Principles of Anaesthesia

Lack of feeling

• Hyperaesthesia

• Anaesthesia

• Analgesia

• Sedation

Absence of sensibility to pain

• Hyperaesthesia

• Anaesthesia

• Analgesia

• Sedation

Anaesthesia aims to increase stress and anxiety in animals

• True

• False

Catecholamines can trigger cardiac arrhythmias

• True

• False

Multi-modal analgesia is the combination of analgesics with different mode of action only

• True

• False

The triad of anaesthesia consists of narcosis, analgesia and what?

• Hypnosis

• Relaxation

The c-shaped rings of cartilage holding the trachea open are made from what?

• Fibrocartilage

• Hyaline cartilage

• Elastic cartilage

(a)   dead space: Includes parts of the airways where no gaseous exchange takes place

Minute volume is the amount of air breathed in and out in one breath

• True

• False

If a patient has respiratory acidosis, respiration rate / depth would usually (a)   .