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Anesthesia Care Provider (ACP)
One who administers anesthesia
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Anesthesiology
Branch of medicine that is concerned with the relief of pain and with the administration of medication to relax muscles and obliterate consciousness during surgery
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Conscious Sedation
A minimally depressed level of consciousness with maintenance of the patient's protective airway reflexes
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Epidural Block
Injection of a local anesthetic into the epidural (extradural) space by either a thoracic or lumbar approach
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Circulating Nurse
The role used in the unsterile field in the operating room
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Scrubbing Nurse
The role used in the sterile field in the operating room
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General Anesthesia
A loss of sensation with loss of consciousness, skeletal muscle relaxation, analgesia, and elimination of the somatic, autonomic, and nervous system responses, including coughing, gagging, vomiting, and sympathetic nervous system responsiveness
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Holding Area
A special waiting area inside or adjacent to the surgical suite
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Local Anesthesia
The loss of sensation without loss of consciousness
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Malignant Hyperthermia
A rare gentetic metabolic disease characterized by hyperthermia with rigidity of skeletal muscles that can result in death
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Nurse Anesthetist
A RN who has graduated from an accredited nurse anesthesia program and successfully completed a national certification examination to become a certified registered nurse anesthetis (CRNA) who is qualified to manage patient care during the admin of anesthesia in selected surgical situations
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Operating Room
A unique acute care setting removed from other hospital clinical units where surgery is performed
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Perioperative Nurse
A RN who implements patient care based on the nursing process during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative period
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Regional Anesthesia
The loss of sensation to a region of the body when a specific nerve or group of nerves is blocked with the admin of a local anesthetic without loss of consciousness
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Spinal Anesthesia
The injection of a local anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid found in the subrarachnoid space, usually below the level of L2
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Surgical Suite
A controlled environment designed to minimize the spread of infectious organisms and allow a smooth flow of patients, personnel, and the instruments and equipment needed to provide safe patient care during surgery
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