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Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment
Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment gives a concise, easy to understand description of equipment and its use in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain relief. Written to provide the trainee anaesthetist with an attractive and modern introductory textbook of the equipment which is in current usage, it is superbly illustrated with colour photographs and simple diagrams. A glossary is included to define the large vocabulary of technical terminology. Anaesthetic and intensive care nurses and operating theatre practitioners will also find the book of value.
Features:
* Simple and succinct text with colour photographs and explanatory diagrams
* Standardised format used for each piece of equipment: components, mechanism of action and problems in practice and safety features
* Summary boxes included for each chapter, highlighting important key points about difficult equipment systems
* Highly visual, four-colour design enabling quick and easy access to important information
What's New:
* Completely revised and updated throughout to include many new equipment models in anaesthesia and intensive care
* Concisely written text supplemented with useful checklists, flow charts and key points
* Section of key MCQ questions to be incorporated and cross-referenced to main text, to help with preparation of membership board exams
| Author: |
David J. Birnbach, Sanjay Datta, Stephen P. Gatt |
| ISBN: |
0443064873 |
| Publisher: |
Churchill Livingstone |
| Binding: |
Softcover |
| Year Published: |
June 2000 |
| No. of Pages: |
208 |
| Contents: |
* Medical gas supply.
* The anaesthetic machine.
* Scavenging. Breathing systems.
* Tracheal and tracheotomy tubes and airways.
* Masks.
* Laryngoscopies and tracheal intubations equipment.
* Ventilators.
* Humidification.
* Non-invasive monitoring.
* Invasive monitoring.
* Pain management and regional anaesthesia.
* Additional equipment used in anaesthesia and intensive care.
* Checklist for anaesthetic machines.
* Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery.
* Directory of manufacturers.
* Glossary. |
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| About The Author: |
Dr Baha Al-Shaikh,
Consultant in Anaesthesia, William Harvey Hospital, South Kent Hospitals Trust, Ashford, Kent, UK
Dr Simon Stacey,
Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK |
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