Preoperative Management
This preoperative scoring system is used by anesthesia providers to describe a patient's overall physical status before surgery
What is ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Physical Status Classification System
This technique helps prevent local anesthetic toxicity
What is aspirating before injection
This is the most common type of shock in trauma patients
What is hemorrhagic (hypovolemic) shock
These are the contraindications to NG tube placement
Facial trauma, known basilar skull fracture
These are the 5 Ws of postoperative fever
What are wind, water, wound, walking, wonder drugs
These are the required elements of informed consent
What are the nature of the procedure, the risks, the benefits, the alternatives, and the patient's ability to voluntarily consent
This type of anesthesia includes amnesia, analgesia, inhibition of noxious reflexes, and skeletal muscle relaxation
What is general anesthesia
This tool is used to estimate the percentage of a patient's body surface area affected by burns
What is the rule of nines
This diagnostic test is required to verify proper positioning of central lines
What is chest xray
This is the most frequent hospital acquired infection
catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI)
This preoperative tool uses six clinical predictors to estimate a patient's risk of perioperative cardiac complications
What is the Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI)
This life-threatening hypermetabolic reaction is triggered by succinylcholine and volatile anesthetics
What is malignant hyperthermia
These are the components of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
What is eye opening, verbal response, motor response
This is the preferred site of tube thoracostomy (chest tube placement)
Mid-axillary line, 4th-5th intercostal space, above rib
This is the most common cause of postoperative fever within the first 48 hours
What is atelectasis
Prophylactic perioperative antibiotics should be administered in this time frame
What is 1 hour prior to incision
This medication is first-line treatment in a patient with jaw stiffness, tachycardia, and hyperthermia shortly after receiving succinylcholine
What is dantrolene
This is the bolus fluid of choice in a patient with a head injury
This is a serious complication of ERCP
What is pancreatitis
Refeeding syndrome leads to these electrolyte disturbances
What are hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia
Noncardiac surgery should be delayed for this timeframe after CABG or bare-metal stent placement for coronary revascularization
What is a minimum of 30 days
A spinal anesthetic can cause this classic hemodynamic change due to sympathetic blockade
What is hypotension
This burn resuscitation formula calculates the first 24-hour fluid requirement
What is the parkland formula (4 ml x kg x %TBSA)
This is a potential serious complication of central line placement in the subclavian vein
Pneumothorax
staph aureus, MRSA, streptococcus