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What muscle abducts the vocal cords? correct answers posterior cricoarytenoid What is the only muscle that tenses (elongates) the vocal cords? correct answers cricothyroid "cords tense" What muscle opens the glottis? correct answers thyroepiglottic What two muscles close the glottis? correct answers aryepiglottic oblique arytenoid What muscles adduct the vocal cords and arytenoids? - there are two correct answers lateral cricoarytenoid transverse arytenoid Wha...

Serum Osmolarity correct answers Serum Osmolarity = 2[Na+] + (glucose/18) + (BUN/2.8) Minute Ventilation correct answers VE = Vt x RR Alveolar Ventilation correct answers VA = (Vt - Vd) x RR Bohr Equation correct answers EtCO2 can be used instead of PeCO2 Ohm's Law correct answers Flow = Pressure Gradient / Resistance or CO = (MAP - CVP) / SVR Poiseuille's Law correct answers MAP Equation correct answers Cardiac Output Equation correct answe...

What are 5 characteristics of a profession/ professional organization? correct answers - Specialized knowledge - Institutional preparation - Code of Ethics - Obligation to the public - Autonomy What do professions ultimately exist for? correct answers To serve the public, especially altruistic professions What is the difference between a guild/union vs a profession? correct answers Guilds/unions do not have a public obligation What does the acronym LACE represent? correc...

Goals of General anesthesia 1-5 correct answers 1Anesthesia. Analgesia — loss of response to pain 2. Amnesia — loss of memory 3. Immobility — loss of motor reflexes 4. Unconsciousness — loss of consciousness 5. Skeletal muscle relaxation Anesthesia - General Anesthesia - correct answers practice of applied rx interactions General - at a minimum = a hypnotic + analgesic Pre-anesthetic evaluation includes? key factors? what is important? why? correct answers - includes...

EMLA cream components correct answers 2.5% lidocaine and 2.5% prilocaine Studies have shown that C fibers (which are unmyelinated and transmit pain and temperature impulses) are more resistant to blockade than A-delta fibers and B fibers. T or F? correct answers true Propofol induction dose should be based on ideal body weight for an obese patient. T or F correct answers False, should be based on lean body weight The dose for IV or IM midazolam is __________ mg/kg correct an...

Bound O2 calculation correct answers Pt's Hgbx1.34mL/g x O2 saturation Dissolved O2 calculation correct answers PaO2 x 0.003 Dissolved CO2 in blood calculation correct answers PaCO2 x 0.067. Think CO2 is 20 x more dissolvable in blood than O2 which is multiplied by 0.003 BMI correct answers kg/m^2 Ejection Fraction correct answers (end diastolic volume- end systolic volume)/ end diastolic volume Significant digits correct answers Rule One: Any non-zero number is...

Which rotameter flow indicator is read in the middle of the device? A. Ball float B. Bobbin C. H float D. Skirt float correct answers A - The flow of gases delivered from the anesthesia machine is commonly shown by 5 types of rotameter indicators. Properly understanding their function is necessary for safe and proper use, as with all anesthesia equipment. Except ball floats, all rotameter flow indicators should be read at the upper rim. Ball floats should be read in the middle of the indi...