History
This person was the first to use chloroform in 1847
Who is James Young Simpson?
.75% Bupivacaine contains how many mg per mL?
What is 7.5mg per mL?
This is the acronym of MAC of an inhalational agent
What is the Minimum Alveolar Concentration?
Anesthesia machines are equipped with this valve to prevent the delivery of hypoxic gas mixtures
What is the fail safe valve?
Many commonly used semisynthetic opioids are created by simple modification of this molecule
What is the morphine molecule?
A patient with mild systemic disease, e.g. mild asthma or well controlled hypertension is considered this classification.
What is ASA 2?
This person first publicly demonstrated nitrous oxide but failed to impress the observers as the patient “moaned”
Who is Horace Wells?
The addition of this substance to local anesthetic solutions decreases vascular absorption
What is Epinephrine?
This inhalational agent has the greatest propensity for hepatoxicity
What is Halothane?
An E size oxygen cylinder tank contains this much oxygen
What is 625 Liters?
These opioids are relatively unbound and unionized molecules and have a shorter latency to peak effect after bolus injection.
What are alfentanil and remifentanil?
The airway classification used to identify structures and difficult airways is known as this.
What is the Mallampati airway classification
This person developed the first laryngoscope blades.
Who is Sir Robert MacIntosh?
These 4 nerves are blocked with a standard Mayo block
What are the
Deep peroneal
Intermediate dorsal cutaneous
Medial plantar
Saphenous ?
This inhalational agent is contraindicated in chest trauma
What is Nitrous Oxide?
An E size oxygen cylinder contains this much pressure
What is 2000 psi?
These are the 3 classical opioid receptors.
What are the mu, kappa and delta receptors?
This is the minimum fasting period for clear liquids in hours.
What is 2 hours?
He was the first to define the stages of anesthesia.
Who is Arthur E. Guedel?
This procedure can be used to treat a post-dural puncture headache
What is an Epidural blood patch?
This inhalational agent is known to cause diffusion hypoxia
What is Nitrous Oxide?
These precisely control and measure gas flow to the common gas inlet.
What are flowmeters?
Opioids exert their therapeutic effects at multiple sites. They inhibit the release of this substance from primary sensory neurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.
What is Substance P?
This type of intermittent airway obstruction affects up to 9% of women and 24% of men. It may cause daytime sleepiness.
What is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)?
In 1905, this person introduced the less toxic local anesthetic procaine
Who is Alfred Einhorn?
Administration of this infusion could attenuate bupivacaine cardio toxicity
What is Lipid (fat) emulsion infusion?
The ability of the large volume uptake of one gas to accelerate the rate of increase of the companion gas is known as this
What is the Second gas effect?
Classification and design of these are agent specific and help maintain an automatic temperature of the gas.
What are variable bypass vaporizers?
Rapid administration of large doses of narcotics may cause this to occur and making it difficult to ventilate the patient
What is chest wall rigidity?
This type of herbal medication is associated with increased risk of bleeding and vampires hate it.
What is garlic?