DAANCE 2024 COMPILED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+

How often should the function of an anesthesia machine be checked? - daily In the United States, the standard color for the N2O cylinder is? - blue Blood pressure levels will most likely be falsely low when using - an adult arm cuff on a small child A monitoring device that gives information abou...

Myocardium - Cardiac Muscle In what order does blood flow through the heart - Right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atrium, Mitral valve, left ventricle , aorta. Right atrium receives blood from which three sources? - 1. Superior Vena Cava- ...

neurons do what - conduct nerve impulses what is the synapse - junction between two neurons what makes up the central nervous system - brain and spinal cord what three parts make up the brain - cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata what makes up the peripheral nervous system - sensory nerves a...

The "T" wave on an ECG tracing is evidence of what change in polarization? - Repolarization of the ventricles What anatomical structure located at the top of the larynx closes the airway and prevents foreign bodies from entering the trachea? - The epiglottis Which structure is most likely to c...

Anemia - Reduction of the quantity of red blood cells or hemoglobin. Angina pectoris - Chest pain with the feeling of suffocation usually due to deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium resulting in ischemia to the myocardium, caused by poor coronary circulation. Anticholinergic - A drug that...

Addison's disease - A disease due to hyposecretion of glucocorticoids, characterized by low blood pressure, diarrhea, digestive disturbance, and a bronzelike pigmentation of the skin Adjunctive agents - Agents that supplement the primary anesthetic agents to augment or enhance the effects of the...

Signs of malignant hyperthermia - Tachycardia, CO2 retention, muscle rigidity, increase in body temp, lethal arrythmia Tx for malignant hyperthermia - EMS, O2, dantrolene, cold saline IV, ice packs-groin, axilla,neck What tyoe of med is methohexital/brevital - Barbiturate Side effects of brevita...

Wave of Depolarization - an advancing wave of charge reversal as the nerve impulse advance a long the neuron Wakefullness system - consists of a central core in the brainstem with neurons that radiate to the cortex Vomiting Center - the center in the brainstem that induces vomiting Vital Center...

Pulmonary artery - One of two arteries that carry venous (oxygen poor) blood from heart to lungs What type of intubation is preferred with emesis with aspiration? - ETT. LMA or combitube acceptable. What emergency would a cricothyrotomy typically be performed? - Airway obstruction Atropine would...