UID:
almahu_9949698059502882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 574 p.)
Edition:
6th ed.
ISBN:
0-7020-4878-X
Content:
First prize winner, Anesthesia Book Category, British Medical Association 2012 Medical Book Competition Provides a simple and comprehensive explanation of the function of anaesthetic equipment, ensuring its safe use in clinical practiceCovers the relevant syllabus required by the FRCA and similar exams taken by trainee anaesthetistsClear line diagrams explain the working principles of each piece of equipmentChapter on local anaesthesia totally rewrittenChapter on error and man-machine interaction will be much more in depth〈
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; Ward's Anaesthetic Equipment; Copyright page; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface to the Sixth Edition; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The supply of anaesthetic and other medical gasses; Properties of medical gasses; Medical gas cylinders; Cylinder manifolds; Bulk oxygen supply systems; Oxygen concentrators (PSA plant); Medical compressed air; Synthetic air systems; Medical vacuum systems; Anaesthetic gas scavenging systems; Alarm and indication systems for piped gasses; Distribution systems; Tests and checks for medical gas piped services
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Further readingChapter 2: Measurement of pressure and gas flow; Force, pressure and flow; Atmospheric pressure and partial pressure; Absolute, differential and gauge pressures; Methods of measuring pressure; Measurement of gas flow; Further reading; Chapter 3: Vaporizers; Laws of vaporization; Vaporizing systems; Types of vaporizer; Factors affecting vaporizer performance; Calibration of vaporizers; Filling of vaporizers; Examples of variable bypass vaporizers; Measured flow vaporizers; Further reading; Chapter 4: The anaesthetic workstation; Functions of the modern workstation
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Development of the anaesthetic workstationThe anaesthetic delivery system; Ventilators; Integral breathing systems; Ergonomics; Standards; The critical incident (see also Chapter 29); Pre-use check; Specific machines; References; Further reading; Chapter 5: Breathing systems and their components; Introduction; Definitions; Classification of breathing systems; Working principles of breathing systems; Non-rebreathing systems utilizing carbon dioxide absorption and recirculation of gasses; Classification of breathing systems utilizing carbon dioxide absorption
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The components of a breathing systemFurther reading; Chapter 6: Airway management equipment; Fundamentals; Materials used in airway devices; Artificial airways; Simple airway adjuncts; Facemasks; Supraglottic airways; Sads summary; Tracheal tubes; Subglottic devices; Laryngoscopes; Aids for intubation/ tube exchange; Miscellany; References; Further reading; Chapter 7: Equipment for the inhalation of oxygen and other gasses; Introduction; Normobaric oxygen therapy; The administration of oxygen in a mixture of gasses; Oxygen delivery at high or low atmospheric pressures; References
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Chapter 8: Manual resuscitatorsComponents; Safety features incorporated into manual resuscitators; Other uses for manual resuscitators; Further reading; Chapter 9: Automatic ventilators; Positive pressure ventilators; Reference; Further reading; Chapter 10: Ventilation in the intensive care unit; Introduction; Ideal requirements; Differences between ventilators for anaesthesia and intensive care; Driving mechanisms; Microprocessor electronic control; Inspiratory flow valve; Flow sensors; Patient triggering; Expiratory pressure generation; Overpressure valves; Ambient air inlet; Nebulizer port
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Battery back-up
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-336-26968-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7020-3094-5
Language:
English
