DAANCE STUDY QUESTIONS, Entire DAANCE Glossary,
DAANCE drugs.
What consists of the upper airway? - Correct Answer Nose/nasal passages, sinuses,
pharynx
What consists of the lower airway? - Correct Answer Larynx, trachea, bronchi,
bronchioles, pulmonary alveoli
What is the most severe type of allergic reaction? - Correct Answer Immediate
hypersensitivity response that involves antigen-antibody reactions (IgE)
What is the largest gland in the body? - Correct Answer Liver
What age group of patients will hypoxia occur much more rapidly in? Bradycardia is a
sign relating to hypoxia - Correct Answer Pediatric patients
What does HIPAA stand for? - Correct Answer Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
A decrease in blood flow in the coronary arteries? Can temporarily or permanently
damage the heart muscle by decreasing O2 available to the muscle cells? - Correct
Answer Ischemia
If a cardiac patient just had stent placement, how long are they required to be on
antiplatelet drugs? What are the 2 drugs they usually do together? - Correct Answer 1
year- Plavix & Aspirin
Type of infection that can further damage heart valves or cause systemic infections?
Requires antibiotic prophylaxis - Correct Answer Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE)
aka infectious endocarditis
Atrial depolarization (contraction) - Correct Answer P wave
Ventricular depolarization - Correct Answer QRS complex
Ventricular repolarization (relaxation) - Correct Answer T wave
Type of disease due to excessive secretion of corticosteroid due to a presence of a
tumor or from administration of high doses of corticosteriod drugs (ex: Prednisone) -
Correct Answer Cushing's disease
Chronic long-term hypothyroidism, most commonly seen in older adults (elderly women)
who have had a stroke or stopped taking their thyroid medication - Correct Answer
Myxedema
,Most severe complication of hyperthyroidism from an OMS perspective - Correct
Answer Thyroid crisis
Untreated __________ are at an increased risk for outpatient anesthesia and tend to be
sensitive to epinephrine in a local anesthetic - Correct Answer Hyperthyroidism
Insulin-dependent - Correct Answer Diabetes Type 1
Non-insulin dependent - Correct Answer Diabetes Type 2
Elevated level of several liver enzymes and bilirubin is often termed? - Correct Answer
Elevated LFTs (Liver function tests)
What gender is Propofol more rapidly redistributed in and require 10-15% larger dose? -
Correct Answer Women
What age group would Propofol redistribute very rapidly, and require at least 50%
increase in drug dose? - Correct Answer Children
What is a complication of N2O rapidly moving from blood to alveoli of lungs, and
displaces other gases, including O2 - Correct Answer Diffusion hypoxia
Patient is not aroused, even during painful stimulation. Required airway intervention &
cardiovascular function is impaired - Correct Answer General anesthesia
Can't be easily aroused, purposeful response to pain, and requires airway assistance -
Correct Answer Deep sedation/analgesia
Response to verbal or light tactile touch with no compromise of airway - Correct Answer
Moderate sedation (conscious sedation)
Normal response to verbal stimulation with airway reflexes, ventiliation & cardiovascular
functions are unaffected - Correct Answer Minimal sedation (anxiolysis)
What drugs are given for minimal sedation (anxiolysis) - Correct Answer Valium or
Versed
Anesthesia that relies on the use of several agents together to benefit from each other.
Using each drug at a smaller dose than required if it were being used alone - Correct
Answer Balanced anesthesia
Maximum does of Epi for a healthy patient? - Correct Answer 0.2 mg
What is the treatment for Malignant Hyperthermia? - Correct Answer 100% O2,
Dantrolene (2.5 mg/kg) and IV cold saline (NOT Ringer's)
,What emergency would a beta blocker be given? - Correct Answer Hypertension
What is the maximum dose of Epi for a patient with cardiovascular disease? - Correct
Answer 0.04 mg
Cardiac arrest- has no rhythm or contraction of EKG - Correct Answer Asystole
No discernable P, QRS or T waves noted. No pumping of blood at all and no
depolarization of the ventricles - Correct Answer Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib)
What are 2 emergencies would Epi be given in? - Correct Answer V-Fib or Asytole
What are PVCs treated with? - Correct Answer Lidocaine
What medications can be given for a severe case of hyperventilation? - Correct Answer
Versed, valium or propofol
Dysrhythmia with a rapid firing of an ectopic focus with a rate of 140-200 BPM but no P
wave - Correct Answer Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach)
What medication would be given for V-tach? - Correct Answer Amiodarone
What are 3 different medications that could be given for SVT? - Correct Answer
Adenosine, Inderal or Esmolol
What medication would be given for symptomatic bradycardia? - Correct Answer
Atropine
What emergency would a cricothyrotomy typically be performed? - Correct Answer
Airway obstruction
What type of intubation is preferred with emesis and aspiration? - Correct Answer ETT,
LMA or ETA (endotracheal tube, laryngeal mask airway, esophageal tracheal airway)
What are the 3 basic requirements to follow when gathering medical information? -
Correct Answer Medical information that helps oral surgeons identify poor-risk patients,
guide treatment, and written evidence the patient was given to evaluate the treatment
plan
What is the term for blood in the urine? - Correct Answer Hematuria
What is the artery that carries oxygen-poor (venous) blood from the heart to the lungs? -
Correct Answer Pulmonary artery
, What is the blood flow through the heart? - Correct Answer Right atrium, right ventricle,
pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta
What is the treatment for emesis with aspiration? - Correct Answer 100% O2, turn
patient to their right side with head down, tonsil suction, intubate
Crowing sounds, labored breathing, suprasternal retraction & rocking of the chest and
abdomen (paradoxical) are signs of what? - Correct Answer Laryngospasm
Treatment of a laryngospasm - Correct Answer 100% O2, head tilt chin position, tonsil
suction, bag/mask, succinylcholine
Surgical airway below level of larynx into the trachea is called what? - Correct Answer
Tracheostomy
Device that monitors ventilation in real time by measuring the level of O2 the patient
exhales - Correct Answer Capnograph/capnometer
Device that monitors ventilation and circulation - Correct Answer Pulse oximeter
Difficulty with expiration not inspiration, wheezing and labored breathing are signs of
what medical emergency? - Correct Answer Bronchspasm
Treatment of bronchospasm - Correct Answer 100% O2, Albuterol inhaler, epi,
ETT/LMA or Igel, and a steroid
What MP classification is visualization of soft palate, fauces, uvula, anterior and
posterior pillars? - Correct Answer MP 1
What MP classification is visualization of soft palate, fauces & uvula? - Correct Answer
MP 2
What MP classification is visualization of soft palate and base of tongue? - Correct
Answer MP 3
What MP classification would the soft palate not be visible at all? - Correct Answer MP 4
What does MONA stand for? - Correct Answer Morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin
What is the actual order of MONA? - Correct Answer Oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin, and
morphine (ONAM)
Ventricular contraction is which phase of BP? - Correct Answer Systolic blood pressure
Ventricular relaxation is what phase of BP? - Correct Answer Dystolic blood pressure
