When using an electrical instrument on the field, the scrub person needs to have available what item to cool the bone being worked on?
a. Ice packs
b. Saline solution in a syringe
c. Antibiotic soaked sponges
d. Frozen 4 ? 4 sponges
ANS: B
Because of the heat generated when using electrical instruments, the surgeon usually has the assistant use a bulb syringe to drip saline solution on the area to cool the bone and wash away particles. The syringe must not touch the blade.
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