Anesthesia Review Flashcards
A CHEMICAL THAT BINDS TO AND ACTIVATES A RECEPTOR TO CREATE A RESPONSE. ENHANCES THE EFFECTS OF ANOTHER DRUG OR SUBSTANCE.
AGONIST
THE COMPOENENT OF ANESTHESIA THAT THE SURGICAL PATIENT SHOULD HAVE NO MEMORY OF OR AN INABILITY TO RECALL THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE DURING SURGERY.
AMNESIA
A GLASS CONTAINER THAT REQUIRES THE TOP TO BE BROKEN TO ACCESS THE AGENT INSIDE.
AMPULE
A CLASS OF DRUGS USED TO PREVENT OR REDUCE PAIN.
ANALGESTIC
A LIFE-THREATENING, IMMEDIATE AND SEVERE HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION THAT RESULTS IN VASCULAR COLLAPSE AND SHOCK.
ANAPHYLAXIS
A CHEMICAL THAT BLOCKS A RECEPTOR AND ITS RESPONSE. REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF ANOTHER DRUG OR SUBSTANCE (SOMETIMES CALLED A BLOCKER).
ANTAGONIST
A CLASS OF DRUGS THAT IS USED TO PREVENT NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
ANTIEMETIC
THE INHALATION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL, SUCH AS COMIT, WHILE UNCONSCIOUS, THAT BLOCKS THE PATIENT’S AIRWAY.
ASPIRATION
A REASON A SPECIFIC DRUG OR PROCEDURE SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
CONTRAINDICATION
A FORM OF SPINAL ANESTHESIA WHERE THE AGENT IS INJECTED INTO THE SPACE SURROUNDING THE DURA MATER.
EPIDURAL
A REASON TO PERFORM A PROCEDURE OR PRESCRIBE A PARTICULAR DRUG.
INDICATION
THE DELIBERATE INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA.
INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA
DRUGS THAT INDUCE UNCONSCIOUSNESS, INITIATING A STATE OF ANESTHESIA.
INDUCTION AGENTS
INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENT INTO A JOINT SPACE WITH THE INTENTIONAL OF PAIN MANAGEMENT.
INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION
INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENT INTO A VEIN.
INTRAVENOUS INJECTION
A CONVULSION OF THE LARYNGEAL MUSCLES THAT TRIGGERS THE GAG REFLEC AND CAN LEAD TO TOTAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION.
LARYNGOSPASM
AN ALTERNATE TO AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE. ALSO CALLED A SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY.
LMA
A DRUG IN THE ANALGESIC CLASS THAT SUPPRESSES THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. ALSO CALLED AN OPIOD ANAGESIC.
NARCOTIC
A SEMICONSCIOUS STATE USING A COMBINATION OF TRANQUILIZERS AND ANALGESTICS TO ACHIEVE DIMINISHED ANXIETY, SEDATION AND AMNESIA, BUT SILL ENABLING THE PATIENT TO RESPOND TO COMMANDS.
NEUROLEPANLGESIA
ANESTHESIA AGENTS THAT ARE LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND EVAPORATE EASILY FOR ADMINISTRATION BY INHALATION.
VOLATILE AGENTS
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD USED TO ADMINISTER GENERAL ANESTHESIA?
GENERAL ANESTHESIA - COMBINATIONOF GAS THROUGH INHALATION AND IV INJECTION
WHAT STAGE OF ANESTHEISA IS CALLED THE AMNESIA STAGE. BEGIN WITH INITIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGENT AND CONTINUES UNETIL THE PATIENT LSES CONSCIOUSNESS.
STAGE I
WHAT STAGE OF ANESTHESIA IS CALLED THE EXCITMENT OR DELIRIUM STAGE.
STAGE II
WHAT STAGE OF ANESTHESIA IF CALLED THE SURGICAL ANESTHESIA STAGE, THIS STAGE BEGINS WITH THE LOSS OF EYELID REFLEX AND RETURN TO REGULAR PATIENT BREATHING.
STAGE III
WHAT STAGE OF ANESTHESIA IS CALLED THE OVERDOSE STAGE.
STAGE IV
WHAT PHASE OF ANESTHESIA DOES THE EXTUBATION TAKE PLACE?
EMERGENCE
WHAT PHASE OF ANESTHESIA DOES THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE TAKE PLACE?
MAINTENANCE
