ANAESTHESIOLOGY Paper XVII
Course description
This course prepares students to understand the principle of giving safe anaesthesia, acquire knowledge about drug interaction, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the advantages and disadvantages of commonly used anaesthetic drugs. By the end of the course students should be able to provide basic anesthesia service, monitor patients during general/regional anaesthesia and to provide basic care and safe transport of critically ill patients.
General objectives
Students will be able to
- perform preanaesthetic assessment and prescribe pre-medicatlon.
- assist in formulating anaesthetic plan.
- Describe pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics of commonly used drugs in anaesthesia and resuscitation. 1
- describe the principles of administering safe general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia.
- assist anesthesiologists to administer general anaesthesia and common regional blocks or perform under supervision.
- Monitor patient during and after operation and manage postoperative complications under supervision.
- Provide primary care and safe transport of the critically ill patients.
- Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Specific objectives
Students should be able to
- Describe the principle of anaesthesiology.
- Describe the preoperative assessment and premedication management.
- list the process of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- demonstrate the process of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- describe the pharmacology of intravenous and inhalation anaesthetic agents.
- Describe the pharmacology of local anaesthetic agents.
- demonstrate anesthetic equipments and basic monitors.
- describe induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia
- review fluid and electrolyte balance.
- Describe the technique of regional anaesthesia and management of complications.
- describe post anaesthesia care.
- list complications during anaesthsia including anaphylaxis and systemic toxicity of local anaesthetic agents and their management
- list blood transfusion related complications and their management.
- describe oxygen therapy
- describe the principle of primary trauma care.
- describe the basic care of critically ill patients: Positioning, airway management, oxygenation, fluid resuscitation and CNS- protection.
- describe the procedure of safe transport of critically ill patients.
- describe the principle of acute and chronic pain management.
Technical skills
The graduates should be able to
- insert Intravenous cannulation.
- maintain airways in unconscious patient.
- perform CPR
- insert endotracheal intubations.
- monitor the patient during intra-operative and post operative period.
- give local anaesthesia for minor surgery, diagnose and manage complication
THEORY
- Introduction to anesthesia
- Preoperative evaluation, premedication and preoperative preparation
- General anesthesia inhalation agents
- General anesthesia inhalation agents
- Neuromuscular blocking agents
- Pharmacology of local anesthetics
- Spinal, epidural and regional nerve blocks
- Endotracheal intubation
- Post anesthetic complications and care
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Acid, Base arid Blood Gases — how to read and analyze
- Monitoring during anesthesia
- Basics of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Basic life support (BLS), Advanced life support (ALS)
- Post CPR management
