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Intra Op Questions and Answers
Patient skin prep
o :# 1. Povidone-Iodine
o 2. Alcohol-based scrub
o 3. Chlorhexidine
different positioning for patient during surgery
o :# 1. Supine
o 2. Reverse Trendelenburg
o 3. Trendelenburg
o 4. Lithotomy
o 5. Lateral (L/R)
o 6. Lateral Kidney
o 7. Kidney position
o 8. Prone
o 9. Fowler's
Trendelenburg/Reverse Trendelenburg
o :# Head up is regular
Head down is reverse
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Lithotomy position
o :# lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups
Lateral surgery position
o :# can be left or right
Lateral kidney surgery position
o :# laying on left or right side with table bent in middle to expose kidney
Prone/Supine surgery position
o :#
Fowler's position
o :# a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60
degrees
cross section of abdominal layers
o :# 1. Skin
2. Fat
3. Anterior fascia
4. Rectus abdominus
Intra Op Questions and Answers
Patient skin prep
o :# 1. Povidone-Iodine
o 2. Alcohol-based scrub
o 3. Chlorhexidine
different positioning for patient during surgery
o :# 1. Supine
o 2. Reverse Trendelenburg
o 3. Trendelenburg
o 4. Lithotomy
o 5. Lateral (L/R)
o 6. Lateral Kidney
o 7. Kidney position
o 8. Prone
o 9. Fowler's
Trendelenburg/Reverse Trendelenburg
o :# Head up is regular
Head down is reverse
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Lithotomy position
o :# lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups
Lateral surgery position
o :# can be left or right
Lateral kidney surgery position
o :# laying on left or right side with table bent in middle to expose kidney
Prone/Supine surgery position
o :#
Fowler's position
o :# a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60
degrees
cross section of abdominal layers
o :# 1. Skin
2. Fat
3. Anterior fascia
4. Rectus abdominus
