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Is nitrous oxide a drug? CORRECT ANSWERS Yes
2 main purposes of nitrous oxide CORRECT ANSWERS Ease pain
Minimize anxiety
How long has nitrous oxide been around? CORRECT ANSWERS 1700 's
Who was a strong advocate for nitrous oxide in the mid 1800s?
"Father of Anesthesia" CORRECT ANSWERS Dr. Horace Wells
What did dr. Wells routinely use nitrous oxide for? CORRECT ANSWERS Extractions
What provided a Segue of other agents in general anesthesia? CORRECT ANSWERS Nitrous oxide
How is conscious sedation used in healthcare? CORRECT ANSWERS Same-day procedures and out-patient clinics/facilities offer options to patients that are less expensive and less time intrusive
Indications for the use of nitrous oxide sedation CORRECT ANSWERS 1. reduce pain 2. alleviate fear and anxiety 3. analgesia and/or pain modulation 4. anxiolytic 5. suppression of hyperactive oral gag reflex
Contraindications for the use of nitrous oxide CORRECT ANSWERS 1. pregnancy 2. history of or current drug/substance abuse 3. inability to communicate 4. problematic situations due to gas expansion 5. bleomycin sulfate therapy 6. COPD
7. psychosis and other mental illness 8. upper respiratory condition/sinus infection
Gas properties of nitrous oxide CORRECT ANSWERS Tightly bound molecule of nitrogen and oxygen that does not separate in the body
Flammable or non flammable? CORRECT ANSWERS Non flammable by Nature
Stored as a______ in cylinders and pressurized at ______ PSI CORRECT ANSWERS Liquid 750
What color are nitrous oxide cylinders? CORRECT ANSWERS Blue
What color are oxygen cylinders? CORRECT ANSWERS Green
Are large or minimal amounts of nitrous oxide dissolved in the blood? CORRECT ANSWERS Minimal amounts
Does nitrous oxide cross the blood-brain barrier? CORRECT ANSWERS Yes, easily
Oxygen CORRECT ANSWERS Combustible , therefore should not come in contact with
a hydrocarbon Source such as a grease or lubricant
Oxygen is compressed as a gas into cylinders at ______ PSI CORRECT ANSWERS 2000
Is nitrous oxide metabolized in the liver? CORRECT ANSWERS No
Nitrous oxide diffuses quickly out of the blood and back into the lungs to exit the same way it entered. CORRECT ANSWERS True
How long should you oxinate a patient postoperatively? CORRECT ANSWERS 3 - 5 minutes of 100% oxygen
Tidal volume CORRECT ANSWERS The volume of gas inspired into an individual's long
Why is tidal volume important? CORRECT ANSWERS Because it determines the amount of flow necessary to maintain the patient Comfort during respiration through the nasal hood and Achieve sedation
Inadequate flow to the patient CORRECT ANSWERS A feeling of suffocation
Too much flow to the patient CORRECT ANSWERS Likely to leak out of the hood and blow across the patient's face and be wasted
Minute volume CORRECT ANSWERS The product of tidal volume X the respiratory frequency
The lung capacity of an average adult CORRECT ANSWERS 500 mL
If 500 mL is multiplied by an average minute respiratory rate of 12 - 16, the result is approximately 6 - 7 L/min. What is an average minute volume for a child? CORRECT ANSWERS 3 - 5 L/min
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