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All Anesthesia Technologist Questions
Which of the following statements are true regarding a test dose of local anesthetic for an epidural catheter?
The test dose will detect a pneumothorax.
If the test dose produces anesthesia, the catheter is in the epidural space.
If the catheter is in a blood vessel, the patient will have CNS symptoms like tinnitus.
The test dose is used to detect intrathecal and intravascular injection.
Once the test dose is negative, the catheter is definitely not intravascular.
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