Anesthesia Machine
PotPourri
Neuro
Vapors
Chem/Physics
Pharm Party
200

This is the mesh size of soda lime granules

What is 4-8 mesh?

200

The MAC for Desflurane

What is 6%?

200

These two cranial nerves are not truly cranial nerves, but instead, direct neural tissue

What are the Olfactory (I) and the Optic (II) nerves?

200

This gas law explains why volume increases as temperature rises

What is Charles’ Law?

200

This pH concept explains ionized vs non-ionized drug fractions

What is the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation?

200

This IV induction agent causes pain on injection and is associated with hypotension

What is propofol/diprivan?

400

This agency is responsible for safety related to picking up and delivering compressed gas cylinders 

What is the Motor Safety Division of the Department of Transportation (MSD-DOT)?

400

The estimated blood volume for a female in ml/kg

What is 65 ml/kg?

400

This is the % incidence of VAE in neurologic surgery in the sitting position

What is 25%?

400

This gas law states that the total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the individual pressure of each gas in solution

What is Dalton's law?

400

This principle underlies pulse oximetry

What is the Beer-Lambert Law?

400

This inhalational agent is most associated with compound A formation

What is Sevoflurane?

600

745 psi

What is the psi for an E-cylinder of nitrous oxide?

600

This is the blood gas solubility coefficient of Desflurane

What is 0.42?

600

This CLASS of anesthetics decreases cerebral metabolic rate MOST

What are Barbiturates?

600

This anesthetic has the lowest blood-gas partition coefficient

What is Desflurane.?

600

This principle explains volatile anesthetic diffusion across alveoli

What is Fick's Law of diffusion?

600

This opioid has a context-sensitive half-time that remains short even after prolonged infusions

What is Remifentanil?

800

This is the water content of soda lime

What is 14-19%?

800

Laryngospasm is characteristic of this Guedel's stage

What is stage 2?

800

This is the volume of CSF found in the subarachnoid space

What is 125 ml?

The mean CSF volume is 150 ml, with 25 ml in the ventricles and 125 ml in subarachnoid spaces

800

This factor most directly determines MAC

What is AGE?

800

This principle explains resistance in small airways

What is Poiseuille’s Law?

800

This neuromuscular blocker is contraindicated in patients with a history of malignant hyperthermia

What is Succinylcholine?

1000

It's the pin position for oxygen cylinders

What is 2-5?

1000

This historic figure - founder and 1st AANA president

Who is Agatha Hodgins?

1000

This physiologic change increases intracranial pressure

What is HYPERcapnia?

1000

The adiabatic escape of compressed gas into space, during which cooling of the gas in the cylinder occurs

What is the Joule-Thompson effect?

1000

Explains the reason for this equation DO₂ = CO × CaO₂

What is oxygen delivery/extraction?

1000

This medication is an alpha-2 agonist commonly used for sedation and sympatholysis

What is Dexmedetomidine?