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| Question | Answer |
| Anaethesia | State of unresponsiveness to painful stimuli |
| General Anaethesia | State of unconsciousness produced by anaesthetic agents with an absence of pain through the body |
| Regional anaesthesia | Insensibility caused by an interruption of sensory nerve conduction in any region of the body (local) |
| Sedation | The allaying irritability or excitement or the state induced |
| Anxiolysis | Reduced anxiety |
| Analgesia | Reduced sensibility to pain |
| Narcosis | Sleep like state |
| Hypnosis | Artificially induced state of passivity - not necessarily asleep |
| Why is anaesthesia used | Protection of animals act immobility for procedures Prevent suffering |
| Describe the misuse of drugs act | Classification of drugs and penalties for possession/ misuse etc 5 schedules 1 - No relevant vet use 2 - Potential for abuse store in a locked cupboard...opioids 3 - Storage as for 2 recording less strict (partial agonist opioids) 4 - BZ/ ketamine 5 - low doses of coedine |
| Anaesthetic triad | Three aspects of anaesthesia given by different agents: Unconsciousness Muscle Relaxation Analgesia (Reflex suppression) |
| Phases of Anaesthesia | Pre-anaesthetic (Pre-med) Induction Maintenance Recovery |
| ASA Classification | Pre-anaesthetic classification that describes physical status and risk E= emergency I Normal healthy animal II Mild systemic disease III Systemic disease well compensated/ treated IV Severe uncompensated systemic disease V Unlikely to survive 24hrs |
| Components of the anaesthetic machine | 1) Gas supply 2) Pressure gauges and relief valves 3) Gas flowmeters 4) Vaporiser (for agent) 5) oxygen Flush 6) Scavenging system |
| What are the ways of storing/ supplying oxygen | Cylinders (should always be present as backup) Gas pipeline Liquid into a vacuum insulated evaporator (Large hospitals) Oxygen concentrators - zeolite sieve |
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