SHORT PRACT ANAESTHESIA

Section One: Equipment. Anaesthetic machine. Principles of monitoring. Ventilators. Anaesthetic circuits. Airway management. Pollution and Toxicity. Section Two: Pre-operative assessment. Risk evaluation, QA, audit. Preoperative evaluation. Preoperative tests. Inherited disease. Section Three: Subspecialities. Thoracic. Cardiac. Vascular. Neuro. Renal/GU. Hepatobiliary. Eyes. ENT. Paediatric. Outpatients. Dental. Plastic. Imaging. Endocrine. Trauma/orthopaedics. Burns. Transplantation. Laparoscopic. Epidural and spinal anaesthesia. Nerve blocks. Obstretric. Anaesthesia in the elderly. Obesity. Infectious patient. Diabetes. Total intravenous anaesthesia. Section Four: Special situations. Recovery room. Postoperative pain. Difficult airway. Fluid therapy. Massive haemorrhage. Allergic reactions. Awareness. CPR. Brain death. Management of head injury.