vocal cord innervation - answer✔✔SLN (internal), and recurrent laryngeal nerve
trachea - answer✔✔recurrent laryngeal nerve
how do you perform superior laryngeal nerve block - answer✔✔inject 3 ml at inferior aspect of
greater cornu of hyoid bone bilaterally
how do you perform glossopharyngeal block - answer✔✔inject 1-2 mL at tonsillar pillars LA
bilaterally
how do you perform transtracheal block - answer✔✔3-5 mL through cricothyroid memebrane
pneumonic to memorize Mallapati score - answer✔✔PUSH (pillars, uvula, soft palate, hard
palate)
*Mallapati 1 has PUSH --> Mallapati 4 has H*
Function of each dilator muscle below:
Tensor palatine
Genioglossus
*impaired during anesthesia and can contribute to OSA*
How much cricoid pressure in newtons do you apply for RSI in awake, and anesthetized patient -
answer✔✔Awake: 2 kg or 20 newtons
Anesthetized: 4 kg 40 newtons
Law of laplace formula - answer✔✔T=PxR
What categories does the Aldrete score assess - answer✔✔Activity level
Neurological status
Oxygen saturation
Respiration
Circulation
Percent of drug eliminated after:
1 half-life
2 half-lives
3 half-lives
4 half-lives
Drugs that impair SSEP signal - answer✔✔VA, NO, propofol, barbiturates, midazolam,
diazepam
The bladder length recommended by the AHA is __ percent of the patient's arm circumference,
and the ideal width is at least __ percent - answer✔✔80 percent length, 40 percent width
Are quincke and pitkin pencil or cutting needles - answer✔✔cutting (K...KUT)
Are sprotte, pencan, and whitacre pencil or cutting needles - answer✔✔pencil
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