List of contributors

vi

Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

viii

List of abbreviations

ix

1

Anaesthetic assessment and preparation for surgery

1

2

Anaesthetic equipment and monitoring

18

3

Drugs and fluids used during anaesthesia

39

4

The practice of general anaesthesia

58

5

Local and regional anaesthesia

79

6

Special circumstances

88

7

post-anaesthesia care

100

8

The acutely ill adult patient on the ward

121

SECTION 1

RECOGNITION AND ASSESSMENT

121

SECTION 2

MANAGEMENT OF COMMON EMERGENCIES

131

Answers to short-answer questions

159

Answers to true/false questions

171

Index

177