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For the NBSTSA CST exam. One topic per page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. From Kelly vs Crile vs mosquito to the back table, the count and steam sterilization numbers. 58 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the parts, rules and numbers you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 54 topics.
You're opening sutures for closing. The surgeon says "3-0 for the subcutaneous," and there's a 0 and a 3-0 in front of you. For a second, you're not sure which one is thinner.
Your textbook covers USP sizes in two dense paragraphs: diameters, numbering, exceptions. You read it, it made sense, and by the next morning the zeros were a blur again.
In this book, suture sizes are one page: a single ruler from 7-0 to 2, thinnest to thickest, with one rule written big across the top: more zeros, thinner.
Same with ring-handled instrument anatomy, Kelly vs Crile vs mosquito, the rules of asepsis, the back table and steam sterilization numbers: each one has its own page.
So the next time someone asks for a size, you picture the ruler and hand it over without going back to the textbook.
The CST exam, instruments, sutures and hemostasis, the sterile field, the pre- and intraoperative routine, safety and closing, sterilization and the OR team, basic science and a final review: 58 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're in clinicals. The surgeon asks for a Crile, and on the Mayo stand a Kelly and a mosquito sit right next to it.
In the book you open the Kelly, Crile, mosquito page and see the three clamps drawn side by side, at the same scale, with how far the serrations run and how big each one is.
Same with suture sizes, the sterile zones of your gown, the surgical count, positioning and steam sterilization numbers: each one on its own page.
Surgical Tech Exam Illustrated is 9 parts and 54 topics, all drawn, and at the end, exam-style questions with explanations and a last-week checklist.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
How the CST exam is built (175 questions, 150 scored, three content areas) and how to study one page at a time.
Ring-handled instrument anatomy, the 7 families, scalpel blades, scissors, clamps, tissue forceps, needle holders, retractors and suction tips: you name what's on the Mayo stand by its shape.
Suture sizes, absorbable vs nonabsorbable, needle anatomy and points, ties, clips, staplers and hemostasis on the field.
The rules of asepsis as pictures, the sterile zones of your gown, moving around the field, opening packs, the hand scrub, gowning, gloving and contamination: you know what's in and what's out before anyone has to say it.
Room setup, the back table, the Mayo stand, the count, time-out, positioning, skin prep, draping and passing instruments.
Electrosurgery, fire in the OR, specimens, wound classes, closing, dressing and breakdown.
Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization, steam numbers, low-temperature methods, chemical vs biological indicators, the OR team and legal terms.
Abdominal wall layers, common incisions, microbiology, anesthesia, medications on the sterile field and malignant hyperthermia.
Exam-style questions with explanations, a last-week checklist and the most common mix-ups.
At the end of the book: Exam-style questions with explanations, a last-week checklist and the most common mix-ups.
You see a drawing, you name the instrument and its use, then check the answer: the fastest way to find out which ones you really know.
The most frequent errors with gowns, gloves, the back table and counts, each one drawn next to the right way, for a quick review before clinicals or the exam.
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Each instrument family on its own page, every part labeled, so the names stick before clinicals start.
The book follows the NBSTSA content outline, so you review each area in proportion, with exam-style questions at the end.
Keep it at hand to check a setup, a suture size or a sterilization number at a glance.
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Yes. It isn't a beginner's book. Your textbook explains and your question app tests you; this book is the part in between: each instrument, rule and number drawn on its own page, in the order of the NBSTSA outline, so you can review an area in minutes and check a doubt at a glance. It works whether you're in the program, in clinicals or preparing a retake.
From the current NBSTSA CST Examination Content Outline (the one published on nbstsa.org), cross-checked with the AST Guidelines for Best Practices and the Joint Commission Universal Protocol. The book follows the outline's three content areas, in its order.
No. It's independent study material, not published or endorsed by the NBSTSA, the AST or any program. It doesn't give a certificate or CE credits: it's a book to study and review.
No. It's a study companion. Your program, your preceptors and your facility's protocols always come first.
No. They're written for this book, in the style of the exam, so you can practice. They aren't official NBSTSA questions.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as PDFs by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDF is printable: print the whole book at home or at a print shop, or just the pages you need.
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No more rereading with nothing sticking.
A Kelly, a Crile and a mosquito: you see them drawn side by side, and you can tell them apart.
You walk into the exam knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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