IV sedation Flashcards
What is conscious sedation?
-Pt. retains an independent airway and can respond appropriately to commands
What is deep sedation?
-Depressed consciousness, partial loss of protective reflexes
What is general anesthesia?
-An induced state of unconsciousness with total loss of protective reflexes
What plane is conscious sedation?
-Plane 1
What is Plane 1 anesthesia?
-Amnesia stage
What is plane 2 anesthesia?
-Excitement or Delirium stage
What is plane III anesthesia?
-Surgical anesthesia stage
What is plane IV anesthesia?
-Medullary paralysis or danger stage
What is a medical indication for sedation?
- Mild systemic disease
- Spastic nerve/muscle disorders
- Mild mental/psychiatric disorders
What is a dental indication for sedation?
- Persistent fainting
- Moderately difficult surgery
- Gagging
- Trismus
- Idiosyncratic reaction to LA
What are Medical contra-indications for sedation?
- Severe systemic disease (ASA III)
- COPD (except asthma)
- Pregnancy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Medication such as anti-psychotics
- Severe psychiatric Disorder
- Obesity/bleeding dyscrasia’s
What are socio-psychological contraindications for sedation?
- Uncooperative
- Unwilling
- Unaccompanied patients
What is a dental contraindication for sedation?
- Prolonged difficult surgery
- Insufficient personnel
- Insufficient resources
What are requirements for ideal sedation?
- Safety
- Simplicity
- Optimal action
- Analgesia
- Amnesia
- Acceptability
- Compatibility
- Cost
What are drugs that you can give sublingually or and endotracheal tube?
- Narcan
- Atropine
- Valium
- Epinephrine
- Lidocaine