Historical anesthesia practices
Evolution of the Nurse Anesthetist
AANA
Stages of Anesthesia
Types of Anesthesia
100

When was the first successful use of ether 

Oct 16th 1846

100

Who was the first nurse to specialize in anesthesia?

Sister Mary Bernard 

100
How many AANA standard for Nurse Anesthesia Practice are there?

14

100

In which stage can you not extubate?

Stage 2

100

What are the 5 steps of anesthesia delivery?

preparation

induction

maintenance

emergence

recovery 

200

What agent in 1877 was used as an induction agent for ether?

N2O

200

Who was the first nurse to administer anesthesia in the United States during the American Civil War?

Catherine Lawrence 

200

who was the first state to opt-out of the federal physician supervision requirement for CRNAs?

Iowa

200

Name the stages and characteristics of each stage of anesthesia

Stage I: analgesia disorientation

Stage II: excitement, delirium 

Stage III: surgical anesthesia

Stage IV: overdose and possible death 

200
What type of anesthesia includes conscious sedation, deep sedation, or no sedation?

monitored anesthesia care

300

Who further described the stages of anesthesia to facilitate the training of anesthetists during WW I?

Guedel

300
Who founded the National Association of Nurse Anesthetist (currently known as the AANA)?

Miss Agatha Hodgins 

300

Who was the first AANA Executive Director from 1948-1971?

Florence McQuillen, CRNA

300

In which plane of stage III, are eyes fixed and concentric, regular respirators with decreased tidal volume, a decreased potential for laryngospasm, and decreased muscle tone?

plane II

300

Which ASA status would you give a patient with a severe disease that is a constant threat to life or requires intensive therapy?

ASA 4

400
Who was the scientist who studied oxygen and discovered Nitrous oxide?

Joseph Priestley 

400
In what year was the first year AANA membership was extended to female African Nurse Anesthetist 

1944

400
In 1986, Congress passed this legislation benefiting CRNAs?


Direct reimbursement under Medicare B, making them the first nonphysician specialty to receive direct reimbursement. 

400
In which plane of Stage III do the eyes oscillate, pupils dilated, less chance of vomiting with oral airway placement, and veins dilate?

Plane I

400

What ASA status would you give a patient with a significant or severe disease that limits normal activity?

ASA 3

500
What is the chemical structure of Ether?
CH3 - CH2- O - CH2 - CH3​​​​
500
What Supreme Court case confirmed the legality of nurse anesthesia practice? 

Chalmers-Francis v. Nelson 

500
What are the 6 responsibilities of the AANA code of ethics for the CRNA?

1. patient          2. as a professional

3. in research    4. in business practice

5. when endorsing products and services

6. to society 


500

In which plane of Stage III, do intercostal activity decrease to paralysis, diaphragmatic "flapping", pupil reactivity lost, and passive retraction of the chest?

Plane III

500

What ASA Stage would you give a patient with mild systemic disease, for example well-controlled hypertension?

ASA 2

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