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1. A patient who is a 72 year old male presents for his implant surgery. He
has a history of an MI 6 years ago with angioplasty and a stent. He tells you
that he stopped his aspirin a week ago (not instructed by his physician but
he just did that on his own). Before you start, he complains of a vague chest
pain, almost like indigestion, but it is radiating to his left arm. He is also
diaphoretic (sweating). Your diagnosis (what is causing it) for this patient
is✔✔✔ Angina, possible heart attack (MI)
2. The safest time to extract a "bad tooth" on pregnant patient is✔✔✔
Secondtrimester
3. A patient is experiencing a laryngospasm (spasm of the vocal cords).
The correct sequence for the treatment of this is✔✔✔ Stop, pack off site,
suction,positive pressure oxygen, succinylcholine
4. Drugs (PO, IM or IV) given to patients are usually metabolized (broken
down) in the body by what organ✔✔✔ Liver
5. A pediatric airway is different than an adult airway in that✔✔✔ Kids
have alarger tongue and a conical shaped airway
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6. Your patient is a relatively difficult anesthetic: he is morbidly obese with a
short neck, recessed lower jaw, and Mallampatti score of VI.You're struggling
to chin him. You've already put in a nasal pharyngeal airway. What else might
you try before you intubate him✔✔✔ Laryngeal-Mask-Airway
7. A laryngospasm (spasm of the vocal cords) a disorder of the✔✔✔ Upper
airway
8. Which monitor gives the most information about ventilation✔✔✔
Capnograph
9. The most frequent anatomical cause of airway obstruction is the✔✔✔
Tongue
10. A patient with Type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes would typically be
taking pills to control their blood glucose (blood sugars) and to control their
diabetes✔✔✔ True
11. The classification of drugs used to relieve pain are called✔✔✔ Narcotics
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