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Office anesthia emer
Question | Answer |
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Syncope is the result of | Decreased cerebral blood flow |
Appropriate treatment of respiratory arrest should include | Administration of positive pressure oxygen and maintenance of the airway |
Cricothyroidotomy is the emergency procedure used to establish an airway when a patient experiences | Upper Airway obstruction that prevents ventilation |
An emergency surgical procedure that can be performed to obtain an airway when all conventional methods have failed is | Cricothyroidotomy |
Angina pectoris is most likely to be caused by | Heart disease (blockage of the heart must be controlled) |
The most important reason an intravenous line should be established when a myocardial infraction is suspect it is | Medications can be administered |
Which of the following arrhythmias is most dangerous | Ventricular fibrillation |
The drug of choice for management of grand mal seizure is IV administration of | Diazepam also called Valium or versed |
A patient is given IV general anesthetic with barbiturates meperidine(Demerol) to remove an impacted molar. During surgery, the patient has a palpable pulse of 100/ min, but the pulse oximetry oxygen saturation reading is 86%. The patient condition is mos | Respiratory depression... narcotics can cause respiratory depression if given too much |
The use of epinephrine results in | Peripheral vasoconstriction |