Know Your Machine
This safety system prevents the incorrect pipeline gas hose from being connected to the anesthesia machine.
What is the diameter index safety system (DISS).
This ligament is encountered immediately before entering the epidural space and provided the characteristic “pop” during loss of resistance.
What is the ligamentum flavum.
This structure is responsible for producing cerebrospinal fluid.
What is the choroid plexus.
This volatile anesthetic is preferred for inhalation induction due to its low airway irritation and pleasant odor.
What is sevoflurane.
This provider's most essential piece of anesthesia equipment might just be his iPad.
Who is Dr. Lim
A full E-cylinder of oxygen contains approximately this pressure and this volume of oxygen.
What is 1900 psi and 660 L.
This is the greatest risk associated with a supraclavicular block.
What is a pneumothorax.
This pressure gradient represents the difference between mean arterial pressure and intracranial pressure.
What is cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP).
This term is used to describe the alveolar concentration required to block the autonomic response following a supramaximal painful stimulus.
What is MAC-bar.
Catching this provider in pre-op is often considered a cardio workout.
Who is Dr. Hammerling.
During spontaneous ventilation, this is what controls the amount of gas that remains in the circuit and the amount that is released to the scavenger.
What is the APL valve.
This is considered the gold standard treatment for a persistent postdural puncture headache.
What is an epidural blood patch.
This ventilatory strategy can temporarily decrease intracranial pressure by causing cerebral vasoconstriction.
What is hyperventilation.
This phenomenon describes the increased rate of nitrous oxide uptake causing a more rapid rise in alveolar concentration of a second inhaled anesthetic.
What is the second gas effect.
If you see a Miller 3, OG tube, and soft bite block laid out before induction, chances are you're working with this provider.
Who is Dr. Garritano.
What is flowmeter tubes (Thorpe tubes), vaporizers, check valve, common gas outlet.
This terminal sensory branch of the femoral nerve is targeted during an adductor canal block.
What is the saphenous nerve.
This reflex is characterized by hypertension, bradycardia, and irregular respirations in response to increased intracranial pressure.
What is the Cushing reflex.
The solubility of a volatile anesthetic is measured by this coefficient.
What is blood:gas partition coefficient.
This provider coined his own "law" stating that a patient with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes should be assumed to have coronary artery disease.
Who is Dr. Lodge.
The oxygen pressure failure device (failsafe device) activates when the oxygen pressure in the supply line falls below this value.
What is 30 psi.
Due to its location near the roots of the brachial plexus, this block commonly causes ipsilateral phrenic nerve paralysis and Horner syndrome.
What is an interscalene block.
This anesthetic agent was historically avoided in patients with elevated intracranial pressure due to concerns for increased cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure; however, modern evidence has challenged this teaching.
What is ketamine.
This is the number of fluorine atoms contained in the chemical structure of sevoflurane.
What is 7.
This provider has likely used more Tegaderm to secure patients' eyes than the rest of the department combined.
Who is Dr. Logan.