Anesthesia crash course
By: Charles Horton.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780195371871
Subjects: Anesthesiology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc; Anesthesia -- methods -- Outlines; Anesthetics -- Outlines
Genres: Outlines, syllabi, etc.; Outlines.
Table of contents: title: The anatomy of an anesthesia machine (in words normal people can understand); title: The how and why of a good machine check; title: Better living through chemistry: anesthetic pharmacology; title: What are they gonna' do to you?! (pre-operative evaluation & consent); title: The ABCs start with "airway" (or, how to intubate and maintain anesthesia); title: Waking up and hitting the road: extubation, post-op, and giving report; title: Don't launch your lunch: anti-nausea therapy; title: Big no-no's; title: Sharp objects, part I: IVs, arterial lines, and central lines; title: Sharp objects, part II: epidurals and spinals; title: Less filling, tastes great: a few anesthesia controversies; title: What if?: a brief guide to various situations; title: Anesthesia: from the past to the future; title: You call it a what? (a brief glossary of anesthesia terms).