Fluids/Irrigation
The most common isotonic IV solution.
What is normal saline?
Type of medication given to relieve patient's pre-op anxiety.
What is a sedative?
Listening to sounds of the chest.
What is auscultation?
The trade name for Bupivacaine.
What is Marcaine?
A vital step the surgical technologist can take to prevent dose related toxicity of any local anesthetic agent.
What is keep track of the amount of local anesthetic used/communicate this with circulator and ACP?
The most common blood component given during transfusion.
What are RBC's and a volume expander?
Most common type of sedative administered before surgery.
Monitor used to assess level of consciousness.
What is a bi-spectral index monitor?
Nerve plexus in the shoulder that is a commonly utilized in peripheral nerve blocks.
What is the brachial plexus?
Blood product preserved as "fresh-frozen".
What is plasma?
___________ is sold under the brand name Versed.
What is Midazolam?
Type of catheter used during pulmonary artery catheterization.
What is a Swan-Ganz catheter?
Type of anesthesia that requires the use of a tourniquet.
What is a bier block?
An IV solution given to patients that require easy calorie sources.
What is dextrose?
Team member who conducts the preoperative anesthesia evaluation.
Who is the Anesthesia care provider?
Amount of patient "twitches" that indicate no muscle relaxation.
What are 4/4 twitches?
Type of anesthesia commonly used in labor and vaginal delivery, cesarean section.
What is regional/epidural?
Also known as Hartmann's solution.
What is Lactated Ringer's solution?
Type of drug that blocks parasympathetic nerve impulses.
What is an anticholinergic?
Invasive form of measuring a patient's blood pressure?
What is an arterial line?
A "pencil-point" needle used for intrathecal injection may reduce the incidence of this complication.
What is Post-Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH)?