Table of Contents
1 The supply of anaesthetic and other medical gasses
2 Measurement of pressure and gas flow
3 Vaporizers
4 The anaesthetic workstation
5 Breathing systems and their components
6 Airway management equipment
7 Equipment for the inhalation of oxygen and other gasses
8 Manual resuscitators
9 Automatic ventilators
10 Ventilation in the intensive care unit
11 Breathing filters, humidifiers and nebulizers
12 Equipment for paediatric anaesthesia
13 Equipment for regional anaesthesia
14 Physiological monitoring: principles and non-invasive monitoring
15 Physiological monitoring: gases
16 Monitoring of cardiovascular and coagulation systems
17 Depth of anaesthesia and neurophysiological monitoring
18 Atmospheric pollution
19 Infusion equipment and intravenous anaesthesia
20 Medical suction apparatus
21 Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
22 Information technology and the anaesthetic workstation
23 Electrical hazards and their prevention
24 Surgical diathermy
25 Pacemakers and defibrillators
26 Lasers
27 Provision of anaesthesia in difficult situations and the developing world
28 The anaesthetist and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
29 Error
30 Warming devices
31 Ultrasound
Appendix: SI units and conversion tables
