A&P
This organ is responsible for filtering blood and producing urine.
What are the kidneys?
This white IV medication is commonly used to put patients to sleep at the start of anesthesia.
What is propofol?
This vital sign tells you how fast the heart is beating.
What is heart rate?
This graduate degree is required to become an anesthesiologist assistant and usually takes 2–3 years of specialized training after a bachelor’s.
What is a Master’s in Anesthesia?
Emory University’s unofficial mascot, a skeleton known as the "Lord of Misrule" who originated in 1899 from a biology lab and symbolizes campus spirit, tradition, and community.
Who is Dooley?
These tiny air sacs in the lungs are the primary site of gas exchange.
What are alveoli?
This gas is often used in the OR and smells sweet; many induction masks smell like it.
What is sevoflurane?
This number shows how much oxygen is in the blood and is measured with a finger clip.
What is SpO₂ (oxygen saturation)?
CAAs were first authorized to practice in this U.S. state.
What is Georgia?
The Emory Anesthesiologist Assistant program is part of this professional school at Emory University.
What is the Emory School of Medicine?
This part of the nervous system controls involuntary actions like heart rate and digestion.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This strong pain medicine is given during surgery and is an opioid.
What is fentanyl?
This term describes a heart rate over 100 beats per minute.
What is tachycardia?
This decade marks the founding of the Anesthesiologist Assistant profession.
What are the 1960s?
This Emory Hospital is home to several major ORs and is closely associated with the AA program.
What is Emory University Hospital?
This is the smallest bone in the body.
What is the stapes?
This medication relaxes muscles during intubation and is known for acting very quickly.
What is succinylcholine?
This EKG wave represents ventricular depolarization.
What is the QRS complex?
This organization represents and advocates for AAs at the national level.
What is the American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants (AAAA)?
Emory’s motto, “Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam,” translates to this phrase.
What is “The wise heart seeks knowledge”?
This law states that the partial pressure of a gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to its concentration in that liquid at equilibrium
What is Henry's Law?
This drug helps with anxiety and makes patients forget what happens before surgery.
What is midazolam?
A normal respiratory rate for a healthy adult at rest falls within this range.
What is 12–20 breaths per minute?
This is a collaborative group of healthcare professionals, led by a physician anesthesiologist, that provides patient anesthesia and pain management during surgery or other procedures.
What is the anesthesia care team?
Emory University was originally founded by this religious denomination.
What is the Methodist Episcopal Church?