Anesthesia Exam 1

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an effect of inhalant anesthetics?

Answer 1

Sufficient analgesia after the patient wakes up

Question 2

An anesthetic agent that has a low blood-gas partition coefficient will result in _____ induction and recovery time.

Answer 2

fast

Question 3

An adverse effect, commonly associated with iso includes

Answer 3

Depression of respiration

Question 4

Diethyl Ether is no longer used but is an important agent to recognize; why?

Answer 4

The classic stages and planes of anesthesia were described using this agent

Question 5

What color is associated with each of the following inhalant compounds respectively; iso and sevo ?

Answer 5

purple and yellow

Question 6

The MAC (minimum alveolar concentration) tells us what?

Answer 6

The lowest concentration at which 50% of patients show no response to a painful stimulation

Question 7

What is the carrier gas that vaporizes our inhalant anesthetics and delivers them to our patients?

Answer 7

oxygen

Question 8

What does anesthesia mean?

Answer 8

without feeling or insensibility

Question 9

_____ therapeutic index of our anesthetic agents creates a challenge for vet techs.

Answer 9

Narrow

Question 10

what color are NITROUS OXIDE tanks?

Answer 10

blue

Question 11

What color are OXYGEN tanks?

Answer 11

green

Question 12

What does anesthesia mean

Answer 12

without feeling or insensibility

Question 13

Why do we no longer use nitrous oxide as an inhalant anesthetic agent?

Answer 13

There are better agents

Question 14

What does the MAC allow us to calculate?

Answer 14

The amount of anesthesia we need to use and what percentage we should turn it on.

Question 15

Room air has what concentration of oxygen?

Answer 15

21

Question 16

E tanks of oxygen approximately have how many liters of oxygen when full?

Answer 16

660L

Question 17

The pressure reducing valve reduces the pressure of the oxygen to a safe level. This is ______ psi

Answer 17

40-50

Question 18

The flow meter expresses how much oxygen your patient is receiving in _____/min

Answer 18

liters

Question 19

The oxygen flush valve bypasses the vaporizer and flowmeter

Answer 19

True

Question 20

You should close the pop-off valve before you use the machine

Answer 20

no, it should never be closed

Question 21

CO2 absorbing granules are made of?

Answer 21

Calcium hydroxide

Question 22

When ventilating a small animal patient, the pressure manometer should never go over?

Answer 22

20cm H2O

Question 23

When ventilating a horse, the pressure manometer should not go over?

Answer 23

40

Question 24

When was anesthesia first discovered?

Answer 24

1846

Question 25

What is meant by ‘general anesthesia’?

Answer 25

Level of unconsciousness where they don’t respond to pain

Question 26

Gas anesthesia not only is safe, it offers pain control for a patient after they wake up

Answer 26

false