Ward's Anaesthetic Equipment

Ward's Anaesthetic Equipment familiarizes the anesthetic trainee very thoroughly with anesthesia and intensive care equipment and it remains the recommended text for Parts II, III and the final FRCA and FFARCSI exams. The newest edition has been completely updated and revised to ensure the close integration of the physical principles and clinical applications of equipment throughout the text. It is the only comprehensive equipment textbook based on UK equipment and practice. This is a comprehensive and highly practical one-stop source of information on the latest anesthetic and intensive care equipment currently in use. Andrew Davey , LRCP & SI, FRCA,, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK Ali Diba , BM, FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, The Queen Victoria Hospital, UK Contents 1. Physical principles - 2. Basic physics and electrical safety - 3. The supply of anaesthetic gases - 4. Medical gas services - 5. Measurement of gas flow and pressure - 6. Vaporizers - 7. The anaesthetic workstation - 8. Breathing systems and their components - 9. Airway management devices - 10. Equipment for the inhalation of oxygen and of Entonox - 11. Manual resuscitators - 12. Automatic ventilators - 13. Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit - 14. Humidifiers and nebulizers - 15. Equipment for paediatric anaesthesia - 16. Equipment for local anaesthesia - 17. Physiological monitoring: principles and non-invasive monitoring - 18. Physiological monitoring: gases - 19. Physiological monitoring: advanced monitoring systems including: monitoring in the intensive care unit, Transesophageal echocardiography, Esophageal Doppler ultrasound, Cardiac output, EEG, Bispectral analysis, Haemodynamic, Thromboelastography - 20. Atmospheric pollution - 21. Infusion equipment and TIVA - 22. Medical suction apparatus - 23. Cleaning and sterilization - 24. Computerised record keeping - 25. Electrical hazards and their prevention - 26. Surgical Diathermy - 27. Defibrillators and pacemakers - 28. Lasers - 29. Provision of anaesthesia in difficult situations and in the developing world - 30. Vigilance, human error, risk management and reporting faulty equipment - Appendices - Appendix I Directory of manufacturers/websites - Appendix II SI units and table of conversions - Appendix III Standards - Appendix IV Checklist for anaesthetic machines - Index