Anaesthetics

Question 1

What is general anaesthesia? 

Question 2

What are the 5 goals of anaesthesia? 

Question 3

What are the two types of general anaesthesia? 

Question 4

What does the term balanced anaesthesia mean? 

Question 5

How do we select anaesthetics? 

Question 6

List the patient factors and outline the issue with each factor. 

Question 7

What is ‘halogenated hydrocarbon-induced malignant hyperthermia’ and why is it an important patient factor? 

Question 8

What is the drug of choice for the treatment of Malignant hyperthermia crisis? 

Question 9

What is a consequence of muscle breakdown? 

Question 10

What is the purpose of pre-anaesthetic medications?

Question 11

What sort of pre -anaesthetics are there? 

Question 12

What are the stages of anaesthesia and what happens during each stage? 

What sort of anaesthesia do we give children without IV access in the inductions stage? 

What should be done after administrating the initial anaesthesia? 

Question 13

How do modern inhalation anaesthetics work? 

Question 14

What affects the movement of inhalation anaesthetics? 

Question 15

What is Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC)? 

Question 16

What is the inverse of MAC? 

Question 17

How can MAC be expressed? 

Question 18

How does the uptake and distribution of inhalation anaesthetics work? 

Question 19

When can a steady state (SS) be achieved? 

Question 20

What factors determine the time course for attaining Steady State? 

Question 21

What is succinylcholine used for? 

Question 22

Why does it take certain anaesthetics longer to “wash out” than others? Give an example. 

Question 23

What is the mechanism of action of anaesthetics? 

Question 24

What sort of vital signs are measured in the maintenance stage?  

Question 25

What is monitored in the recovery stage? 

Question 26

What are the depth of anaesthesia and what occurs to the patient in each depth? 

Question 27

What occurs in the 4 planes of surgical anaesthesia? 

Question 28

What plane do we want to keep the patient at? 

Question 29

What effect does drug solubility have on the recovery time?

Question 30

What are the 5 inhalational anaesthetics used to induce or maintain general anaesthesia?

Question 31

What are the 5 intravenous anaesthetics used to induce or maintain general anaesthesia? 

Question 32

What group of medications can be used to accompany general anaesthetics? 

Question 33

Ketamine and nitrous oxide are known to inhibits a group of receptors. What receptors are these?

Question 34

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Halothane?

Question 35

What are the advantages and disadvantages of enflurane? 

Question 36

What are the advantages and disadvantages of desflurane?

Question 37

What are the advantages and disadvantages of sevoflurane? 

Question 38

What are the advantages and disadvantages of methoxyflurane? 

Question 39

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Nitrous oxide (N2O)? 

Question 40

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Xenon? 

Question 41

Discuss the types of intravenous anaesthetics available. 

Question 42

What sort of other anaesthetics are available on the market? 

Question 43

Compare and contrast the different types of anaesthetics available. 

Question 44

What anaesthetics are suitable for children? 

Question 45

What sort of problems are associated with anaesthetics?