Final✅ Flashcards
Anesthesiologist
Physician who specializes in anesthesia administration
Certified nurse anesthetist (CRNA)
Professional with specialized education and skills in the administration of general or regional anesthesia anesthetic agents and in monitoring patients during surgical and other procedures.
Circulating nurse
Nurse who manages patient care in he operating room environment and protects the patient’s safety and health needs.
General anesthetic
Agent used to induce complete loss of sensation and consciousness.
Informed consent
Legal document giving permission for surgical or diagnostic procedure signed by patient or legal guardian; before signing, the physician has explained all aspects of the procedure, including risks
Intraoperative phase
Time that starts when the patient is transferred to the operating room bed and ends with transfer to the postanesthetic area
Local anesthetic
Depresses superficial peripheral nerves and blocks conduction of pain impulses from their site of origin
Malignant hyperthermia
Severe body temp. Elevation after administration of certain anesthetics.
Moderate sedation
Sometimes referred to as procedural sedation or conscious sedation, involve the use of IV sedation administered during a surgical or diagnostic procedure to alter the patient’s conscious state, thereby allaying fear and anxiety.
Multimodal pain management
Multimodal analgesia is a pharmacologic method of pain management which combines various groups of medications for pain relief. The most commonly combined medication groups include local anaesthetics, opioids, NSAIDs, acetaminophen and alpha-2 agonists.
Paralytic ileus
Condition in which the bowel is temporarily paralyzed and distention occurs
Postanesthesia care unit (PACU)
Designated area of the hospital or ambulatory care facility where immediate postoperative is usually given.
Postoperative phase
Phase that begins with transfer to the surgical recovery area and ends with transfer to operating room.
Preoperative phase
Phase that begins with the decision to have surgery and ends with transfer to the operating room bed
Regional anesthetic
Agent used to induce loss of sensation in a selected body area
Scrub person
Wears a sterile gown, mask, headgear, gloves, disposable shoe covers, and eye protection, and provides the surgeon with required instruments, sponges, drains, and other equipment, anticipating what will be needed throughout surgery
Skin staples
Type of wound healing device made of stainless steel that decreases the risk of infection and reduces tissue handling because they allow faster wound closure
Surgical verification
A protocol developed to prevent wrong-patient, wrong-site surgery
Suture
Material used to stitch together the edges of traumatic or surgical wounds
Strabismus
abnormal alignment of the eyes; the condition of having a squint.
Diplopia
Double vision
Glaucoma
a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight.
Epitaxis
Bleeding from nose
Ophthalmoscope
Allows assessment of retinal vessels, optic disc, general background and macula
Normal pathway of hearing
Air conduction (AC) Alternate route is bone conduction (think about percussing)
(Air conduction is better than bone
Conductive hearing losss
mechanical dysfunction of the external
or middle ear (impacted cerumen, foreign body)
Sensorineural loss
signals pathology of CNVIII, inner ear or
auditory area of cerebral cortex. May be presbycusis (nerve
degeneration with aging) or ototoxic medications (affect hair cells
in cochlea)
Otitis media
Middle ear infection
Romberg test
tests vestibular
apparatus to maintain balance
Otoscope
An instrument to examine eardrum and the passage of the outer ear.
Ototoxic
Having a toxic effect on the ear or its nerve supply.
Explorative
A type of surgery where they Don’t know what its and EXPLORE; confirms the type and extent of a disease process
Ex: joint exploration
Diagnostic
A type of surgery that confirms suspected diagnosis. Ex: biopsy, culture, endoscopy
Reconstructive
A type of surgery where it repairs physical deformities or improve appearance
Curative
A type of surgery where it removes/repairs diseased or damaged body organs or structures and cures the patient.
