Fundamentals of Anaesthesia

Part I. Clinical Anaesthesia: 1. Pre-operative management; 2. Induction of anaesthesia; 3. Intra-operative management; 4. Postoperative management; 5. Special patient circumstances; 6. The surgical insult; 7. Regional anaesthesia and analgesia; 8. Principles of resuscitation; 9. Major trauma; 10. Clinical anatomy; Part II. Physiology: 11. Cellular physiology; 12. Body fluids; 13. Haematology and immunology; 14. Muscle physiology; 15. Cardiac physiology; 16. Physiology of the circulation; 17. Renal physiology; 18. Respiratory physiology; 19. Physiology of the nervous system; 20. Gastro-intestinal physiology; 21. Metabolism and temperature regulation; 22. Endocrinology; 23. Physiology of pregnancy; 24. Foetal and newborn physiology; Part III. Pharmacology: 25. Physical chemistry; 26. Mechanisms of drug action; 27. Pharmacodynamics; 28. Pharmacokinetics; 29. Anaesthetic gases and vapours; 30. Hypnotics and intravenous anaesthetic agents; 31. Analgesic drugs; 32. Neuromuscular blocking agents; 33. Local anaesthetic agents; 34. Central nervous system pharmacology; 35. Autonomic nervous system pharmacology; 36. Cardiovascular pharmacology; 37. Respiratory pharmacology; 38. Endocrine pharmacology; 39. Gastro-intestinal pharmacology; 40. Intravenous fluids; 41. Pharmacology of haemostasis; 42. Antimicrobial therapy; 43. Clinical trials - design and evaluation; Part IV. Physics, Clinical Measurement and Statistics: 44. Applied physics; 45. Clinical measurement; 46. Anaesthetic equipment; 47. Basic statistics.