fluid imbalance and periop

Question 1

what does MAC stand for?

Answer 1

Monitored anesthesia care
it provides sedation, analgesia, and anxiolytics
the patient is maintaining their own airway
-usually combined with a local
-still a risk of losing airway

Question 2

block and epidural

Answer 2

provides medication directly to portions of spinal, epidural spaces, nerve groups

-caine

Question 3

general anesthesia

Answer 3

use of volative gases and IV meds
requires advanced airway

Question 4

TIVA

Answer 4

total intravenous anesthesia
the safest kind of general anesthesia b/c it does not use volatile gases
-best for high risk patients and malignant hyperthermia
-requires an advanced airway

Question 5

vasovagal event

Answer 5

a sudden loss of consciousness caused by triggers
-the temporary decrease in blood flow to the brain

–> put the patient in Trendelenburg position

Question 6

LAST

Answer 6

Local Anesthetic System Toxicity (lidocaine toxicity)
-a complication associated with local anesthesia
rapid onset, CNS and cardiovascular symptoms

treat with long drip Lipids