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First edition highly commended in the Anaesthesia category of the 2014 BMA Medical Books awards!
From reviews of the first edition:
“Altogether, this textbook offers an excellent detailed overview of basic principles, mechanics, and physics of technical equipment used in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine.” Critical Care, Feb 2014
“This book is excellent. I have read a number of equipment related books and found most of them stale and filled with minutia. Instead this fresh look at equipment really makes it interesting to read and keeps your attention. With sections that give quick answers to how things work, advantages and disadvantages, in an easy to read format you get exactly what you want to know RIGHT away. In addition the full color photos and well done charts really add to the depth of this book.It is my opinion this may be one of the best books on the market for quick review of anesthesia and critical care equipment. Let’s be honest, no one is sitting at home reading equipment books for pleasure so when you NEED the information you likely need it right away. This book does exactly that; easy format, clear and concise information with everything you need to know about a piece of equipment easy to find and within a page or two. I would recommend this to all trainees in anesthesia but also for those providers who like to be prepared in the operating room to deal with any issue that might arise.” www.nurse-anesthesia.org, 8 Feb 2014
Equipment in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, second edition specifically follows the syllabus published by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and is the perfect guide for candidates studying for their FRCA exams.
The book has been comprehensively updated, including thorough revisions of evolving areas, such as videolaryngoscopy and ventilators and new sections on gas capture, decomposition and recycling. It remains beautifully illustrated and features high quality colour photographs throughout. The text is engaging and comprehensive, relating each piece of equipment back to its basic physics, mechanics and clinical context. The clear, concise and standardized format means that information is easy to access and perfect for revision. Every major piece of equipment is featured alongside colour photos, reproducible line diagrams, and information on its uses, how it works, pros and cons, and safety considerations.
The authors, both consultants in anaesthesia and critical care, appreciate exactly what candidates need to know to be confident in clinical practice and to pass the FRCA exam. They have identified and tackled difficult subjects which are often glossed over or omitted in other resources, to produce a book that is comprehensive, engaging and to the point. In addition to anaesthetists, the book is also suitable for operating department practitioners, critical care staff, and physicians with an interest in anaesthesia or critical care.
Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations
1 Medical gases
1.1 Introduction to medical gases
1.2 Vacuum insulated evaporator
1.3 Cylinder manifold
1.4 Medical gas cylinders
1.5 Compressed air supply
1.6 Oxygen concentrator
1.7 Piped medical gas supply
1.8 Medical vacuum and suction
1.9 Scavenging
1.10 Delivery of supplemental oxygen
1.11 Nasal cannulae
1.12 Variable performance masks
1.13 Venturi mask
1.14 High flow nasal cannulae
2 Airway equipment
2.1 Introduction to airway equipment
Masks, supraglottic airways and airway adjuncts
2.2 Sealing face masks
2.3 Magill forceps
2.4 Guedel airway
2.5 Nasopharyngeal airway
2.6 Bite block
2.7 Supraglottic airways
2.8 Bougies, stylets and airway exchange catheters
Laryngoscopes
2.9 Direct vision laryngoscopes
2.10 Videolaryngoscopes
2.11 Fibreoptic bronchoscope
Endotracheal tubes and related equipment
2.12 Endotracheal tubes
2.13 Double lumen endobronchial tube
2.14 Bronchial blocker
2.15 Airway devices for jet ventilation
Infraglottic airways
2.16 Tracheostomy tubes
2.17 Cricothyroidotomy devices
2.18 Retrograde intubation set
3 Breathing systems
3.1 Introduction to breathing systems
3.2 Bag valve mask
3.3 Adjustable pressure limiting valve
3.4 Reservoir bag
3.5 The Mapleson classification
3.6 Humphrey ADE block
3.7 The circle system
4 Ventilators
4.1 Introduction to ventilators
4.2 Manley ventilator
4.3 Oxylog ventilators
4.4 Penlon Nuffield 200 ventilator
4.5 The Newton valve and mechanical thumbs
4.6 Bag in bottle ventilator
4.7 Piston ventilator
4.8 Turbine ventilator
4.9 Pneumatic intensive care ventilator
4.10 Manual jet ventilators
4.11 High frequency jet ventilators
4.12 High frequency oscillatory ventilators
5 Delivery of anaesthetic agents
5.1 Introduction to delivery of anaesthetic agents
Continuous flow anaesthesia
5.2 The anaesthetic machine
5.3 Boyle’s bottle
5.4 Copper kettle
5.5 Modern variable bypass vaporizers
5.6 Direct injection vaporizer
5.7 Aladin cassette
Draw over anaesthesia
5.8 Oxford miniature vaporizer
5.9 Triservice apparatus
Total intravenous anaesthesia
5.10 Target controlled infusions
6 Monitoring equipment
6.1 Introduction to monitoring equipment
Monitoring the machine
6.2 Pressure gauges
6.3 Flowmeters
6.4 The fuel cell
6.5 Capnograph waveforms
6.6 Infrared gas analysers
6.7 Paramagnetic oxygen analysers
6.8 Other methods of gas analysis
6.9 Oxygen failure alarm (Ritchie whistle)
Monitoring the patient
6.10 Pulse oximeters
6.11 Electrocardiographs
6.12 Non-invasive blood pressure measurement
6.13 Invasive blood pressure measurement
6.14 Temperature measurement
6.15 Pneumotachographs
6.16 Wright respirometer
6.17 Depth of anaesthesia and processed EEG monitoring
6.18 Coagulation testing: TEG and Rotem
6.19 Activated clotting time measurement
6.20 The Clark electrode
6.21 The pH electrode
6.22 The Severinghaus electrode
6.23 Jugular venous oximetry
6.24 Monitoring of neuromuscular blockade
6.25 Near-infrared spectroscopy and monitoring of cerebral oxygen saturations
Miscellaneous monitoring
6.26 Hygrometers
7 Filters and humidifiers
7.1 Introduction to filters and humidifiers
7.2 Passive humidification and HMEs
7.3 Active humidification
7.4 Filters
8 Regional anaesthesia
8.1 Introduction to regional anaesthesia
8.2 Nerve stimulators
8.3 Nerve stimulator needles
8.4 Spinal needles
8.5 Epidural needles
8.6 Epidural catheters
8.7 Loss of resistance syringe
8.8 Luer and non-Luer connectors
8.9 Sub-Tenon's set
9 Critical care
Intravenous lines
9.1 Intravenous cannulae
9.2 Central venous catheters
9.3 Other vascular access devices
Monitoring
9.4 Incentive spirometry
9.5 Doppler cardiac output monitors
9.6 Pulmonary artery catheters
9.7 Other cardiac output monitors
9.8 Intra-abdominal pressure measurement
9.9 Intracranial pressure measurement
Extracorporeal circuits
9.10 Renal replacement therapy in critical care
9.11 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
9.12 Cardiopulmonary bypass
Miscellaneous
9.13 Feeding tubes
9.14 Infusion pumps
9.15 Rigid neck collars
9.16 Rapid fluid infusers
9.17 Defibrillators
9.18 Intra-aortic balloon pumps
9.19 Ventricular assist devices
10 Surgical equipment relevant to anaesthetists
10.1 Diathermy
10.2 Chest drains
10.3 Lasers
10.4 Arterial tourniquet
11 Radiological equipment
11.1 Introduction to radiological equipment
11.2 X-rays
11.3 Ultrasound
11.4 MRI and compatible equipment
12 Miscellaneous
12.1 Electricity and electrical safety
12.2 Electrical symbols
12.3 Cardiac pacemakers
12.4 Implantable cardiovertor defibrillators
12.5 Decontamination of equipment
12.6 The Wheatstone bridge
12.7 Regulation and standardization of medical devices
12.8 Intraosseous needles
12.9 Cell salvage
Index
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