Premed to prevent bradycardia, reduce salivation, and reduce airway secretions, dilates pupils
Anticholinergics, Atropine and Glycopyrrolate
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what combination of drugs reduces muscle rigidity and induces a patient
Ketamine- Diazepam combination
What is the goal of anesthesia
Provide an appropriate depth of anesthesia and analgesia for the procedure being preformed and maintain adequate physiologic functions.
what position should a patient be in for recovery? why?
Sternal position. avoid atelectisis, and hypostactic congestion. avoid risk of aspiration
What are the adverse reactions with Phenothiazines
Peripheral vasodilation; hypotension
Two index systems
what method of induction has minimal stress, and excellent control of anesthetic depth, but has human exposure risk
Mask induction
what is stage 2, what would we see?
Excitement phase, loss of consciousness, involuntary struggling, vocalizing, padding, chewing, reflexes all present, HR increased, RR irregular, panting or apnea
What is the biggest risk of recovery?
Vomiting/ regurgitation
"dump" patient, hold with body pointing down, to drain vomitus away from glottis
Diazepam, Midazolam, Zolazepam
Sevo and Iso run on what kind of vaporizer
Precision Vaporizer
what must be done during induction
Monitoring
Where do we want our patients for surgery? *spay
Stage 3, place 2
At what pressure does a Regulator keep at
Reduces the high pressure of the tank down to a constant 50 PSI to be delivered to the flow meter.
How do you measure for endotracheal tube
from the tip of the nose to the thoracic inlet
What law must we follow regarding anesthsia
Monitoring for patients under anesthesia must include cardiac and respiratory monitoring
How would we calculate the reservoir bag for a patient
60ml/kg
1 Liter for each 35#
what are your landmarks for intubation
Aracgnodes folds
what must we be cautious of with ECG
ECG does not monitor cardiac output, only electrical activity, so need to auscultate or palpate for cardiac output