| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Medical gas supply -- The anaesthetic machine -- Pollution in theatre and scavenging -- Breathing systems -- Tracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes and airways -- Face masks and oxygen delivery devices -- Laryngoscopes and tracheal intubation equipment -- Ventilators -- Humidification and filtration -- Noninvasive monitoring -- Invasive monitoring -- Pumps, pain management and regional anaesthesia -- Additional equipment used in anaesthesia and intensive care -- Point-of-care testing -- Electrical safety |
| Summary |
"This practical textbook comprehensively covers all the equipment used in the operating theatre and intensive care unit, including why it is used and any related safety concerns. It has been fully updated in its sixth edition to include new technologies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is ideal as the main text for all trainees undertaking the primary FRCA exams and is also suitable anyone who works with anaesthetic equipment, including anaesthetic and intensive care nurses and operating department practitioners. It features concise and consistent text and illustrations, self-assessment features, and exam tips"-- Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Revision of: Essentials of equipment in anaesthesia, critical care, and peri-operative medicine / Al-Shaikh, Baha. Fifth edition. 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed June 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Anesthesiology -- Apparatus and instruments.
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Critical care medicine -- Equipment and supplies
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Surgical instruments and apparatus.
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Anesthesiology -- instrumentation
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Anesthesia -- methods
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Critical care medicine -- equipment & supplies
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Surgical Instruments
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Perioperative Care -- instrumentation
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Anesthesiology -- Apparatus and instruments
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Critical care medicine -- Equipment and supplies
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Surgical instruments and apparatus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stacey, Simon, 1966- author.
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Preceded by: Al-Shaikh, Baha.
Essentials of anaesthetic equipment, critical care and perioperative medicine
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| ISBN |
9780323848473 |
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0323848478 |
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