Surgery Flashcards
What are the two procedures which cause pain relieve from the waist down?
spinal anaesthetic
epidural
does spinal or epidural cause motor block?
spinal
does spinal or epidural cause sympathetic block?
spinal
what can happen during sympathetic block with a spinal ?
drop in blood pressure headache nausea hypothermia drowsiness
can people with epidurals move their legs?
yes
what two nerves are blocked with spinal and epidurals?
Alpha delta
C
how long does a spinal last for?
2 hours
how long does a epidural last for?
not very long but usually given as a continuous infusion with a catheter in the epidural space
what are the three spinal ligaments that are penetrated during a spinal anaesthetic?
supraspinous (SS) ligament
interspinous (IS) ligament
ligamentum flavum
what are the two ligaments on either side of the vertebrae bodies ?
anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments
what is the bottom of the spinal cord called?
conus medullaris
what are the nerves that come off the bottom of conus medullaris called?
cauda equina
during a respiratory wave form, what is the volume called under the bottom of the wave?
residual volume
during a respiratory wave form, what is the volume of each breath?
tidal volume
during a respiratory wave form, what is the volume under the tidal volume?
functional residual capacity
