Ward's anaesthetic equipment

The supply of anaesthetic and other medical gasses -- Measurement of pressure and gas flow -- Vaporizers -- The anaesthetic workstation -- Breathing systems and their components -- Airway management equipment -- Equipment for the inhalation of oxygen and other gasses -- Manual resuscitators -- Automatic ventilators -- Ventilation in the intensive care unit -- Breathing filters, humidifiers and nebulizers -- Equipment for paediatric anaesthesia -- Equipment for regional anaesthesia -- Physiological monitoring : Principles and non-invasive monitoring -- Physiological monitoring : Gasses -- Cardiac output monitoring -- Depth of anaesthesia and neurophysiological monitoring -- Atmospheric pollution -- Infusion equipment and intravenous anaesthesia -- Medical suction apparatus -- Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization -- Information technology and the anaesthetic workstation -- Electrical hazards and their prevention -- Surgical diathermy -- Pacemakers and defibrillators -- Lasers -- Provision of anaesthesia in difficult situations and the developing world -- The anaesthetist and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency -- Error, Man and Machine -- Warming devices -- Physics and technology of ultrasound -- Appendix SI units and conversion tables.

First prize winner, Anesthesia Book Category, British Medical Association 2012 Medical Book Competition Provides a simple and comprehensive explanation of the function of anaesthetic equipment, ensuring its safe use in clinical practiceCovers the relevant syllabus required by the FRCA and similar exams taken by trainee anaesthetistsClear line diagrams explain the working principles of each piece of equipmentChapter on local anaesthesia totally rewrittenChapter on error and man-machine interaction will be much more in depth>