Anatomy Basics
What organ filters blood to remove waste and produce urine?
Kidney
What gas is known as “laughing gas”?
Nitrous oxide
What imaging technique uses sound waves?
Ultrasound
What does a pulse oximeter measure?
Oxygen saturation
This imaging technique is used to guide epidural placement in obese patients during labour.
Ultrasound
Which part of the brain controls breathing and heart rate?
Brainstem (medulla oblongata)
What color is the oxygen cylinder in most hospitals?
Green (in the U.S.)
What color do bones appear on an X-ray?
White
What is the normal range for an adult heart rate?
60–100 bpm
A patient develops hives and hypotension after IV contrast administration for a CT — what’s your first treatment?
Epinephrine
What is the largest artery in the human body?
Aorta
What is the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) used to describe?
Potency of inhaled anesthetics
What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
What color is the CO₂ waveform on a standard monitor?
Yellow
A 28 year old female with a history of anxiety presents to the emergency room with her “heart beating out of her chest”, echocardiogram shows a rapidly contracting, dyssynchronous, and hemodynamically unstable left ventricle, with loss of organized atrial contraction she is prescribed a class 1B anti arrhythmic, which is also used as a local anesthetic and begins experiencing CNS side effects. What drug is she prescribed?
Lidocaine for VTAC
What is the name of the bone that forms the forehead?
Frontal bone
What drug is commonly used for induction of anesthesia due to its rapid onset?
Propofol
Which contrast agent is commonly used in CT scans?
Iodine-based contrast
What part of the anesthesia machine removes CO₂ from exhaled gas?
Soda lime canister
Carl, a 54-year-old man presents to the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center with acute dyspnea. He has an 85% SPO2, a Heart rate of 115 BPM and a RR of 23. His condition deteriorates and the senior attending physician Dr. Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch orders the fourth-year medical student Whitaker to intubate, he proceeds hesitantly. 5 minutes later Carl’s condition deteriorates further with a 75% SPO2, and a Heart rate of 135 BPM. Carl is sent to radiology for a CXR (small top arrow). What is your diagnosis?
Supraglottic airway
or Shallow endotracheal tube
What muscle separates the chest from the abdomen?
Diaphragm
Which muscle relaxant can cause hyperkalemia in burn patients?
Succinylcholine
What is the main radiation safety principle: time, distance, and...?
Shielding
What device measures blood pressure noninvasively?
Sphygmomanometer
An 8-year-old boy with down syndrome presents with postprandial chest pain which worsens when lying down. He is sent to radiologist Dr. Graham for an endoscopic ultrasound of the esophagus, the attending pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Podolski prescribes a muscle relaxant for the procedure. What is the drug prescribed?
Rocuronium is most commonly used if a muscle relaxant is required for EUS under general anesthesia — because of its rapid onset, intermediate duration, and ready reversibility with sugammadex.
Succinylcholine may be chosen for rapid airway control or very short cases.
Cisatracurium is preferred in patients with organ failure