Course Objectives

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Learning Outcomes

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Course Syllabus

Module I:

• Introduction To Anesthesia: History of Anesthesia: Prehistoric (Ether) era, Inhalational anesthetic era, Regional anesthetic era, Intravenous anesthetic era, Modern anesthetic era
•  Medical Gas Supply: Compressed gas cylinders, Colour coding, Cylinder valves, Cylinder storage, pin index, Diameter index safety system, Gas piping system, Air compressors, Oxygen Concentrators, Alarms & safety devices.

Module II :

• Gas physics: States of matter, Temperature conversion, Humidity, Pressure measurement, Gas flows, and diffusion, Gas laws, Miscellaneous concepts such as density and specific gravity
• Gas Administration Devices: Simple oxygen administration device, Methods of controlling gas flow, Reducing valves, Flowmeters, Regulators, Flow restrictors

Module III: Machine breathing system

• Anaesthesia Machine: Hanger and yoke system, Cylinder pressure gauge, Pressure regulator, Flowmeter assembly, Vaporizers -types, hazards, maintenance, filling & draining, etc
• General considerations, Classification and breathing system, Mapleson System, Jackson Rees system of Bain circuit, Nonbreathing valves – Ambu valves, Others

Module IV: Face Masks & Airway Laryngoscopes

• Endotracheal tubes – Types, sizes, (RAE Tube, Flexo metallic). Complications – Use care and maintenance of anaesthesia equipment 2) Laryngoscopes in Anaesthesia
• Oxygen Therapy: Definition, Causes, and responses to hypoxemia, Clinical signs of hypoxemia, Goals of oxygen therapy, Evaluation of patients receiving oxygen therapy, Hazards of oxygen therapy.

Module V:

• Boyle’s Machine & its functioning. Boyle’s vaporizer. Magill’s breathing circuit, Bains breathing circuit, pediatrics anesthesia circuit. Gas cylinders and flow meters. Carbon dioxide absorption contester. Suction apparatus-foot operated, electrically operated. Ambubag laryngoscope endo trachea tubes. Catheters, face masks, venti-mask.

Module VI: MONITORING

• ECG
• Temperature
• IBP
• CVP
• PA Pressure
• LA Pressure

     Bio Medical engineering of Trouble sorting Management, care of cleaning

 Module VII:

CSSD, Instrumentation, store and inventory, Anaesthesia Ventilator and Working principles

Recommended Books

1. Text books:  Recent edition
2. The Anaesthesia Technician and Technologists Manual by Ahanatha Pillai
3. Berry, Edna Carnelia & MarieLoius Kohn introduction to OR Techniques 4th edition
4. Dixon, Elleen-Theatre techniques-5th edition Reference books 1 Nurse Anaesthesia by Nagelhout and Plans-5th edition 2 Clincalanaesthesia by Pramila Bajaj-5th edition 3 Wards textbook of anaesthesia

Session Plan

Session 1

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Session 2

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Case Studies

Case Studies