Pharm Flashcards
(10 cards)
Are patient’s under GA arousable?
No. Not even by painful stimuli
Who was Dr. Koller?
Used cocaine as anesthetic for eye sx
Who was Dr. Halsted?
Did 1st mandibular nerve block with cocaine
Which volatile anesthetic is cheap because it is old, and safe?
Isoflurane
Do you need a lot or a little of Desflurane to achieve anesthesia?
A lot
Which inhaled anesthetic is the most recent to emerge and the last?
Sevoflurane
What was the issue with Sevo and the CO2 absorbers before they got tweaked?
CO2 absorbers have soda lime that causes the drug to become unstable, have new CO2 absorbers now.
Sevo is the newest inhaled anesthetic and does not cause as much airway irritation as the others could so it is good for _
Asthmatics
Who was Harvey Cushing?
Deemed anesthetic records, BP/HR measurements important
What are the 5 phases of anesthesia?
Preop
Induction
Maintenence
Emergence
Post Op
