Anesthesia Simstat Answers (2024)

FAQs

How many questions are on the anesthesia basic exam? ›

Exam Specifications The BASIC Exam consists of 200 questions and examinees have 4 hours to complete the exam. The BASIC Exam includes A-type items only. A-type questions are single-best-answer multiple-choice questions that require the application of knowledge rather than simple recall of factual information.

You can experience confusion as you “wake up” after the procedure with this type of anesthesia. It may be difficult to control your behavior, but this loss of control should not last long.

The ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) score is a metric to determine if someone is healthy enough to tolerate surgery and anesthesia.

If you're getting general anesthesia, the doctor will probably ask you to stop 6 to 8 hours before the procedure. Many will tell you not to eat or drink anything after midnight on the night before your operation. That's because anesthesia makes you sleepy and relaxed.

BASIC is the first written exam of the ABA board certification process and is administered to approximately 1,600 residents at the end of their first clinical year (CA-1). The first-time failure rate for this exam nationally is about 10%.

Results: The median annual pass rate on the Part 1 examination was 85.5% (Interquartile range [82.75% - 87.75%]).

Penile tumescence resulting in partial or total erection under anesthesia at the time of endoscopic urological surgery is a relatively infrequent but challenging condition with reported incidence of 0.1 to 2.4% [1,2,3,4].

Anesthesia won't make you confess your deepest secrets

It's normal to feel relaxed while receiving anesthesia, but most people don't say anything unusual.

Patients that are under general anesthesia feel nothing, and are unaware that any time has passed during the procedure. For the patient under general anesthesia, it seems as though they blink and the procedure is over.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification system came about to offer perioperative clinicians a simple categorization of a patient's physiological status to help predict operative risk.

What Step 2 score is needed for anesthesia? ›

The ASA score is a subjective assessment of a patient's overall health that is based on five classes (I to V). Patient is a completely healthy fit patient. Patient has mild systemic disease. Patient has severe systemic disease that is not incapacitating.

The 4 : 2 : 1 rule calculates crystalloid fluid requirements based on body weight. The first 10 kg body weight is at a rate of 4 mL/kg/h, the next 10 kg is at 2 mL/kg/h, and the remainder of the body weight is calculated at 1 mL/kg/h. The total volume is the maintenance rate per hour.

1. -Never give an anasthetic without a third person being present. 2. - Never give any anaesthetic - unless it be nitrous oxide for a dental operation-without being prepared with another in case the first one proves unsatisfactory.

The 3-3-2 rule evaluates 3 specific measurements, including the interincisor distance, hyoid-to-mental distance, and thyroid-to-hyoid distance. The study participants were categorized into 2 groups: the non-DA (NDA) and the DA groups. Ultrasonography was used to confirm the accuracy of CTM palpation.

The SEE is a 240-question computerized adaptive examination consisting of multiple-choice, multiple-correct responses, short answer/calculations, drag and drop, and hotspot questions.

This exam is administered by SAS and Pearson VUE. 40-45 multiple choice and short-answer questions. 135 minutes to complete exam. Passing score is 725 (score range from 200 to 1,000 points).

About the BASIC Exam

It's a pass-fail exam, so you can take it again (and again) if you fail, but passing on the first attempt can save a lot of time and money. For more about the exam, review these ABA resources: Staged exam timeline detailing where in-training and staged exams fall during and after your residency.

Many anesthesiology residency programs have threshold or cut-off scores. Applicants below the threshold score may not receive any further consideration. “USMLE Part One is essential: Most programs have cut-off score of 210 - 230, but not absolute,” writes the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University.