2. Surgical Instrument: Instrument used during surgical
Procedures
General Surgical Instrument
These tools are used for
Holding
Pulling
Clamping
Cutting
Crushing
Closing a wound
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3. Terminology
Excision – removal of tissues by surgical cuts
Ecraseur – an instrument that permits excision
by a crushing action
Incision – surgical cut made into a tissue of
organ
Cannula – a tube that is inserted into a body
cavity for drainage of fluid
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4. Scissors
Four different types
Utility
Suture
Surgical
Dissecting
Utility
Cut material that may dull the blade
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5. Suture Cutting Scissors
Remove sutures
Type of utility
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6. Operating
Surgical
Cut soft tissue
Different sizes
Blade can be straight, curved, blunt or pointed
Dissecting
Separate and differentiate tissues
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7. Forceps
Three Types
Thumb forceps
Clamping forceps
Needle holders
Look like tweezers
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8. Thumb forceps
Used for
Grasping
Compressing
Pulling tissue
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12. Scalpels
Very sharp knife
Handle and blade are packaged separately
Used to make surgical cuts called incisions
Different sizes and styles
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13. Syringe
- Parts of syringe
- Sizes of syringe
Hypodermic needle
- Parts of needle
- Sizes of needle
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14. Towel Clamp
-Keep the drapes in place
-Minimizes contamination by exposing only
incision site.
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