Nurse Anesthesia

Section 1 Introduction and overview: nurse anaesthesia: a history of challenge; specialty practice of nurse anaesthesia; management of an anaesthesia department. Section 2 Scientific foundations: chemistry and physics for anaesthesia; cell anatomy and physiology; the central nervous system; the musculoskeletal system; the cardiovascular system; respiratory anatomy and physiology; hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal disturbances; renal anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, and anaesthesia; the endocrine system; obstretic anaesthesia; paediatric anaesthesia; general principles and drug receptor concepts; pharmacokinetics; uptake and distribution of inhalation anaesthetics; inhalational anaesthetics; intravenous induction agents; local anaesthetics; opioid agonists and antagonists; neuromuscular blocking agents, reversal agents, and their monitoring; cardiac pharmacology; additional drugs of interest; drug reactions. Section 3 Technology related to anaesthesia practice: anaesthesia equipment; clinical monitoring in anaesthesia. Section 4 Preoperative preparation: preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient; interpretation of diagnostic data; preoperative medication. Section 5 Intraoperative management: fluids, electrolytes and nutrition; position for anaesthesia and surgery; airway management; intraoperative thermoregulation; obesity and overweight considerations for the anaesthetized; electrocardiography and rhythm disturbances; neurosurgical anaesthesia; cardiovascular anaesthesia; cardiac pathophysiology; cardiac anaesthesia; vascular surgery; respiratory anaesthesia; respiratory pathophysiology; respiratory anaesthesia and thoracic surgery; musculoskeletal pathophysiology and anaesthesia; haematology and anaesthesia; geriatrics and anaesthesia practice; anaesthesia for the burn patient; trauma anaesthesia; outpatient anaesthesia; intravenous sedation; anaesthesia for ear, nose, throat and maxillofacial surgery; anaesthesia for ophthalmic procedures; anaesthesia and orthopaedics; the immune system and anaesthesiology; anaesthesia and laser surgery; basic and advanced cardiac life support; regional anaesthesia; anaesthesia for transplant surgery; anaesthesia for heart transplantation; anaesthesia for orthotropic liver transplantation. Section 6 Postoperative considerations: Postanaesthesia recovery; pain management. Section 7 Current topics: legal aspects of nurse anaesthesia practice; statistics and computers; nurse anaesthesia research: science of an orderly, purposeful, and systematic nature; AIDS and nurse anaesthesia.