Contents
SECTION 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. Evolution of Anesthesia Practice
2. Anesthesia Equipment in India: A Historical Perspective
SECTION 2: ROLE OF PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES
3.Utility of Physical Principles in Anesthetic Practice
SECTION 3: MEDICAL GASES AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
4. Medical Gas Cylinders, Storage, and Safety
5. Central Plant Rooms/Manifolds and Central Pipeline Systems
SECTION 4: ANESTHESIA MACHINE AND ITS COMPONENTS
6. Anesthesia Machine
7. Pressure-reducing Valves (Pressure Regulators)
8. Flowmeters
9. Vaporizers
10. Anesthetic Breathing Systems
11. Anesthesia Ventilators
SECTION 5: AIRWAY EQUIPMENT
12. Face Masks
13. Laryngoscopes
14. Tracheal Tubes
15. Double Lumen Tubes and Bronchial Blockers
16. Cricothyrotomy: Emergency Surgical Airway of Choice
17. Supraglottic Airway Devices
18. Nonrebreathing Valves
19. Airways
20. Ventilating Systems: Manual Resuscitators
21. Accessories, Connectors, Bite Block, Magill’s Forceps, Stylet, and Laryngeal Sprays
22. Oxygen Therapy Devices and Humidification Systems
23. Video Laryngoscopy
24. Fiberoptic Airway Management
SECTION 6: MONITORING EQUIPMENT
25. Electrocardiogram Monitoring and Defibrillators
26. Pulse Oximeters
27. Noninvasive and Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring
28. Capnography
29. Respiratory Gas Monitoring and Minimum Alveolar Concentration
30. Bispectral Index
31. Temperature Regulation and Patient Warming Devices
32. Neuromuscular Block and Its Monitoring with Peripheral Nerve Stimulator
33. Pulmonary Function Tests
34. Peripheral Venous Cannulation
35. Central Venous and Arterial Cannulation
36. Pulmonary Artery Cannulation
37. Cardiac Output Monitors
38. Entropy
39. Somatosensory-evoked Potentials
40. Point-of-care Monitoring Equipment
SECTION 7: EQUIPMENT FOR CENTRAL NEURAXIAL AND REGIONAL BLOCKS
41. Spinal, Epidural, and Combined Spinal-epidural Anesthesia
42. Peripheral Nerve Stimulators/Locators, Needles, and Catheters
43. Ultrasound-guided Blocks
44. Infusion and Syringe Pumps
SECTION 8: MISCELLANEOUS
45. How to Interpret X-rays, CT Scan, and MRI in Clinical Anesthesia Practice
46. Equipment for Anesthesia in Remote Locations
47. Role of Anesthetist in Preventing Nosocomial Infections
48. Simulators in Anesthesia
SECTION 9: MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, AND HAZARDS
49. Cleaning and Sterilization of Anesthetic Equipment
50. Anesthesia: Safety and Prevention of Hazards and Accidents
SECTION 10: CORONA/COVID-19: ANESTHETIC SCENARIO IN CORONA PANDEMIC
51. COVID-19: Pathophysiology and Management
52. Masks and Other Equipment in COVID-19
53. Intubation in Critically-ill Patients
54. Ventilation Strategies in COVID-19
55. Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines and Recommendations
for Healthcare Providers/Settings in the Times of COVID-19 Pandemic
SECTION 11: APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ANESTHESIA
56. Artificial Intelligence and Anesthesia
APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Safety Check of Anesthesia Machine
Appendix 2. Protocol for Checking Anesthetic Equipment
Index
