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Know every instrument. Cold.

Every tray on the site turns into a deck. Grade yourself card by card and each instrument comes back right before you would have forgotten it, then prove it on a timed exam.

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This is one card.

Front and back, as you would actually study it. There are 3,342 of them.

What is it?
Kelly Forceps
Also known asKelly · Kelly Clamp · Kelly Hemostat · Hemostat
Primary usesIdeal for securing bleeders prior to ligation or cauterization in various surgical contexts.
InsightsA ring-handled, ratcheted clamp, straight or curved, with horizontal serrations only on the outer part of the jaws (about half the jaw, from the tip). The part near the box lock is smooth.
Inspection & testingClose it and check that the jaws line up and the serrations mesh all the way to the tip. Look for cracks, pitting or debris in the box lock, and gently push the open handles in opposite directions to check for play. The ratchet should click shut with moderate pressure and hold; …
Passing techniqueDeliver closed on the first ratchet click. Place the ring handles firmly against the surgeon’s palm with the curve directed toward the surgeon's thumb or specified trajectory.
CautionClamping tissues too deeply in the jaw where serrations are absent can cause the instrument to slip off under tension.
Laid out forAbdominal Laparoscopy · Appendectomy · Laparoscopic Appendectomy · Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
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The loop

Reading a card is not knowing it.

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Learn itFlashcards on any tray. Miss one and it is back in minutes; own it and it is back in weeks.
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Check itA practice test built from the live catalogue: identify it from a photo, name what it is for, spot what does not belong.
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Prove itEvery instrument on the tray, timed and scored, so you find out whether you really know it before the day it counts.

Free either way: the General setups in full, every instrument's photos and uses, and 5 questions a day. Start there

Ten minutes a day until it is boring.

Every day it tells you what is slipping and how much to do about it, and counts down to the date you set. The closer the exam, the more it gives you.