Ward's Anaesthetic Equipment

Physical principals - logic, microprocessors and control systems - manufacture and supply of anaesthic gases; pipeline systems-medical gas and vacuum; control and measurement of gas flow; vapourisers; the continuous flow anaesthetic machine- I; the continuous flow anaesthetic machine - II; breathing attachments and their components - "Intermittant flow" and "on demand" apparatus; equipment for dental chair anaesthesia; anaesthetic ventilators; humidification and microbiological filtration; equipment for paediatric anaesthesia; monitoring; atmospheric pollution; infusion equipment - medical suction; cleaning and sterilization; surgical diathermy; instruments and aids to anaesthetics; layout and contents of the anaesthetic room; management of the anaesthetic room; electric hazards; hazards - psychology of accidents; administration, supplies and maintenance; provision of anaesthesia in difficult situations and in the Developing World. Appendices.