drugs 101 and sequences Flashcards
Why succs causes muscle fasciculations
It occupies both alpha subunits in the neuromuscular junction
Pediatric tube size
Age + 16 divided by 4
“Most kids think they are 4 going on 16”
Anesthesia defined
The absence of SENSATION
If your patient can’t walk up a flight of stairs…
I BEG you NOT to give them Propofol!!
Etomidate
Shake and bake but WON’T drop pressure like propofol
Succs
Fast!!
DO NOT USE with diseases of increased K (renal, burn, trauma, MH, new paralysis)
Cisa is like a visa…
It’s anywhere you want to be (especially if you have kidney and liver failure)
Roc
FAST like succs, for patients you need tubed fast and can’t give succs, give Roc
Iso
ISO (in search of) cheapest, lowest MAC, very potent, anesthetic gas with no toxic compounds.
Des
I DESire a vaporizer that can be filled while in use, is not absorbed by my obese patients, and is the MOST insoluble so it breaths off very quickly.
Sevo
Sevo smells great unless you’re a white rat in a lab allergic to compound A
Nitrous
No pain (strong analgesic) but no gain (you will puke), many contraindications, look for petechia on your dentist, that’s his rotting bone marrow.
Sufentanil
If you wanna get sued for using the MOST POTENT opioid in use…
Remifentanil
Shortest acting
Ketamine
May raise BP on induction, straight trippin’ boo
