General & Local Anesthetics
General & Local Anesthetics II
Analgesic Drugs
Adverse Effects
Nursing Process
100
Topical anesthetics ae applied directly to these membranes.
What are Skin and Mucous membranes?
100
Lidocaine is this type of anesthesia.
What is Local anesthesia?
100
Pain that is sudden and usually subsides when treated.
What is acute pain?
100
The adverse effects of this type of anesthetic are dose dependent and vary with the individual drug.
What is General?
100
This is the nurse's main concern during immediate postoperative period after general anesthesia.
What is Airway?
200
A broad term for drugs that suppress the CNS.
What are Anesthetics?
200
A patient after surgery has suddenly developed a severe increase in body temperature. This indicates this type of condition.
What is Malignant Hyperthermia?
200
The drug you give for morphine overdose.
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
200
These anesthetics have limited adverse effects and of little clinical importance.
What is local?
200
Two things the nurse should document before opiod therapy is started.
What is height and weight?
300
Anesthetic drugs that are given intravenously.
What is parenteral?
300
To decrease headache after spinal anesthesia you will give this intruction to the patient.
What is Maintain Strict Bedrest?
300
Moderate to severe pain is best treated with this medication.
What is Fetanyl (Duragesic)?
300
The primary concern with use of NMBD.
What is respiratory arrest?
300
This is an over the counter treatment for nausea and vomiting.
What is cola, ginger ale and dry crackers?
400
Drugs that reduce pain sensations at the level of peripheral nerves are called ___________.
What are local anesthetics?
400
An anticholinergic drug given preoperatively to dry secretions.
What is Atropine?
400
Pain that originates from the skeletal muscles, ligaments, or joints.
What is Somatic Pain?
400
Possible side effects of this well tolerated analgesic include rash, nausea, and vomiting.
What is Acetaminophen?
400
The description of pain by a patient.
What is whatever the patient says it is and exists when the patient says it exists?
500
A commonly used, long acting nondepolarizing NMBD.
What is pancuronium?
500
The practice of using combinations of drugs to produce general anesthesia raher than using a single drug.
What is Balanced?
500
Any drug that binds to a receptor causes a response with this type of proterties.
What is Agonist Properties?
500
This is an uncommon, genetically linked adverse metabolic reaction to general anesthesia.
What is Malignant Hyperthermia?
500
Local topical anesthetics used for either infiltration or nerve block anesthesia may be administered with or without __?
What is a vasoconstrictor?
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