In a ________ procedure, the skin is punctured or a very small incision is made to access the site.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 2
A patient was in respiratory failure and his family called the paramedics. He was intubated in the field and was bagged during the ambulance ride. Once he arrived at the hospital with the endotracheal tube in place, he was place on a ventilator. He was quite ill and remained on a ventilator for more than a month. The patient underwent a tracheostomy on day 10 of his stay.
Answer the following question about the (open) tracheostomy procedure.
Under what section of the PCS manual would this procedure fall?
Answer: 0 Medical and Surgical.
What is the Body System?
Answer: Respiratory System
What is the Root Operation, and how is it defined?
Answer: Bypass Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part.
What is the Body Part and what is its value?
What is the Approach and what is its value?
What is the Device and what is its value?
What is the Qualifier and what is its value?
What is the complete code for this procedure?
What will be an ideal response?
Photomicro graph showing the three layers of the skin.
Arthroscopic surgery involves the surgery of a joint with the use of a flexible arthroscope and othe
Cross section of skin
Evidence-based practice: skin assessment
Attributed to Thomas Dennis or William Searle, Chest, made in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Various types of skin lesions.