Quick Quiz for CRNA students

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Hi y'all. This will be the easiest "anesthesia question" many of you hear today:

Are you noting some form of "ASA Physical Status" classification on your anesthesia records? If so, which? (The older ASA I, ASA II, ASA III, etc, or the newer P1-P6?)

I TOLD YOU THIS WAS AN EASY ONE! :)

Thanks

austinrobi CRNA

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asa's are what we use

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ASA classifications.

Haven't heard of P1-P6.

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I'm using the ASA classifications. Would anyone mind explaining the P1-6 scale?

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ASA here too.

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Here are the "Ps" for those who wonder. I got this from the ASA web site; address noted at the bottom...

P1 A normal, healthy patient.

P2 A patient with mild systemic disease.

P3 A patient with severe systemic disease

P4 A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life.

P5 A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation.

P6 A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes.

A suffix of E added to P1-P5 delineates the procedure as Emergent.

http://www.asahq.org/clinical/physicalstatus.htm

In "my day" we used the ASA I, II, etc. So I was just wondering when the change to the P1 P2 came about....but maybe it really hasn't! Actually, if you plug "ASA physical status classification" into a search engine, you get an interesting mix of info......

Thanks to all who responded.....Keep up the good work!

Austinrobi CRNA

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So, it's really the same scale then, except for the addition of the brain-dead classification.

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ASA here... the P scale is seemingly the same though.....haven't seen it yet...:)

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