Clinical Anaesthesia (Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Gwinnutt, Carl L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865427496 ISBN 13: 9780865427495

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1996

Synopsis

Clinical Anaesthesia is a highly practical guide geared toward the doctor–in–training, operating–department assistant, or student who is facing his or her first exposure to this specialty.

It gives solutions to common anaesthetic–related problems, ranging from pre– and post–operative care of patients to being a member of the resuscitation team. It also includes the related areas of intensive care and chronic pain relief and the latest guidelines for doctors on the management of cardiac arrest.

Clinical Anaesthesia gives detailed advice on:

∗ anaesthetic assessment and premedication

∗ managing the airway

∗ inducing and maintaining anaesthesia

∗ measurement and monitoring of anaesthesia

∗ intravenous cannulation and fluid administration

∗ positioning the patient for surgery

∗ post–anaesthesia care

∗ anaesthetic room emergencies

∗ drugs and techniques for muscle relaxation, analgesia and local and regional anaesthesia

∗ principles and practice of intensive care

∗ relief of chronic pain

∗ cardiopulmonary resuscitation

About this title

Review:

"This is an excellent book, with an easy–to–read typeface. The illustrations and photographs are especially worthy of comment. It should be on the bookshelf of every Medical School, Hospital, School of Nursing and ODP Training Centre. It is rare to have the opportunity to read a book about one′s own speciality with enjoyment. This is one of them."
J H W Ballance, Anaesthesia

".tells you everything you need to know to bluff your way through anaesthetics. It has all the major topics in that you need for the exams, just in case you missed the lectures and a little bit more...up to date...comprehensive on the new drugs used and goes into great depth on how to make an anaesthetic assessment."
Leech Y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine Gazette

".filling a gap between long established but dated anaesthetic texts aimed at the student, and the more comprehensive specialist textbooks...The final section on resuscitation is to be commended and should be mandatory reading for all students before qualification. I have shown this book to several medical students and trainee operating department practitioners; all have rated it highly."
British Journal of Anaesthesia

"The section on pre–theatre care is one of the best that I have seen on the subject in such a compact text."
Nursing Times

"I would have liked to have read this book in the first few months as an anaesthetic SHO before moving on to larger texts such as Aitkenhead and Smith...Basic background information such as key facts about all commonly used anaesthetic drugs is at just the right level for those being exposed to a large number of unfamiliar drugs and techniques at the beginning of their anaesthetic training."

Anaesthesia Points West

"This book is designed for doctors in training, the ODA/P and any anaesthetic students and is a good basic introduction to anaesthesia; covering the practical aspects of the subject well."

British Journal of Theatre Nursing

About the Author:

Dr Carl Gwinnutt is a Consultant Anaesthesist at the Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0865427496
• ISBN 13: 9780865427495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392