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Pharmacology ch 23
Pharmacoloy Anesthetics Chapter 23
Question | Answer |
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Anesthesia means | a condition of no feeling or nervous sensation. |
General anesthesia involves a | loss of consciousness (LOC). |
Local anesthesia involves a | small area of skin and adjacent tissue. |
Spinal anesthesia involves the | subarachnoid space. |
Regional anesthesia involves a | nerve block. |
Epidural anesthesia involves the | epidural space. |
Anesthetics includes: | 1. Solarcaine. 2. Xylocaine AKA lidocaine. 3. Marcaine. 4. Novocain AKA procaine. 5. Pontocaine. |
Induction of anesthesia refers to the | initial anesthesia that causes loss of consciousness (LOC). |
Other anesthesia is then given to place the patient in a | coma. |
Medications used as an induction anesthetic includes: | 1. etomidate. 2. Pentothal. |
A neuromuscular blocker causes muscular paralysis and includes: | Anectine AKA succinylcholine (“succs”). |
A preoperative medication designed to decrease airway secretions is called | atropine. |