DAANCE ANESTHETIC MEDICATIONS EXAM ANSWERED CORRECTLY

DAANCE ANESTHETIC MEDICATIONS EXAM ANSWERED CORRECTLY What medication is not as highly bound to fat as others? - Brevital This may cause hiccups, tachycardia, and respiratory depression - Brevital You should use this cautiously in patients with cardiac dysrhythmias - Local Anesthetic What is Valium (Diazepam) used for? - To sedate the patient What medication is used as an antagonist for narcotics? - Naloxone (Narcan) This medication can cause bad dreams with emergence - Ketamine What organ detoxifies barbituates? - Liver What are the 4 important characteristics that apply to anesthetic agents? - 1. Not Toxic 2. Non Flammable 3. Non addictive 4. Minimal Allergenicity This medication causes amnesia? - Versed Name a benzodiazepine? - Versed Versed, Propofol, Brevital, and Ketmine are used for? - Relaxation and immobility What medication is the most effective in causing hypnosis (loss of consciousness)? - Propofol and barbiturates Name a barbiturate - Brevital What medication helps to prevent laryngospasms? - Robinol and Atropine What medication relieves Angina? - Nytroglycerine Microscopic channels within the membranes of neurons through which charged particles or ions pass during conduction of the nerve impulse. - Ion Channels A reversal of charge across the neuronal membrane caused by the movement of positively and negatively charged ions through ion channels. - Depolarization An advancing wave of charge reversal as the nerve impulse advances along the neuron - Wave of depolarization Reestablishment of the normal distribution of charge across a neuronal membrane - Repolarization The junction between two nerves, the impulse "jumps across" - Synapse Bulge at the end of a nerve - Terminal button What is the gap between two nerves called - Synaptic Cleft Chemical substance that crosses the synaptic cleft and activates opening of ion channels in the postsynaptic nerve, and thereby enables the nerve impulse to passed from on nerve to the next. - Neurotransmitter Specialized sites on ion channels to which natural neurotransmitter substances or drugs attach, usually leading to the opening of the ion channel for passage of positively or negatively charged ions. - Receptor Sites What maintains the state of consciousness? - Wakefulness System Where is the wakefulness system located? - The brainstem Unconsciousness induced by an anesthetic agent - Hypnotic Regulate the spectrum of emotion, can go from calm to anxious or rage - Center of emotion What type of medications calm anxiety? - Anxiolytics This ovoid structure in the central portion of the brain relays sensory input to the cerebral cortex - Relay Center A feeling of elation or well-being caused by a drug or anesthetic agent - Euphoria Naturally occurring substances that have analgesic properties similar to those of opioid drugs - Endorphins What center is located in the brainstem that controls such physiologic process as blood pressure and pulse, depth and rate of respiration - Vital Center Almond shaped structure, located in the upper most part of the brainstem and serves as a bridge to the midbrain - Pons