QUESTIONS

Note: Those questions marked with an asterisk are not essential for NVQ level 3, but may be useful for further study or Diploma candidates.

1. Name and briefly describe one type of towel clip.
2. What sized blades fit a number 3 scalpel handle?
3. What sized blades fit a number 4 scalpel handle?
4. A number 9 scalpel handle takes blades 8-15, but how does it differ to a number 3 handle?
5. * What is a Bard-Parker?
6. Name 4 different types of needle holder.
7. What are Rampley's sponge holding forceps designed for?
8. What are the forceps called that are used to lay out an instrument trolley in a sterile fashion?
9. What is another name for artery forceps?
10. What 2 factors must be checked prior to the use of haemostats?
11. Name 3 types of haemostat.
12. Which of your answers to Q11 would you select as ideal for all fine surgery?
13. Which of your answers to Q11 would you select as the ideal forcep for clamping large vessels and organs?
14. What are Mayo scissors generally used for?
15. What are Metzenbaum scissors generally used for?
16. * What is the name of the angled scissors used for cardio-vascular work?
17. What are Lister scissors designed for?
18. What are Bohler's scissors designed for?
19. What are Heath scissors designed for?
20. * What are Aufricht scissors designed for?
21. * What is the name of the scissors that have all the advantages and familiarity of Mayo scissors but are scaled down for fine surgery (e.g. ocular surgery)?
22. Allis, Babcock and Doyen are all types of what?
23. Allis tissue forceps should not be used on skin or hollow organs. Can you explain why, and suggest a suitable type for clamping the bowel?
24. What is another name given to thumb forceps?
25. Name 3 types of thumb forceps.
26. * Which 2 of your answers to Q17 are atraumatic for cardiovascular work?
27. What is the purpose of a suction piece?
28. Name 1 type of suction piece.
29. Name 1 type of rat-toothed forcep.
30. Name 1 type of non-dissecting forcep.
31. * What are Angiotribes?
32. State the 2 categories of retractor.
33. Name 2 types of self retaining retractor.
34. * Which type of self retaining retractor is commonly known as "rib spreaders"?
35. Name 2 types of hand held retractor.
36. What are Liston and Ruskin cutters designed for?
37. What is the correct term for "bone nibbling forceps"?
38. * List 3 types of rongeur.
39. * What is the name of the ronguers specially designed for fine spinal work?
40. * Bone holding forceps are used to manipulate and hold fragments of bone in place (with or without ratchets). Can you name 3 types?
41. Name an instrument used for cutting bone in conjunction with a mallet.
42. What is the main difference between a chisel and an osteome?
43. * Name 1 type of osteome.
44. What is a depth gauge used for?
45. What is the name of the instrument used for the extraction of Steinman pins, in open pinning (particularly of the femur)?
46. * Name a type of bone pin introducer.
47. Name 1 type of bone holding forceps.
48. Name a type of curette.
49. During which operation might the veterinary surgeon use a McFarlane's teresector?
50. What instrument is used to shape grooves for tendon transfer (a method used for repairing ruptured cruciate ligaments)?
51. What is Gigli wire used for?
52. Name 4 types of bone pin and briefly describe each.
53. What are finger plates?
54. Sherman and Venables are 2 types of what?
55. How would you quickly recognise acetabular plates?
56. What are DCP's?
57. Why are DCP plates preferable to other bone plates?
58. What does ASIF stand for?
59. * What is a Snellen's vectis used for?
60. * St Martin's and Barraquer's are examples of what?
61. * Pooley's and Castroviejo's are examples of what?
62. * What is the name of the forcep used to remove residual lens material during extracapsular extraction?
63. * Name 2 types of lachrymal cannula.
64. What is a trephine?