Engels B2 nurse anesthetist CRNA 6 Exam
Questions and Answers
visual analogue scale - ✅✅A rating scale from 0 to 10 that allows the patient to self-assess their pain.
disoriented - ✅✅Confused and not understanding what is happening around you.
mental confusion - ✅✅A clinical condition characterised by an alteration of consciousness where a
person's thoughts are scrambled or disordered.
bronchodilator - ✅✅A drug that increases the diameter of the bronchi (air passages in the lungs) to
assist with breathing.
bronchospasm - ✅✅Rapid and involuntary contraction of the muscles of the bronchi (air passages of
the lungs) leading to difficulty in breathing.
physiotherapy - ✅✅The use of physical methods (e.g. massage, heat, exercises) instead of drugs or
surgery to treat disease or injury. (American term: physical therapy)
morphine - ✅✅A very potent analgesic and narcotic drug that acts on the central nervous system and
is used in the treatment of pain.
diabetic - ✅✅Related to a metabolic disorder in which there is a high blood sugar level over a long
period of time.
defibrillator - ✅✅A machine that gives the heart an electric shock to make it start beating again after
a heart attack.
dosage - ✅✅The amount and/or frequency of a medicine or drug.
Questions and Answers
visual analogue scale - ✅✅A rating scale from 0 to 10 that allows the patient to self-assess their pain.
disoriented - ✅✅Confused and not understanding what is happening around you.
mental confusion - ✅✅A clinical condition characterised by an alteration of consciousness where a
person's thoughts are scrambled or disordered.
bronchodilator - ✅✅A drug that increases the diameter of the bronchi (air passages in the lungs) to
assist with breathing.
bronchospasm - ✅✅Rapid and involuntary contraction of the muscles of the bronchi (air passages of
the lungs) leading to difficulty in breathing.
physiotherapy - ✅✅The use of physical methods (e.g. massage, heat, exercises) instead of drugs or
surgery to treat disease or injury. (American term: physical therapy)
morphine - ✅✅A very potent analgesic and narcotic drug that acts on the central nervous system and
is used in the treatment of pain.
diabetic - ✅✅Related to a metabolic disorder in which there is a high blood sugar level over a long
period of time.
defibrillator - ✅✅A machine that gives the heart an electric shock to make it start beating again after
a heart attack.
dosage - ✅✅The amount and/or frequency of a medicine or drug.
