1.
Which of these drugs increases the opening frequency of chloride channels?
2.
Which of these drugs increases the duration that chloride channels are open for?
3.
A patient is being prepped for emergency laparotomy to find a source of sepsis. You are observing the anesthesiologist prepare the patient for intubation while the team is scurrying about. She holds up a white “milky” vial labelled “Propofol” and asks you what the main side effect is she is concerned about in this drug with this patient. Select the best response.
4.
A previously healthy 22-year-old male comes into the ED with severe shoulder pain. He was playing a rousing game of tennis when he felt a “pop” and sudden onset of right shoulder pain. Upon further investigation and inquiry, you determine the patient has a posterior dislocation of his right shoulder. An easy fix, you prepare to put the shoulder back in place. The patient hesitates and asks you for a medicine to help deal with the pain before you manipulate his shoulder. You decide to use ketamine. What of the following is the strongest contraindication to ketamine?
5.
A patient is rushed to the operating room as a trauma red after a motor vehicle accident. The patient has pulsatile bleeding from his left groin region, looks pale, and has blue lips. His heart rate is 123, blood pressure is 100/60, respiration rate is 10, and SpO2 is 92%. He has two large IV bores giving him fluids. Which of the following drugs is the most appropriate anesthetic?
6.
Halothane, compared to nitrous oxide, has a ____ induction and _____potency because of its _____ lipid and blood solubility.
7.
Choose the correct option that explains the relationship between blood-gas partition coefficient and minimal alveolar concentration (MAC): _____ blood gas partition coefficient = ____ MAC
