How to Survive in Anaesthesia: A Guide for Trainees, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Neville Robinson, George Hall(auth.)

• Publisher: Neville Robinson & George Hall
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 206
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How to Survive in Anaesthesia, third edition, continues to provide an essential, step-by-step guide for new trainees to practical procedures in anaesthesia.

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• Written in a light-hearted style by authors with 60 years of anaesthetic experience between them
  
• Includes two new chapters on anaesthetic mishaps and the recognition and management of the sick patient
  
• Resuscitation guidelines, intubation procedures and aspects of laryngeal mask design have also been updated
  
• Clear text, interspersed with bullet-point boxes highlighting the procedures, makes it quick and easy to follow
  
• Also popular with ODPs (Operation Department Practitioners).

Content:
Chapter 1 Evaluation of the Airway (pages 1–7):
Chapter 2 Control of the Airway (pages 8–12):
Chapter 3 Tracheal Intubation (pages 13–17):
Chapter 4 Failed Intubation Drill (pages 18–20):
Chapter 5 Vascular Access (pages 21–24):
Chapter 6 Intravenous Fluids (pages 25–27):
Chapter 7 The Anaesthetic Machine (pages 28–35):
Chapter 8 Anaesthetic Breathing Systems (pages 36–41):
Chapter 9 Ventilators and Other Equipment (pages 42–45):
Chapter 10 Monitoring in Anaesthesia (pages 47–51):
Chapter 11 Cardiac Arrest (pages 52–60):
Chapter 12 Haemorrhage and Blood Transfusion (pages 61–67):
Chapter 13 Anaphylactic Reactions (pages 68–71):
Chapter 14 Malignant Hyperthermia (pages 72–76):
Chapter 15 Stridor ? Upper Airway Obstruction (pages 77–81):
Chapter 16 Pneumothorax (pages 82–84):
Chapter 17 Common Intraoperative Problems (pages 85–91):
Chapter 18 Postoperative Problems (pages 92–99):
Chapter 19 Anaesthetic Mishaps (pages 100–103):
Chapter 20 Preoperative Evaluation (pages 105–111):
Chapter 21 Recognition and Management of the Sick Patient (pages 112–114):
Chapter 22 Principles of Emergency Anaesthesia (pages 115–122):
Chapter 23 Regional Anaesthesia (pages 123–132):
Chapter 24 Anaesthesia for Gynaecological Surgery (pages 133–138):
Chapter 25 Anaesthesia for Urological Surgery (pages 139–146):
Chapter 26 Anaesthesia for Abdominal Surgery (pages 147–151):
Chapter 27 Anaesthesia for Dental and ENT Surgery (pages 152–157):
Chapter 28 Anaesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery (pages 158–163):
Chapter 29 Anaesthesia for Day Case Surgery (pages 164–166):
Chapter 30 Management of the Patient in the Recovery Area (pages 167–170):
Chapter 31 Postoperative Analgesia (pages 171–176):
Chapter 32 Management of Head Injuries (pages 177–180):
Chapter 33 Anaesthesia in the Corridor (pages 181–184):
Chapter 34 Anaesthetic Aphorisms (pages 185–188):