CRNA Mnemonics

Question 1

Epiglottis Mnemonics

Answer 1

AIR RAID

Airway Closed
Increased Pulse
Restlessness

Retractions
Anxiety
Inspiratory Stridor
Drooling

Question 2

Epiglottis symptoms (LHADDS)

Answer 2

Lean forward to help air pass
Hoarseness
Anxiety, restlessness
Difficulty swallowing
Drooling
Stridor

Question 3

Epiglottis Treatment (NO FAITH)

Answer 3

NO FAITH
NPO
Oxygen

Fluids
Avoid Examination of throat(can cause more inflammation)
Intubate
Tracheostomy (may need) 
Humification ( cool mist)

Question 4

First treatment of EPIGLOTTIS is

Answer 4

Intubation

Question 5

Larynx Cartilages

Answer 5

The Crocodile Eats Asian Corn Cunningly
Thyroid (comes before cricoid , means more superior)
Cricoid
Epiglottis
Arytenoids (2)
Corniculates (2)
Cuneiofrom (2)

Question 6

What is the space between the Thyroid and the Cricoid? and its significance?

Answer 6

Cricothyroid

Crycothyroidomy performed there Need (finger, bougie, scapel #10, and 6.0 ET tube

Question 7

Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscles Function PCA

Answer 7

Posterior Arytenoids Pull cord Apart (PCA)
LCA ( lure cords adjacentrly, pull cord together)
CT (crycothyroids ) Increase vocal cord tension
Tranqulizes cord Decrease vocal cord tension
(think C before T, so C is great tension, T low tension)

Question 8

MOTOR: Innervation of the larynx is REM and SCAR

Answer 8

RECURRENT and EXTENAL superior laryngeal nerve for MOTOR

SCAR: SUPERIOR LN motor for CRICOTHYROID muscle, ALL other RECURRENT

Question 9

SENSORY : Innervation of the larynx SIR BRAS

Answer 9

SENSORY supplied by INTERNAL superior laryngeal nerve and RECURRENT (SIR)
BELOW vocal cords RECURRENT ; ABOVE and at vocal cords : SUPERIOR

Question 10

Predicting Difficult airway Mallampati you should see (PUSH) and TUS

Answer 10

Pillars (I)
Uvula (II)
Soft Palate (III)
Hard Palate (IV)

Tonsils, Uvula, Soft palate, Hard Pallate

Question 11

Predicting Difficult Airways: LEMON

Answer 11

Look Externally
Evaluated 3-3-2 (3 fingers between incisors, 3 fingers from mentum to hyoid, between hyoid and thyroid 2 fingers)
Mallampati
Obstruction
Neck Mobility (up and down, side to side, ear to shoulder)

Question 12

Predicting Difficult MASKING (M-BONES)

Answer 12

Mask seal
Beard
Obesity
No teeth
Elderly
Snores

Question 13

Predicting Difficult EXTRA GLOTTIC Device insertion like an LMA)
(RODS)

Answer 13

RODS
Restricted mouth opening
Obstruction (tumor) 
Distorted or disrupted airway
Stuff lung, Cervical spine.

Question 14

Predicting difficult Cricothyrotomy (SHORT)

Answer 14

Surgery
Hematoma
Obesity
Radiation distortion
Tumor

Question 15

Contraindications to LMA (SHOOD)

Answer 15

Stomach full
High pressure required (if high pressure required for ventilation)
Obesity 
Opioids required
Diabetics

Question 16

Nasotracheal Intubation CONTRAINDICATIONS

CLIPS

Answer 16

Coagulopathy
Le Fort III fracture
Intranasal disease(tumor- sinusitis)
Presence of CSF
Skull fracture (basilar)

Question 17

Treatment of Aspiration ( PLATS)

Answer 17

Positive Pressure
Lavage
Antibiotics
Trendelenburg
Suction

Question 18

Diagnosis POOR Bilateral Breath sounds after intubation

DOPE

Answer 18

DOPE
Displaced (right Mainstem?)
Obstruction (kinked, bitten tube, mucous plus) 
Pneumothorax
Esophagus

Question 19

To get a better view during laryngoscopy (BURP)

Answer 19

Backwards
Upwards
Right
Posterior

Question 20

Rapid Sequence Intubation ( 7 Ps)

Answer 20

Preparation
Pre-oxygenation
Pre-treatment (small dose of NDNMB for fasciculations)
Paralysis
Protection and Positioning (Cricoid cartilage pressure)
Placement (with proof)
Post-intubation management

Question 21

Beta 1 ( you have one heart)

Answer 21

affects the heart

Question 22

Beta 2 ( you have 2 lungs)

Answer 22

Affects the lungs

Question 23

Alpha AGonist POTENCY

Answer 23

Every Nudist Demand Inclusion

Epinephrine>
Norepinephrine>
Dopamine>
Isoproterenol >

Question 24

Beta Agonist Potency

Answer 24

I Eat Nutty Donuts’

Isoproterenol>
Epinephrine>
Norepinephrine>
Dopamine

Question 25

Pace MAKER: PASER

Answer 25

Pa- Chamber Paced (first letter)
Se- Chamber sensed (second letter)
R - Response to sensing (third letter)

Question 26

Coronary Blood Supply

Answer 26

The ANT is fed by the LAD in the morning (anterior-LAD)1,4
if LATE, it is fed by the LAD and the Old Man (Lateral LAD or Obtuse Marginal) (1, F, 5,6)
From this, you can INFER that the Ration Cause Arguments (RCA)
I have a POSTER that shows Public Displays of Affection (1,2)
(posterior by PDA, depression V1, V2)

Question 27

Catecholamine synthesis

Answer 27

Little Tiger on THursday met Little Dopey
Little Dopey took Dunkin Donuts to the DiamondMINE
the DiamondMINE was Designed By Humans in NOvember
that November, POOR, NEW MEXICO TEENS visited Epcot

L-tyrosine (tyrosine Hydroxylase - TH ≥ L-Dopa (Dopa Decarboxylase – DD) -> Dopamine (Dopamine B-Hydroxylase – DBH) -> Norepinephrine (phenylethanolmaine n-methyltransferase – PNMT -> Epinephrine.

Question 28

Pre BYPASS CHECKLIST is

Answer 28

An Apple Can Increase Myocardial Protection

Anticoagulation
Anesthesia
Cannulation
IV 
Monitors 
Pupils

Question 29

TERMINATING BYPASS

Answer 29

6Cs, 4Vs, 6Ps
Cold 
Conduction
Coagulation
Cardiac Output
Calcium 
Cells

Ventilation
Vaporizer
Visualize
Volume

Predictions
Pressure
Pressor
Protamine
Potassium 
Pacer