Week 1

Question 1

What is Anesthesia?

Answer 1

• No memory -
• oss of consciousness
• Loss of all senses
• immobility
• abolition of reflexes (somatic and autonomic)

Question 2

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 2

• Controls the things that your body does unconsciously
• breathing, HR, digestive processes, etc.

Question 3

Somatic nervous system

Answer 3

-the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system -control the musculoskeletal system

Question 4

Alice Magaw

Answer 4

• mother of Anesthesia
• 14,000 documented anesthetic given without any anesthesia complication

Question 5

Triad of General anesthesia

Answer 5

Question 6

Continuum of anesthetic state

Answer 6

• General anesthesia
• deep sedation
• moderate sedation
• minimal sedation
• regional anesthesia
• local anesthesia

Question 7

general anesthesia

Answer 7

patient is unconsious.

*inhaled vapors and IV drugs

Question 8

deep sedation

Answer 8

pt sleeps through surgery with little memory upon waking

supplemental oxygen often given

Question 9

moderate sedation

Answer 9

patients feel drowsy and may sleep through procedure but awaken when spoken to or touched. Memory of procedure is minimal.

Question 10

minimal sedation

Answer 10

patients feel relaxed but may be awake. Can answer questions and follow instructions. Will have memory.

Question 11

regional anesthesia

Answer 11

injection near a cluster of nerves will numb the area that requires surgery. Pt stays awake.

Question 12

local anesthesia

Answer 12

anasthetic drug is usually injected into the tissue to numb the specific location requiring minor surgery.