LESSON ASSIGNMENT
LESSON 4
Local Anesthetic Agents.
TEXT ASSIGNMENT
Paragraphs 4-1--4-8.
LESSON OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
4-1.
Given one of the following terms: local
anesthetic, local infiltration, topical block,
surface anesthesia, nerve block, peridural, and
spinal anesthesia, and a group of statements,
select the meaning of that term.
4-2.
From a group of statements, select the
statement that best describes the mechanism
of action for local anesthetics.
4-3.
Given a group of statements, select the
statement that best describes why
vasoconstrictors are used in conjunction with
local anesthetics.
4-4.
From a group of statements, select the caution
and warning associated with the use of a local
anesthetic combined with a vasoconstrictor.
4-5.
Given a group of statements, select the
statement that best describes why
hyaluronidase (Wydase) is used in
conjunction with local anesthetics.
4-6.
Given a group of statements, select the
statement that describes a caution and warning
associated with the use of local anesthetics.
4-7.
From a list of toxicities, select the toxicity
associated with the use of local anesthetics.
4-8.
Given the trade name of a local anesthetic
agent and a list of generic names, match the
trade name of the agent with its generic name.
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