Full Description
Easy to read and follow, Essentials of Equipment in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine makes an otherwise dry subject digestible and easy to learn. This practical textbook comprehensively covers all the equipment used in the operating theatre and intensive care unit, including why it is used and any related safety concerns. It has been fully updated in its sixth edition to include new technologies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is ideal as the main text for all trainees undertaking the primary FRCA exams and is also suitable anyone who works with anaesthetic equipment, including anaesthetic and intensive care nurses and operating department practitioners. It features concise and consistent text and illustrations, self-assessment features, and exam tips.
Portable, concise and simply formatted - a perfect practical companion
Clear coloured images and illustrations bring the text to life
Follows the Royal College of Anaesthetists postgraduate training and exam syllabus
Summary boxes, more than 100 exam style questions, and OSCE stations and exam tips all aid the reader in exam revision
Contents
1. Medical gas supply
2. The anaesthetic machine
3. Pollution in theatre and scavenging
4. Breathing systems
5. Tracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes and airways
6. Masks and oxygen delivery devices
7. Laryngoscopes and tracheal intubation equipment
8. Ventilators
9. Humidifaction and filtration
10. Non-invasive monitoring
11. Invasive monitoring
12. Pumps, pain management and regional anaesthesia
13. Additional equipment used in anaesthesia and intensive care
14. Point of care testing
15. Electrical safety
Appendix
A: Safety and standards
B: Graphical symbols for use in labelling medical devices
C: Decontamination of medical equipment
D: Directory of manufacturers
