Anaesthetics for Junior Doctors and Allied Professionals Ebook (eBook)

Arriving in the anaesthetic room for the first time can be adaunting experience. You will be closely supervised, but everythingwill seem very new. Surgery is a stressful life-event for the patientand your job as an anaesthetist is to make it as safe and ascomfortable as you can whilst ensuring the best outcome possible. Anaesthesia is no longer the preserve of the medical anaesthetist. Itincreasingly features in undergraduate and postgraduate healthcareeducation, and many of the competencies required need to be attainedquickly, in conjunction with new drugs and equipment. This guide provides practical and clinically relevant advice in easilyunderstandable sections to give you confidence and prepare you for yourdays in theatre - without the complicated physiology, pharmacology andphysics. It allows you to understand the most common drugs and providesa rationale for using them. It's the perfect quick, clinical reference fordealing with common problems and emergencies; ideal for everyday use. This book is invaluable for anaesthetists starting out in their career, butis also highly recommended for Foundation, ACCS, ICM trainees, medicalstudents, operating department trainees and nurses. It also provides anexcellent revision basis for Primary FRCA candidates. 'This book provides the basic background and ground rules for how anaesthetistswork, how they approach a problem and how one can prepare for it. Some ofthe initial chapters could be usefully read by all surgeons, especially those inFoundation Training posts, and medical students considering an anaesthetic orintensive placement. The use of lists, key points and limited use of references helpmake the book easy to read, or dip into between cases, and keep it a manageablesize whilst still providing a mine of information for the target audience.'From the Foreword by Peter Nightingale