Propofol allows the health care provider to:
a. Provide for maintenance of sedation during a procedure
b. Allow sedation and pain control post-procedure because of its short half-life
c. Allow the patient to self-administer for adequate sedation
d. Utilize either naloxone or romazicon for antagonism should the patient overdose with self- administration
a
Rationale: a. Correct.
b. Propofol is not considered an analgesic.
c. Propofol is not designed to be self- administered by the patient. Nitronox is a self-administered medication.
d. The effects of propofol are not antagonized by naloxone or romazicon.
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