CRNA Guide to Ambulatory Anesthesia

Part 1 Preparation and intraoperative care: risk and outcome in ambulatory anaesthesia; patient preparation for ambulatory surgery; airway management; adult general anaesthetic surgical procedures; adult regional anaesthetic surgical procedures; preparation for the paediatric patient; paediatric ambulatory surgery; paediatric ambulatory anaesthesia; geriatric ambulatory anaesthesia; conscious sedation in the ambulatory setting; anaesthetic procedures outside the operating room. Part 2 Post-operative care and special problems: post-operative recovery; malignant hyperthermia; management of acute post-operative pain; management of the latex allergy patient; adult and paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Part 3 Administrative issues: ambulatory surgical facilities/department management; economic issues in ambulatory surgery; risk management in ambulatory surgery; continuous quality improvement; legal issues in ambulatory surgery. Appendices: anaesthetic and adjuvant drug doses; local anaesthetis drug doses; emergency adult resuscitation drug doses; emergency paediatric resuscitation drug doses; prophylaxis of bacterial endocaditis; management of malignant hyperthermia; management of the latex allergy patient.