Understanding Anesthetic Equipment & Procedures: A Practical Approach

Dwarkadas K Baheti MD Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Vandana Laheri MBBS DA MD Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, ESI PGIMSR & Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India  

Section 1—Historical Perspective





Evolution in Anaesthesia Practice
Anaesthesia equipment: Indian Scenario


 



Section 2—Role of Physical Principles





Utility of Physical Principles in Anaesthetic Practice


 



Section 3—Medical Gases and Distribution System





Medical Gases: Supply, Storage and Safety


 



Section 4—Anaesthesia Machine and its Components





Anaesthesia Machine
Pressure reducing valves
Flow Meters
Vaporisers
Breathing circuits
Anaesthesia Ventilators


 



Section 5—Airway Equipment





Face Masks
Laryngoscopes-Normal,
Endotracheal Tubes
Endobronchial Tubes & Blockers
Cricothyrotomy
Supraglottic Devices
Non-rebreathing Valves
Airways
Ventilating Systems-Manual Resuscitators
Accessories-Dental Block, Magills forceps, Stillete, Laryngeal sprays
Oxygen Delivery Devices & Humidification
Video laryngoscope
Fiber Optic Laryngoscope/Bronchoscope


Section 6—Monitoring Equipment





Cardioscopes & Defibrillators
Pulse Oximeter
NIBP & Invasive BP
Capnography
Respiratory Gas Monitor & Minimum Alveolar Concentration
Bispectral Index
Temperature & Pt. Warming Devices
Neuromuscular Block with Peripheral Nerve Stimulator
Pulmonary Functions
Peripheral Intra Venous Cannulation
Arterial Cannulation
Pulmonary Artery Cannulation
Cardiac Output Monitors
Entropy
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP)
Point of Care monitoring Equipment (Hb, Glucometer, ABG, Lactate, TEG)


 



Section 7—Equipments for Central Neuraxial & Regional Blocks





Spinal, Epidural and Combined Spinal Epidural
Peripheral Nerve Stimulators/Locators & Needles
USG Guided Blocks
Infusion pumps/Syringe Pumps


 



Section 8—Miscellaneous





How to interpret X-Rays, CT Scan, MRIs in clinical anaesthesia practice
Equipment for Anaesthesia in remote locations
Nosocomial infections
Simulators in Anaesthesia


 



Section 9—Maintenance, Safety and Hazards





Cleaning and Sterilization
Safety , Prevention of Hazards and Accidents


 



DVD Contents





Capnography
Cardiac output monitor
Central Catheters; CVP,Pulmonary
Crico-thyroidectomy
Endobronchial tubes & Blockers
Endotracheal intubation
Fibre optic intubation
Induction of Anaesthesia
Insertion of peripheral IV
Laryngeal Mask Airway insertion
Mask ventilation
Neuromuscular Jn. Monitoring
Peripheral Nerve Blocks with N.Stimulator & Locators
Radial artery catheterization
Spinal & Epidural Anaeshesia
Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP)
Supraglotic Devices
USG Guided Blocks
Video laryngoscopy