Medical Terminology

Question 1

What is MAC sedation

Answer 1

Monitored Anesthetic Care (MAC)

Also know as conscious sedation.

Mac sedation provides patient with anxiety relief, amnesia, pain relief, comfort, and safety during the procedure

Question 2

What is important to remember about general anesthesia in relation to InterStim therapy

Answer 2

• it will prevent the patient from exhibiting motor responses during the procedure
• doctors must rely on the patient’s motor response, sine there won’t have any sensory or verbal responses
• it is recommend that the person educating on the use evaluation system or programmer meet with the patient and a family member prior to the procedure so they don’t need to wait through the longer recovery period post procedure

Question 3

What is an example of a local anesthetic?

Answer 3

Lidocaine or Marcaine

Question 4

What could happen if a physician places local anesthetic inside a foramen?

Answer 4

The anesthetic could numb the nerve and negatively affect the procedure by impeding the patient’s motor response.

Question 5

How are local anesthetics thought to work?

Answer 5

They block nerve impulses by decreasing the permeability of nerve membranes to sodium ions.

Question 6

When used alone, which type of anesthesia has the least number of risks?

Answer 6

Local

Question 7

Lidocaine is a common example of what type of anesthesia?

Answer 7

Local

Question 8

In terms of anesthesia, what does Mac stand for?

Answer 8

Monitored anesthesia care

Question 9

Which type of anesthesia cause loss of consciousness?

Answer 9

General