Human Patient Simulation in Pharmacology Graduate Education: Bridging the Bench-to-Bedside Gap

Table 1

Clinical Scenarios to Demonstrate Pharmacology Principles of General Anesthesia

A 20-year-old patient with Down’s syndrome needs to be examined under general anesthesia. The patient is afraid of needles.
A 30-year-old ASA Ia patient must have a foreign object removed from his esophagus. Procedure is estimated to be 10 minutes in length.
A 40-year-old ASA IIb patient with a history of a hiatal hernia requires electroconvulsive therapy with methohexital and succinylcholine.
A 50-year-old ASA II patient with a history of sleep apnea requires repair of an inguinal hernia. The patient refuses regional anesthesia for the procedure, which is estimated to require 1 to 2 hours.
A 60-year-old ASA II patient with a history of asthma requires an open cholecystectomy. The procedure is estimated to take 2 to 3 hours.
  • a American Society of Anesthesiology I: normal healthy patient.

  • b American Society of Anesthesiology II: patient with mild systemic disease.

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  1. MI June 2010 vol. 10 no. 3 127-132