Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Applied Physics

Chapter 2. Medical Gas Supply and Scavenging

Chapter 3. Anaesthesia Machine/Work Station

Chapter 4. Anaesthesia Breathing Systems

Chapter 5. Anaesthesia Ventilators

Chapter 6. Equipment for Endotracheal Intubation

Chapter 7. Monitoring

Chapter 8. Pre-Use check of Anaesthetic Equipment

Chapter 9. Electrical Safety; Electrocautery; Lasers

Chapter 10. Equipment for Regional Anaesthesia (Nerve Stimulation and Ultrasound guided techniques)

Chapter 11. Neuraxial Blocks

Chapter 12. Disinfection and Sterilisation

Chapter 13. Simulators in Anaesthesia

About the Author

Yasodananda Kumar MD
Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, DM Programme Coordinator, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus, Barbados

Bhavani Shankar Kodali MD
Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA