Definitions

Question 1

Anesthesiology

Answer 1

• branch of science that deals with the administration of anesthetics and the condition of the patient while under anesthesia

Question 2

Anesthetic

Answer 2

• an agent that produces loss of feeling (numbness) and elimination of pain

Question 3

Anesthesia (General)

Answer 3

• the absence essentially of all sensations

Anesthesia -involves the administration of potentially lethal drugs & gases
Today’s general anesthetic agents are non-flammable

Question 4

Analgesia

Answer 4

• decrease of pain

Question 5

Anesthesiologist

Answer 5

• medical physician who is a specialist in the field of anesthesiology

Anesthesiologist –selects the preoperative medications

Anesthesiologist -provides skilled induction, maintenance of anesthesia, prevention of complications

Question 6

Anesthetist

Answer 6

• a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) or Physician Assistant (PA) who administers anesthesia

Question 7

fasciculations

Answer 7

a brief, spontaneous contraction affecting muscle fibers, often causing a flicker of movement under the skin.

Question 8

supine

Answer 8

lying on the back or with the face upward.

Question 9

hemolysis

Answer 9

antibodies in recipient blood reacts with antigens in donor blood  agglutination and hemolysis of RBCs