CPAN Certification: Anesthesia (Questions With In-
Depth Solutions)
General Correct Answer - anesthesia type: state of reversible
unconsciousness where protective reflexes are partially or completely lost.
General Correct Answer - anesthesia type: appropriate muscle relaxation,
sedation, amnesia, and analgesia are obtained
Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) Correct Answer - anesthesia type:
relaxed, non paralyzed state of analgesia and sedation
Regional Correct Answer - anesthesia type: application of an anesthetic
agent to produce loss of sensation and movement in a part of the body
ASA 1 Correct Answer - ASA status: normal, healthy patient
ASA 2 Correct Answer - ASA status: mild, systemic disease (e.g., chronic
bronchitis, mod obesity, DM2, mild HTN, old MI)
ASA 3 Correct Answer - ASA status: severe systemic disease that limits
activity but is not incapacitating (e.g., CAD with angina)
ASA 4 Correct Answer - ASA status: incapacitating systemic diseaes that is
a constant threat to life (e.g., organic heart disease with marked cardiac
insufficiency, persistent angina, intractable dysrhytmias, advanced pulm,
renal hepatic or endocrine insufficiency)
ASA 5 Correct Answer - ASA status: patient is not expected to survive 24
hrs with or without surgery
ASA 6 Correct Answer - ASA status: patient meets brain death criteria and
is an organ donor
"E" Correct Answer - ASA status: an emergency patient with unknown
history
stage 1 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
, conscious but drowsy and rational
follows simple commands
perception of pain is diminished
reflexes intact
stage 1 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: analgesia/sedation stage
stage 2 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: delirium/excitation stage
stage 2 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
lose consciousness
body responds reflexively to pain
breath holding, pupils dilated, respirations irregular
muscle tone intact
stage 3 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: surgical anesthesia
stage 3 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
respiratory depression (ventilator needed)
muscles completely relax
eye movement begin to cease
4 planes during this stage with each one increasing in depth
stage 4 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: overdose
stage 4 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
too much anesthetic agent given
stage begins with respiratory cessation and ends with potential death
skeletal muscles lax, pupils are fixed and dilated
BP low, weak and thready pulses
emergence and recovery Correct Answer - the way to come out of
anesthesia, occurs in reveres order of induction which is delirium and
analgesia
Depth Solutions)
General Correct Answer - anesthesia type: state of reversible
unconsciousness where protective reflexes are partially or completely lost.
General Correct Answer - anesthesia type: appropriate muscle relaxation,
sedation, amnesia, and analgesia are obtained
Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) Correct Answer - anesthesia type:
relaxed, non paralyzed state of analgesia and sedation
Regional Correct Answer - anesthesia type: application of an anesthetic
agent to produce loss of sensation and movement in a part of the body
ASA 1 Correct Answer - ASA status: normal, healthy patient
ASA 2 Correct Answer - ASA status: mild, systemic disease (e.g., chronic
bronchitis, mod obesity, DM2, mild HTN, old MI)
ASA 3 Correct Answer - ASA status: severe systemic disease that limits
activity but is not incapacitating (e.g., CAD with angina)
ASA 4 Correct Answer - ASA status: incapacitating systemic diseaes that is
a constant threat to life (e.g., organic heart disease with marked cardiac
insufficiency, persistent angina, intractable dysrhytmias, advanced pulm,
renal hepatic or endocrine insufficiency)
ASA 5 Correct Answer - ASA status: patient is not expected to survive 24
hrs with or without surgery
ASA 6 Correct Answer - ASA status: patient meets brain death criteria and
is an organ donor
"E" Correct Answer - ASA status: an emergency patient with unknown
history
stage 1 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
, conscious but drowsy and rational
follows simple commands
perception of pain is diminished
reflexes intact
stage 1 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: analgesia/sedation stage
stage 2 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: delirium/excitation stage
stage 2 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
lose consciousness
body responds reflexively to pain
breath holding, pupils dilated, respirations irregular
muscle tone intact
stage 3 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: surgical anesthesia
stage 3 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
respiratory depression (ventilator needed)
muscles completely relax
eye movement begin to cease
4 planes during this stage with each one increasing in depth
stage 4 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia: overdose
stage 4 Correct Answer - stage of anesthesia:
too much anesthetic agent given
stage begins with respiratory cessation and ends with potential death
skeletal muscles lax, pupils are fixed and dilated
BP low, weak and thready pulses
emergence and recovery Correct Answer - the way to come out of
anesthesia, occurs in reveres order of induction which is delirium and
analgesia
