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- anesthesia care provider
- one who administers anesthesia
- anesthesiologist
- a medical doctor who has completed a residency in the field of anesthesia and is credentialed by the American Board of Anesthesiology
- conscious sedation
- a minimally depressed level of consciousness with maintenance of the patient's protective airway reflexes
- epidural block
- injection of a local anesthetic into the epidural (extradural) space via either a thoracic or lumbar approach
- function of circulating
- the role of the nurse in the unsterile field in the operating room
- function of scrubbing
- the role of the nurse in the sterile field in the operating room
- 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
- holding area
- a special waiting area inside or adjacent to the surgical suite
- local anesthesia
- the loss of sensation without loss of consciousness
- malignant hyperthermia
- a rare metabolic disease characterized by hyperthermia with rigidity of skeletal muscles that can result in death
- nurse anesthetist
- a registered nurse who has graduated from an accredited nurse anesthesia program and successfully completed a national certification examination to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA)
- operating room (OR)
- a unique acute care setting removed from other hospital clinical units where surgery is performed
- perioperative nurse
- a registered nurse who implements patient care based on the nursing process during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative period
- regional anesthesia
- the loss of sensation to a region of the body when a specific nerve or group of nerves is blocked with the administration of a local anesthetic without loss of consciousness
- spinal anesthesia
- the injection of a local anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid found in the subarachnoid space, usually below the level of L-2
- surgeon
- the physician who performs the surgical procedure
- 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