OMSA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔ASA NPO guidelines recommend restriction of clear fluids ____ hours before the
procedure and restriction of solid food ____ hours before the procedure. - ✔✔2-6
✔✔The target organ for anesthetic drugs is: - ✔✔Brain
✔✔Examination of patient with a protruded tongue reveals visualization of the soft
palate and base of the Uvula only. The Malampatti classification is: - ✔✔Malampatti
class 111
✔✔Agents that induce respiratory depression include all except : - ✔✔dissociative
anesthetics
✔✔A doctor request his to "take the patient's vital signs". He means document all of the
following except: - ✔✔Pulse oximeter reading
✔✔True or false? Is it easy to prevent a patient from progressing from a moderate
sedation to a general anesthetic. - ✔✔False
✔✔The function of narcotics is: - ✔✔analgesia or relief of pain
✔✔A 78 year old female is given 5 mg Versed and 50 micrograms of Fentanyl. She now
needs her chin tilted upwards to keep her airway open and she does not respond to
verbal stimuli. Her level of sedation is: - ✔✔Deep sedation, possibly general anesthetic
✔✔A 38 year old female presents for a consultation. Her past medical history includes
Asthma, for which she takes a daily medication, Advair, as well as an emergency
"rescue" inhaler, Albuterol. She reports she had an "attack" a few days ago in her
doctor's office.
, Her physician then put her on a nebulizer and steroids. She also has diabetes for which
she takes Metformin and Insulin. She says her last A1C is about 9.4. Her ASA
classification is: - ✔✔ASA Class III
✔✔Versed is classified as a: - ✔✔Benzodiazepine
✔✔Ketamine is classified as a: - ✔✔dissociative anesthetic
✔✔Acetaminophen toxicity affects which organ? - ✔✔liver
✔✔Brevital is classified as a: - ✔✔Barbiturate
✔✔True or false: Brevital can cause respiratory depression: - ✔✔True
✔✔Early signs of a local anesthetic overdose include: - ✔✔Anxiety, talkativeness,
disorientation
✔✔Propofol is classified as a : - ✔✔Sedative hypnotic
✔✔Which category of patients will usually require more propofol? - ✔✔children and
women
✔✔True or false: ketamine can cause respiratory depression - ✔✔False
✔✔Contraindications for the use of propofol include allergy to: - ✔✔eggs and soy
✔✔Brevital may predispose the patient to: - ✔✔laryngospasm
✔✔Benzodiazepines are reversed by: - ✔✔Romazicon (Flumazenil)
✔✔Steroids are used to: - ✔✔decrease swelling and inflammation
✔✔Simply shutting off Nitrous Oxide and allowing the patient to breathe room air can
result in: - ✔✔diffusion hypoxia
✔✔The function of narcotics is to: - ✔✔minimize or eliminate pain
✔✔Nitrous Oxide: - ✔✔is stored in blue tanks,
produces euphoria and promotes relaxation,
is a non-flammable liquid
✔✔True or false:morphine is stronger than fentanyl - ✔✔False
✔✔ASA NPO guidelines recommend restriction of clear fluids ____ hours before the
procedure and restriction of solid food ____ hours before the procedure. - ✔✔2-6
✔✔The target organ for anesthetic drugs is: - ✔✔Brain
✔✔Examination of patient with a protruded tongue reveals visualization of the soft
palate and base of the Uvula only. The Malampatti classification is: - ✔✔Malampatti
class 111
✔✔Agents that induce respiratory depression include all except : - ✔✔dissociative
anesthetics
✔✔A doctor request his to "take the patient's vital signs". He means document all of the
following except: - ✔✔Pulse oximeter reading
✔✔True or false? Is it easy to prevent a patient from progressing from a moderate
sedation to a general anesthetic. - ✔✔False
✔✔The function of narcotics is: - ✔✔analgesia or relief of pain
✔✔A 78 year old female is given 5 mg Versed and 50 micrograms of Fentanyl. She now
needs her chin tilted upwards to keep her airway open and she does not respond to
verbal stimuli. Her level of sedation is: - ✔✔Deep sedation, possibly general anesthetic
✔✔A 38 year old female presents for a consultation. Her past medical history includes
Asthma, for which she takes a daily medication, Advair, as well as an emergency
"rescue" inhaler, Albuterol. She reports she had an "attack" a few days ago in her
doctor's office.
, Her physician then put her on a nebulizer and steroids. She also has diabetes for which
she takes Metformin and Insulin. She says her last A1C is about 9.4. Her ASA
classification is: - ✔✔ASA Class III
✔✔Versed is classified as a: - ✔✔Benzodiazepine
✔✔Ketamine is classified as a: - ✔✔dissociative anesthetic
✔✔Acetaminophen toxicity affects which organ? - ✔✔liver
✔✔Brevital is classified as a: - ✔✔Barbiturate
✔✔True or false: Brevital can cause respiratory depression: - ✔✔True
✔✔Early signs of a local anesthetic overdose include: - ✔✔Anxiety, talkativeness,
disorientation
✔✔Propofol is classified as a : - ✔✔Sedative hypnotic
✔✔Which category of patients will usually require more propofol? - ✔✔children and
women
✔✔True or false: ketamine can cause respiratory depression - ✔✔False
✔✔Contraindications for the use of propofol include allergy to: - ✔✔eggs and soy
✔✔Brevital may predispose the patient to: - ✔✔laryngospasm
✔✔Benzodiazepines are reversed by: - ✔✔Romazicon (Flumazenil)
✔✔Steroids are used to: - ✔✔decrease swelling and inflammation
✔✔Simply shutting off Nitrous Oxide and allowing the patient to breathe room air can
result in: - ✔✔diffusion hypoxia
✔✔The function of narcotics is to: - ✔✔minimize or eliminate pain
✔✔Nitrous Oxide: - ✔✔is stored in blue tanks,
produces euphoria and promotes relaxation,
is a non-flammable liquid
✔✔True or false:morphine is stronger than fentanyl - ✔✔False
