Lecture Notes on Clinical Anaesthesia

A core text for medical students, junior doctors, emergency physicians, and allied health professionals who want a concise introduction to the subject.

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Lecture Notes: Clinical Anaesthesia introduces students, junior doctors, general practitioners and allied health professionals to the modern principles and practices of clinical anaesthesia. Diagrams, photographs and key fact boxes support easy understanding of key information. The content is divided into: Anaesthetic Assessment and preparation for surgery Anaesthesia Postanaesthesia care Management of perioperative emergencies and cardiac arrest Recognition and management of the critically ill patient Anaesthetists and chronic pain. Additional sections also introduce Intensive Care, Pain Management and Resuscitation. Lecture Notes: Clinical Anaesthesia is written specifically for medical students, junior doctors on foundation programmes, anaesthetic nurses, emergency physicians and operating department practitioners. This text can be used as a core text or as a supplementary revision resource.