HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Nurse
Anesthetist

Science
Skill Check

It is your job as a nurse anesthetist to administer the proper amount of anesthetic that will produce a loss of consciousness and will allow the surgeon to operate without the patient feeling any pain.

At which of these four stages of general anesthesia would surgery begin?

1. Onset: the patient becomes drowsy
2. Excitement: the patient loses consciousness
3. Surgical anesthesia: the patient loses most reflexes and feels no pain
4. Danger level: the vital functions become depressed, the patient stops breathing, and the heart stops beating

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