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Glossary of
Surgical Terms
Anesthesia
The special medicine that you are given through a mask that helps
you to go to sleep for the operation.
Anesthesiologist
The doctor that gives you the special medicine which helps you to
go to sleep for the operation.
Betadine
A special soap that is a dark brown color. The doctors use this
to clean your skin.
Blood Pressure
The rate at which the blood flows through your veins.
Discharge
This is when the nurses and doctors feel that you are ready to go
home. When it is time, you are able to go home and you will have
all your medical instructions with you.
Examination
This is when the doctor or nurse checks your body to see if it's
healthy.
Follow-up
This is when you come back to the surgical clinic to have the doctors
make sure that the part of your body where you had the operation
is better.
Gurney
This is a special bed on wheels that has rails on the side that
can go up and down so you can be moved around while you are laying
down.
Healing
This is what we call the process of your body getting better.
ID Bracelet
This is a special, plastic, bendable band that goes around your
wrist and has your name on it.
Intake Room
This is a separate room where you and your parent(s)/guardian(s)
go answer questions and find out more about your surgery before
it happens later that day. The nurse will also make sure you're
healthy enough that day to have an operation.
Intravenous Line
This is a plastic tube that connects to a smaller tube that is in
your arm. You can get medicine or a water-like solution that keeps
you body healthy (it gives it a drink!) during surgery. Sometimes
you may hear this referred to as an "IV."
Johnnies
These are special pajama-like clothes that you wear in the hospital.
They are gowns (long shirts) that tie in the back.
Operating Room
Out-patient
This is when you come to the hospital to see a doctor but don't
have to stay overnight.
Oximeter
A machine that measures you heartbeat and the amount of oxygen in
your body. Oxygen is very important, it is what we breathe all the
time.
Oxygen Mask
This is a soft-plastic mask that covers your mouth and nose and
blows a cool, moist air on your face to help you breathe better
and wake up faster.
Prescription
This is the medicine you are supposed to take after your surgery
so that your body will feel better as soon as possible.
Primary Care Doctor
This is the doctor you go to see for your check-ups or when you're
feeling sick.
Pulse
This is a measurement of how fast your heart is beating.
Recovery room
(or PACU)
This is the room where people go after their surgery. They are usually
sleepy in here. Surgeon This kind of doctor specializes in fixing
medical problems with operations.
Scrubbing
A special way the doctors and Operating Room nurses wash their hands
and arms before surgery so they are very clean.
Sterile
When everything is very clean and germ-free so that the operation
can begin.
Stickers or Lead
A clear sticky Band-Aid-like circle that goes on your skin to monitor
your heartbeat. Your heartbeat appears on a TV-like screen in a
green line that moves up and down.
Surgery or Operation
A procedure done by the doctor that helps to correct something that
is wrong with your body.
Surgeon
This kind of doctor specializes in fixing medical problems with
operations.
Temperature
The measurement of the heat in your body
Transport Service
The people that help you to get to different places within the hospital.
Some ways that you can get to different places are by using wheelchairs,
beds, or by walking.
Waiting Area
A big room where people wait to see their doctor and to meet other
doctors and nurses before their operation.
To schedule an appointment,
please call (617) 414-4841
Pediatric Specialty Group
Surgery
Dowling 2 South, Room 2419
1 Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
(617) 414-5131
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