Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide to the equipment and procedures used in anaesthesia.

Beginning with an introduction to anaesthesia, the following chapters provide in depth discussion on the different equipment and techniques including medical gases, the anaesthesia machine, airway equipment, monitoring equipment, and procedures for central neuraxial and regional blocks, such as epidurals. The final section describes maintenance, safety and hazards.

This practical reference includes a DVD-ROM demonstrating procedures and nearly 850 images, illustrations and tables.

Key points

• Practical guide to equipment and procedures in anaesthesia


• Covers all equipment for gas, airway, monitoring and more


• Includes DVD-ROM demonstrating procedures


• Nearly 850 images, illustrations and tables

Contents:

Section 1—Historical Perspective

• Evolution in Anaesthesia Practice


• Anaesthesia equipment: Indian Scenario

Section 2—Role of Physical Principles

• Utility of Physical Principles in Anaesthetic Practice

Section 3—Medical Gases and Distribution System

• Medical Gases: Supply, Storage and Safety

Section 4—Anaesthesia Machine and its Components

• Anaesthesia Machine


• Pressure reducing valves


• Flow Meters


• Vaporisers


• Breathing circuits


• Anaesthesia Ventilators

Section 5—Airway Equipment

• Face Masks


• Laryngoscopes-Normal,


• Endotracheal Tubes


• Endobronchial Tubes & Blockers


• Cricothyrotomy


• Supraglottic Devices


• Non-rebreathing Valves


• Airways


• Ventilating Systems-Manual Resuscitators


• Accessories-Dental Block, Magills forceps, Stillete, Laryngeal sprays


• Oxygen Delivery Devices & Humidification


• Video laryngoscope


• Fiber Optic Laryngoscope/Bronchoscope

Section 6—Monitoring Equipment

• Cardioscopes & Defibrillators


• Pulse Oximeter


• NIBP & Invasive BP


• Capnography


• Respiratory Gas Monitor & Minimum Alveolar Concentration


• Bispectral Index


• Temperature & Pt. Warming Devices


• Neuromuscular Block with Peripheral Nerve Stimulator


• Pulmonary Functions


• Peripheral Intra Venous Cannulation


• Arterial Cannulation


• Pulmonary Artery Cannulation


• Cardiac Output Monitors


• Entropy


• Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP)


• Point of Care monitoring Equipment (Hb, Glucometer, ABG, Lactate, TEG)

Section 7—Equipments for Central Neuraxial & Regional Blocks

• Spinal, Epidural and Combined Spinal Epidural


• Peripheral Nerve Stimulators/Locators & Needles


• USG Guided Blocks


• Infusion pumps/Syringe Pumps

Section 8—Miscellaneous

• How to interpret X-Rays, CT Scan, MRIs in clinical anaesthesia practice


• Equipment for Anaesthesia in remote locations


• Nosocomial infections


• Simulators in Anaesthesia

Section 9—Maintenance, Safety and Hazards

• Cleaning and Sterilization


• Safety , Prevention of Hazards and Accidents

DVD Contents

1. Capnography


2. Cardiac output monitor


3. Central Catheters; CVP,Pulmonary


4. Crico-thyroidectomy


5. Endobronchial tubes & Blockers


6. Endotracheal intubation


7. Fibre optic intubation


8. Induction of Anaesthesia


9. Insertion of peripheral IV


10. Laryngeal Mask Airway insertion


11. Mask ventilation


12. Neuromuscular Jn. Monitoring


13. Peripheral Nerve Blocks with N.Stimulator & Locators


14. Radial artery catheterization


15. Spinal & Epidural Anaeshesia


16. Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP)


17. Supraglotic Devices


18. USG Guided Blocks


19. Video laryngoscopy