Περιγραφή
The initial months working as a trainee anaesthetist are daunting, with a wealth of new drugs, terminology, anaesthetic equipment, and practical procedures to master. This essential guide, now in its sixth edition, provides doctors and clinical staff with a clear introduction on the delivery of safe anaesthesia from day one. Fully updated and split into four key parts for quick consultation, it covers the airway and anaesthetic equipment, and offers advice on how to manage common crises and emergencies such as cardiac arrest, haemorrhage, and blood transfusion. Proceeding parts explore subspecialties and provide information on intensive care and perioperative medicine. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent changes in anaesthesia, and including new chapters on obstetric anaesthesia, common regional nerve blocks, and emergency laparotomy. Written in an accessible style, it is an essential resource for learning the safe fundamentals of anaesthetic practice for trainee anaesthetists and clinical staff working alongside anaesthetists.
- A previous BMA Book of the year winner, this book is presented in a convenient portable size, making it perfect for use in theatres as a handy reference, and short succinct chapters allow readers to rapidly understand key areas
- Thoroughly updated, offering access to the current and topical issues and featuring new material covering topics such as working shifts, green anaesthesia, the training process, preparing for meetings, the electronic patient record, portfolio management and other areas which are vital to trainees
- A combination of consultants and a senior trainee, with many years of experience working anaesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care, ensures a blended offering of author experience combined with what trainees need to know
Περιεχόμενα
Preface to 6th edition
Preface to the fifth edition xiii
Preface to the fourth edition xi
Preface to the third edition xv
Preface to the second edition xvi
Preface to the first edition xvii
Foreword
abbreviations
Part I. Nuts and Bolts:
1. Evaluation of the airway
2. Control of the airway
3. Tracheal intubation
4. The difficult or failed intubation
5. Vascular access
6. Basic pharmacology
7. Intravenous fluids
8. Anaesthetic equipment: the machine, breathing systems and ventilators
9. Ultrasound in anaesthesia and intensive care
10. Monitoring in anaesthesia
11. Reducing risk
Part II. Crises and Complications:
12. Cardiac Arrest
13. Haemorrhage and blood transfusion
14. Anaphylactic reactions
15. Malignant hyperthermia
16. Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity
17. Stridor – upper airway obstruction
18. Pneumothorax
19. Common intraoperative problems
20. Postoperative problems
21. Anaesthetic mishaps
Part III. Passing the Gas:
22. Preoperative evaluation and preparation
23. Principles of emergency anaesthesia
24. Emergency laparotomy
25. Anaesthesia for minimally invasive surgery
26. Anaesthesia for Abdominal surgery
27. Anaesthesia for Gynaecological surgery
28. Anaesthesia for Urological surgery
29. Anaesthesia for Maxillofacial and ENT surgery
30. Anaesthesia for Orthopaedic surgery
31. Anaesthesia for day case surgery
32. Epidural and spinal (neuraxial) anaesthesia
33. Common regional blocks
34. Obstetric anaesthesia
35. Anaesthesia in the corridor
Part IV. Walking the Walk (and Talking the Talk):
36. Management of the patient in the recovery area
37. Postoperative analgesia
38. Recognition and management of the sick patient
39. Intensive care (Critical care) Part I
40. Intensive care (Critical care) Part II
41. Perioperative medicine
42. Management of head injuries
43. Chronic pain
44. Be the best!
Part V. And Finally…:
45. Anaesthetic aphorisms.
