QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Tx for malignant hyperthermia
Answer: EMS, O2, dantrolene, cold saline IV, ice packs-groin,
axilla,neck
●● What tyoe of med is methohexital/brevital
Answer: Barbiturate
●● Side effects of brevital
Answer: Apnea on induction, muscle twitching, hiccups, decrease in BP,
increase in HR, laryngospasm, bronchospasm
●● What type of med is pentothal/Thiopental
Answer: Barbiturate
●● Side effects of thiopental
Answer: Long recovery time, anesthetic hangover
●● What type is propofol
Answer: Short acting hypnotic.... Antiemetic properties
,●● Side effects of propofol
Answer: Apnea, bradycardia, hypercarbia, hypotension
●● What med is ketamine
Answer: Schedule II: dissociative also causes amnesia and analgesia
●● Side effects of ketamine
Answer: Increase in salvation, BP,HR,ICP
Vivid dreaming
●● Contraindications of ketamine
Answer: Uncontrolled glaucoma, pregnancy, psych issues, heart disease
●● Basic requisites of aesthetic
Answer: Nontoxic
Non flammable
Non addictive
Minimal allergenicity
●● What's balanced anesthesia
Answer: Amnesia
, Analgesia
Relaxation/immobility
Loss of consciousness
●● Levels of sedation
Answer: I- minimal sedation (anxiolytics)
II- conscious sedation
III- deep sedation (analgesia)
General anesthesia
●● T wave is what change in polarization
Answer: Ventricular repolarization
●● P wave is what change in polarization
Answer: Atrial depolarization
●● QRS is what change in polarization
Answer: Ventricular depolarization
●● What anatomical structure is located at the top of the larynx closes
the airway and prevents foreign bodies from entering trachea
Answer: Epiglottis