After teaching a group of students about the stages of general anesthesia, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as characteristic of the first stage?
A) Delirium
B) Analgesia
C) Respiratory paralysis
D) Excitement
Ans: B
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Stage I is characterized by analgesia; stage II is the stage of delirium and excitement; stage III is the stage of surgical analgesia; and stage IV is the stage of respiratory paralysis.
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