_____ areas of the body are subject to pressure from gravity and weight and more likely to have pressure sores after surgery if not properly padded. For example, the sacrum,  the calcaneus, the occipital bone, and the olecranon when the patient is in a supine position.

When draping the patient for surgery, once a towel or drape has been placed on the patient, __.

What areas of the patient’s body must be adequately supported, protected and/or padded when the using the Prone position to prevent injury?

_______ is absolute, something either is or is not ___ , and there is no “partial” or “grey”- it is only seen as “black and white”.

Match the positioning items to the correct name. Each answer will only be used one time. A. B. C. D. E.

Which of the listed examples of identification is NOT an acceptable use of unique patient identifiers that can be used to ID the patient in holding before the team is allowed to transport to the OR for surgery?

The patient’s arms are placed supinated on the arm boards and should never be placed _______ to prevent ______. 

____ is also known as the dorsal recumbent position. 

When transferring a patient from the stretcher to an operating table, the most important thing for the ST to verify is that  ______.

The circulator should remove all wrinkles and folds from any sheets or blankets, TED hose, tourniquet padding, and dressing rolled gauze because _____.