How to Survive in Anaesthesia: A Guide for Trainees, 3rd Edition

by Neville Robinson (Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK); George M. Hall (St George's Hospital Medical School, London)

• ISBN13: 9781405146456
• ISBN10: 1405146451
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

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

Author Biography

Neville Robinson is Consultant Anaesthetist at Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex UK. He is coauthor of Final FRCA: Short Answer Questions.

George Hall is Professor of Anaesthesia at St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK. He is past president of the British Journal of Anaesthesia board and editor of How to Write a Paper and How to Present at Meetings.

Table of Contents

List of boxes,	vii
List of figures,	xi
List of tables,	xii
Preface to the third edition,	xiii
Preface to the second edition,	xiv
Preface to the first edition,	xv
Part I: Nuts and bolts,	1	(52)
Chapter 1: Evaluation of the airway,	3	(5)
Chapter 2: Control of the airway,	8	(5)
Chapter 3: Tracheal intubation,	13	(5)
Chapter 4: Failed intubation drill,	18	(3)
Chapter 5: Vascular access,	21	(4)
Chapter 6: Intravenous fluids,	25	(3)
Chapter 7: The anaesthetic machine,	28	(8)
Chapter 8: Anaesthetic breathing systems,	36	(6)
Chapter 9: Ventilators and other equipment,	42	(4)
Chapter 10: Monitoring in anaesthesia,	46	(7)
Part II: Crises and complications,	53	(52)
Chapter 11: Cardiac arrest,	55	(6)
Chapter 12: Haemorrhage and blood transfusion,	61	(7)
Chapter 13: Anaphylactic reactions,	68	(4)
Chapter 14: Malignant hyperthermia,	72	(5)
Chapter 15: Stridor — upper airway obstruction,	77	(5)
Chapter 16: Pneumothorax,	82	(3)
Chapter 17: Common intraoperative problems,	85	(7)
Chapter 18: Postoperative problems,	92	(8)
Chapter 19: Anaesthetic mishaps,	100	(5)
Part III: Passing the gas,	105	(66)
Chapter 20: Preoperative evaluation,	107	(5)
Chapter 21: Recognition and management of the sick patient,	112	(3)
Chapter 22: Principles of emergency anaesthesia,	115	(8)
Chapter 23: Regional anaesthesia,	123	(10)
Chapter 24: Anaesthesia for gynaecological surgery,	133	(6)
Chapter 25: Anaesthesia for urological surgery,	139	(8)
Chapter 26: Anaesthesia for abdominal surgery,	147	(5)
Chapter 27: Anaesthesia for dental and ENT surgery,	152	(6)
Chapter 28: Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery,	158	(6)
Chapter 29: Anaesthesia for day case surgery,	164	(3)
Chapter 30: Management of the patient in the recovery area,	167	(4)
Chapter 31: Postoperative analgesia,	171	(18)
Chapter 32: Management of head injuries,	177	(4)
Chapter 33: Anaesthesia in the corridor,	181	(4)
Chapter 34: Anaesthetic aphorisms,	185	(4)
Index,	189