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CSTSetup Pro
Every setup, every instrument, and your cert exam.
Made by surgical techs: the real back table for 260+ procedures, 2,800+ instruments with photos, and practice for your cert exam. Website and app, one account.
Inguinal Hernia Repair Free16 instruments, every step
Laparoscopic J-Hook ElectrodeSpecialty
Question 1 of 5 · Intraoperative Procedures
Laparoscopic J-Hook ElectrodeSpecialty Try today’s CST five
During a hip case, what holds the X-ray cassette and keeps the limb still for the exposure?
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The real thing, built by techs. Every General setup is free to open, no account needed.
Start free. Go Pro for all of it.
Pro is on the website and in the app, one account.
Pass your exam. Know every case.
Everything in Free, plus:
- All 260 setups in every specialty: back table, Mayo and every step
- Practice that never runs out and full timed exams for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA, with the why behind every answer
- Flashcards on any tray, timed to come back before you forget
- Every instrument card in full: the 3D model, cautions, inspection, how to pass it
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Ask a questionWhat is CSTSetup?
A study site and apps for surgical techs and students, made by surgical techs. It has the real back table for 260 procedures, 2,882 instruments with photos, and practice for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA. Programs use it to teach and students use it to study. You can start free, and Pro opens all of it.
Can I cancel?
Any time, from your dashboard, and you keep Pro until the period you already paid for runs out. No email, no phone call, no retention script.
Does it work on my phone?
One account covers the website and the apps. Study on the bus, review on the unit, and your progress is the same everywhere. It lives on the account, not the device.
I haven't set an exam date yet.
You don't need one. The daily lesson is 10 questions every day, built from what you are due to see again and what you miss most. Add a date later and your home page counts down to it; more practice is there whenever you want it.
What happens to my progress if I stop paying?
Nothing is deleted. Your streak, your history and everything you have mastered are still there if you come back, and the free tier keeps working.
Is this enough on its own?
For the setups and instruments, yes: 260 trays and 2,882 instruments, tested until you are quick with them. For the exam it is practice, written to the exam's official outline, with full timed exams. It does not replace your program's textbook.
Ten minutes a day until it's boring.
Start free with the General setups. Go Pro when you want the rest.