OSCE Prep - surgical instruments

What are hemostats used for?

-Grasp blood vessels

-Clamp/hold tissue and vessels

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Halsted mosquito hemostat

-Clamp small vessels

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Kelly hemostat

-Occlude small to medium sized vessels

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Crile hemostat

-Occlude small to medium sized blood vessels and small uterine horns

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Rochester carmalt hemostat

-Clamp large tissue bundles

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Rochester pean hemostat

-Clamp large blood vessels or grasp tissue

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Rochester ochsner hemostat

-Clamp large vessels or grasp tissue (teeth allow for better grasping)

What is the function of needle drivers?

Drive suture needles through tissues

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Olsen-Hegar needle drivers

-Have scissor blades to cut sutures

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Mathieu needle drivers

-Have ratchet lock at proximal end to permit locking and unlocking

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Mayo-hegar needle drivers

-Contain no scissors behind jaws

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Mayo scissors

-Blunt dissection

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Metzenbaum scissors

-Fine blades for blunt dissection or cutting soft, fine tissue

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Suture scissors

-Cut suture material or other inanimate materials

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Suture removal scissors

-Remove sutures from an incision line

What are the function of tissue forceps?

Grasp tissues

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Brown adson tissue forceps

-Pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissues

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Adson tissue forceps

-Atraumatic

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Rat tooth tissue forceps

-Grasp skin and other dense tissues when suturing (may cause damage to delicate tissues)

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Russian tissue forceps

-Atraumatic tissue grasping

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-DeBakey tissue forceps

-Atraumatic tissue forceps

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Allis tissue forceps

-Hold with max power

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Doyen intestinal tissue forceps

-Noncrushing with striations to temporarily occlude bowel lumen

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Backhaus towel forceps

-Secure trapes to pt skin

What blades fit on scalpel handle #3

Blades starting with 1 (10,11,12,15)

What blades fit on scalpel handle #4

Blades starting with 2 (20,21,22,23)

What is the purpose of retractors?

Used to retract tissue and improve visualization

What tool is this?

Parker retractor

What tool is this?

Army-Navy retractors

What tool is this?

Senn retractor

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Snook (ovariectomy) hook

-Used to retrieve uterine horn from within abdomen

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Gelpi retractor

-Maintain exposure during surgery

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Weitlaner retractor

-Maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic surgery

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Balfour retractor

-Hold abdominal wall open

What is the function of suction tips?

Suction fluids out of surgical fields

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Yankauer 

-Surface suction and some intra-abdominal suction

What tool is this? What is its purpose?

-Poole

-Used to remove large amounts of fluid from surgical field