The action of narcotic is: - Answer Analgesia or relief of pain
Drugs responsible for respiratory depression: - Answer Opioid, benzodiazepines
Dissociative anesthetics - Answer Ketamine
The eyelash reflex is a form of the (blank) reflex: - Answer Palpebral
Children have (blank) heart rates and (blank) blood pressure when compared to adults. -
Answer higher, lower
The patient is in recovery and the following questions, in order should be asked: Do they
still require airway assistance? What is their O2 saturation on room air? Is the patient
awake?
During which stage of anesthesia can surgery occur: 3
The process of air moving into and out of the lungs is __________. respiration (
ventilation)
Most ideal airway management is: - Answer endotracheal intubation
, LMA - Answer laryngeal mask airway
Medication used for treatment of allergic reactions is: - Answer Benadryl and Decadron
Regarding anaphylactic shock, two things to consider: - Answer Drop in the blood
pressure and laryngeal edema
What is the Endocrine system? - Answer The study of glands that secrete hormones that
regulate the body
normal blood glucose levels - Answer 70-110 mg/dL
where insulin is made - beta cells of islets of Langerhans in the pancreas
What does the presence of glucose do:- to release glucose from the cells into the
bloodstream
Mention two types of diabetes - Type 1: The beta cells do not at all produce insulin Type
2 : Insulin bind with the cells, but the glucose gates do not open
What is the purpose of insulin: -Answer To push glucose into the cell (lower blood
glucose levels)
What is the risk of operating on an adrenally suppressed patient: -Answer They can go
into hypotension and shock
What does the Thyroid gland do? -Answer Produces hormones involved with metabolism
and growth
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