Cateracts and Replacement with
Introocular lense.
Values held by a doctor correct answers Respect, Autonomy, Control, Efficiency,
Quality Patient Care, and Time.
Why physicians created ASC's correct answers Schedualing delays, limited operating
room availability, department budgets, slow turnover, interruptions caused by
emergency cases, policies and procedures of the hospitals