Safety in anaesthesia and surgical prep

Question 1

what is the ABCB1 gene?

Answer 1

a gene that limits drug distribution to the brain and in enhancing the excretion of many drugs

Question 2

what is Von Willebrand’s disease?

Answer 2

inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in the amount of a specific protein needed to help platelets stick together and form clots to seal broken blood vessels

Question 3

what are some ways of stabiliation?

Answer 3

• fluids (shock rate)
• anti biotics
• analgesia
• oxygen supplementation
• anti-arrythmics
• fresh frozen plasma/blood
• bandage

Question 4

what is class 1 of ASA scores?

Answer 4

minimal risk of a normal healthy patient with no underlying disease

Question 5

what is class 2 of ASA scores?

Answer 5

slight risk of a slight to mild systemic disease - neonates, geriatrics, obesity

Question 6

what is class 3 of ASA scores?

Answer 6

moderate risk, obvious systemic disease - anaemia, moderate dehydration, fever, low grade heart murmur or cardiac disease

Question 7

what is class 4 of ASA scores?

Answer 7

high risk with severe, systemic, life threatening disease - severe dehydration, shock, toxemia, high fever

Question 8

what is class 5 of ASA scores?

Answer 8

extreme risk, moribund, patient will probably die with or without die - advance cases of heart, kidney, liver, or endocrine disease

Question 9

what is class E of ASA scores?

Answer 9

emergency