Anesthesiology

What are some indications for anesthesia? - Correct answers -Humane treatment of animals -Restraint -Provision of satisfactory condition for surgery Give some examples of how anesthesia can facilitate the performance of surgeries. - Correct answers -Good muscle relaxation -Central location of eyeball -Absence of swallowing -Absence of salivation -Absence of movement Anesthetic techniques can be classified into three types, what are they? - Correct answers -Local -Regional -General What are the three major objectives for performing anesthesia? - Correct answers -Provide relief from pain -Provide the optimal surgical condition -Ensure patient safety and survival What three conditions compose the "triad" of general anesthesia? - Correct answers -Narcosis (sleep) -Muscle relaxation -Analgesia (pain relief) What are some different methods for performing general anesthesia? - Correct answers -Inhalant agents -Injectable agents -Inhalant agents & Injectable agents -"Balanced" anesthesia Define: "Balanced" anesthesia - Correct answers A combination of different drugs that will complement one another in the process of anesthetization. When done properly, this allows a lighter plane of anesthesia and poses a smaller risk to cardiovascular and pulmonary health. During the preanesthetic assessment of a patient, what particular areas are of extra concern? - Correct answers -Cardiovascular -Respiratory -Nervous system -Endocrine system What is different about the state induced by premedication and the actual anesthesia? - Correct answers Under premedication, patients are arousable. Under anesthesia, patients are non-arousable (hopefully). Give the 5 levels of the ASA Physical Status Classification System. - Correct answers I - a healthy patient with no systemic disease II - a patient with mild systemic disease III - a patient with moderate, non-debilitating systemic disease IV - a patient with severe, debilitating systemic disease V - a patient that will die in 24 hours without immediate surgery Give an example for each of the 5 levels of the ASA Physical Status Classification System. - Correct answers I - elective spay, tail docking