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Physics, Clinical Measurement and Equipment of Anaesthetic Practice for the FRCA, The 2nd Revised edition


Physics, Clinical Measurement and Equipment of Anaesthetic Practice for the FRCA, The 2nd Revised edition

Paperback by Magee, Patrick (Consultant in Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital Bath, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Bath, UK); Tooley, Mark (Consultant Clinical Scientist, Head of Medical Physics and Bioengineering and Director of Research and Development at Royal United Hospital Bath Trust)

Physics, Clinical Measurement and Equipment of Anaesthetic Practice for the FRCA, The

£75.00

ISBN:
9780199595150
Publication Date:
22 Sep 2011
Edition/language:
2nd Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
440 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 17 - 19 May 2024
Physics, Clinical Measurement and Equipment of Anaesthetic Practice for the FRCA, The

Description

A good knowledge of physics, measurement, and equipment is essential for practising anaesthetists. However, these subjects do present considerable problems because few anaesthetists have any background in physics. This book explains the physical principles and applications of physics in anaesthesia, and the statistical methods that anaesthetists are required to understand. The book includes sections on equipment and safety in anaesthesia, and electrical safety. Fully updated for the second edition, the book also includes new chapters on the depth of anaesthesia and on electrical safety. The contents are based on the syllabus of the FRCA exam in mathematics, physics, clinical measurement, monitoring, and equipment. The book starts with mathematics, statistics and physics background, not only to enhance the understanding for what follows in the book, but also because these basic sciences are fundamental to many other aspects of medical science. Areas, which in the authors' teaching experience, candidates have found particularly troublesome, such as electricity and electrical safety, are discussed in some detail in order to clarify.

Contents

1. Mathematics ; 2. Statistics ; 3. Background physics ; 4. Electricity, magnetism and circuits ; 5. Electronics and biological signal processing ; 6. Electrical safety ; 7. Behaviour of fluids ; 8. Thermodynamics: Heat, temperature and humidification ; 9. Solubility, vaporization and vaporisers ; 10. Ultrasound and doppler ; 11. Principles and standards of anaesthetic monitoring ; 12. Blood pressure measurement ; 13. Cardiac output measurement ; 14. Gas pressure, volume and flow measurement ; 15. Pulse oximetry ; 16. Respiratory and anaesthetic gas analysis ; 17. Blood gas analysis ; 18. Electrophysiology and electro-stimulation ; 19. Monitoring depth of anaesthesia ; 20. Pacemakers and defibrillators ; 21. Surgical diathermy ; 22. Gas supply, pressure regulators and the anaesthetic machine ; 23. Airway management devices ; 24. Aids to intubation ; 25. Breathing systems ; 26. Artificial ventilators ; 27. Intravenous pumps and syringe drivers ; 28. Environmental safety ; 29. Imaging and radiation ; 30. Sterilization and cleaning ; 31. Medical simulation

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