P&P 4 Final Exam: PACU care Questions
with Complete Solutions 1) Who is responsible for discharge of the patient from PACU?
- Correct Answers✅1) Physician ; but this varies on state and
institutional scope of practice Recovery Phases 1) How many phases of recovery are there?2) What are the phases?3) This phase mimics immediate post-emergence phase in the OR 4) What phase includes patient education and preparation for discharge or admission to hospital? - Correct Answers✅1) 2 Phases 2) Phase 1 is early recovery until protective airway reflexes and adequate motor function recover Phase 2 is patient back to baseline LOC, HD control, pain control, N/V control 3) Phase 1 1 / 3
P&P 4 Final Exam: PACU care Questions
with Complete Solutions 4) phase 2 1) This is recovery of patients in areas other than the formal PACU; for ambulatory patients 2) Positions for transport to PACU under direct supervision of anesthesiologist 3) ______ is becoming a standard for communication between health care team members 4) Is one of the most common complications of GA; can occur with regional as well though less frequent 5) Which patients have a higher incidence of PONV?6) What agents increase risk for PONV?7) Which surgical procedures increase risk of PONV? Affected by duration of surgery?
8) True or False: prevention of PONV is more effective than
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P&P 4 Final Exam: PACU care Questions
with Complete Solutions 9) Rate of PONV for all surgeries is ______ to _____% with intractable incidence of ______; Without prophylaxis and the use of N2O and narcotics, the rate of PONV can be as high as 59% 10) Agents used for prevention of PONV - Correct Answers✅1) Fast Tracking 2) Head of bed elevated; lateral decubitus for semi-conscious patients for airway protection
3) SBAR
4) PONV
5) Women, non-smokers, history of PONV or motion sickness 6) Narcotics, volatiles, N2O, neostigmine 7) Neurosurgery, strabismus surgery, ENT, breast, abdominal; Yes, affected by length of surgery 8) True
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