Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the Anaesthesia Triad? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analgesia
Hypnosis (Consciousness)
Muscle Relaxation
Name the 4 Stages of General Anaesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER - Induction
Maintenance
Emergence
Recovery
What Guidelines must be followed when checking the Anaesthetic Machine? - CORRECT
ANSWER - AAGBI Checklist for Anaesthetic Equipment 2012
What are the 7 minimum monitoring standards for anaesthesia? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Pulse Oximeter
- Non-Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP)
- ECG
- Inspired and expired gas analysis - including
Capnography
- Airway Pressure
- Peripheral nerve stimulator if neuromuscular blocking
drugs used
- Temperature for any procedure > 30 min duration
What are the 2 common methods of inducing Anaesthesia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Intravenous
Inhalation - gas induction
, Drugs which induce anaesthesia are known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - Induction Agents
What colour label are Induction agents identified with? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yellow
Labels
Name 4 Induction Agents - CORRECT ANSWER - Propofol
Thiopental Sodium
Etomidate
Ketamine
What dose is used for Propofol? (mg/kg) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1-2.5 mg/kg
What is the onset time for Propofol? - CORRECT ANSWER - 30 Seconds
What is the offset time for Propofol? - CORRECT ANSWER - 3-7 minutes
Name 4 side effects of Propofol - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypotension
Bradycardia
Respiratory depressant
Reduced sensitivity of the upper airway
Name 3 volatile gases - CORRECT ANSWER - Sevoflurane
Isoflurane
Desflurane
Spinal anaesthesia is the injection of a local anaesthetic drug directly into the cerebral spinal
fluid within the... - CORRECT ANSWER - subarachnoid space