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A 45-year-old patient with breast cancer is scheduled to have a venous access device implanted that will allow chemotherapy drugs to be administered without continual venipuncture. The procedure will be performed under local anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care. These are the medications listed on the surgeon’s preference card.
a. Xylocaine 1 percent plain in a 10-cc vial
b. Normal saline for irrigation—500 mL
c. Heparin sodium 5000 units per milliliter—3 mL
d. Heparin sodium 5000 units in 500 mL normal saline for injection
Which medication is used to prevent the patient from feeling pain during the procedure?
A 45-year-old patient with breast cancer is scheduled to have a venous access device implanted that will allow chemotherapy drugs to be administered without continual venipuncture. The procedure will be performed under local anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care. These are the medications listed on the surgeon’s preference card.
a. Xylocaine 1 percent plain in a 10-cc vial
b. Normal saline for irrigation—500 mL
c. Heparin sodium 5000 units per milliliter—3 mL
d. Heparin sodium 5000 units in 500 mL normal saline for injection
Which medication is used to prevent the patient from feeling pain during the procedure?
a. Xylocaine 1 percent plain in a 10-cc vial
Refers to an agent used to block the action of another drug or physiological action without producing any effects of its own
antagonist
An irrigant used for the eyed during eye procedures.
Bss
altered state of consciousness that may be achieved by suggestion of another, an individual's own concentration, or with the use of substance
hypnosis
pupil constriction
miosis
Refers to an agent that stimulates or prolongs the response of a drug or a physiologic action.
Agonist
Refers to an agent used to block parasympathetic effects such as salivation and bradycardia
antimuscarinic and anticholingergic
Pertaining to the cheeks or mouth
Buccal
a reason to perform a specific procedure or prescribe a certain drug
indication
induced or abnormal dilation of the pupil
mydriasis
Lack of recall
Amnesia
the pulse taken at the apex of the heart?
apical pulse
A reason why a specific procedure or drug may be undesirable or improper in a particular situation
Contraindicated
The second phase of general anesthesia, in which the patient is given induction drugs and intubated
induction
nothing by mouth: Latin acronym for mil per os.
NPO
An Immediate hypersensity reaction to a foreign protein or other specific substance
anaphylaxis
Drawing in and out by suction
Aspiration
Agent used as a medicine for the diagnosis, treatment, cure mitigation or prophylaxis of disease or condition
drug
within a joint
intra- articular
Taken into the body or administered in a manner other than through the digestive tract, as by intravenous or intramuscular injection
parenteral
Absence of sensation
anesthesia
The making of drugs in the laboratory using genetic engineering; also referred to as recombinant DNA technology
biotechnology
Nonproprietary name for a drug that is often shortened version of the chemical name and may include a reference to the intended use
generic name
sudden involuntary contractions of the larynx capable of causing partial or total occlusion of the larynx
laryngospasm
the interaction of drug molecules with target cells, resulting in biochemical and physiological actions
pharmacodynamics