Chapter Outline Difficult Situations Within Hospitals 321 Remote Anesthesia 321 Major Accidents And Disasters 321 The Battlefield 322 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) Capability 324 Equipment For Other Battlefield Anesthetic Techniques…
Chapter Outline Electric Charge 352 Static Electricity and Electric Potential 352 Electric Current 352 Resistance and Ohm’s Law 353 Heating Effect of Electric Currents 353 Root Mean Square (RMS) Values…
Chapter Outline Introduction 372 Neurological Monitoring 372 Requirements for a Nervous System Monitor 373 EEG Monitoring 373 Transcranial Doppler 374 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 374 Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI) 376…
Chapter Outline General Considerations 309 The OOOR Location 309 Procedures 311 The Patient 311 Locations 312 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 312 Computed Tomography 317 Interventional Neuroradiology 317 Cardiovascular Suite 318 Radiation…
Chapter Outline Introduction 92 Intubation Devices 92 Retractor-Type Laryngoscopes 93 Features of Modern Laryngoscopes 93 Laryngoscopy 93 Laryngoscopes 95 Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopes 98 Bullard Laryngoscope and UpsherScope 98 Bonfils Intubating…
Chapter Outline Intravenous Infusion Equipment 297 Anesthetic Gas Delivery Systems 297 Breathing Circuits 297 Anesthesia Machines 298 Anesthesia Ventilators 298 Temperature Control 300 Equipment for Temperature Monitoring 300 Maintenance of…
The art of anesthesiology is essentially practical. For this reason anesthesiologists must have an understanding of the physical aspects of the apparatus they use, not only to use it efficiently…
Chapter Outline Technology 207 An Overview of Ultrasound 207 Ultrasound and Its Interaction With Tissue 207 Ultrasound in Tissue 207 Creating an Ultrasound Picture 209 Limitations of Ultrasound 211 Ultrasound…
Technological advancements have revolutionized not only patient monitoring and therapeutic equipment, but also something as fundamental as the anesthesia record itself. The paper anesthesia record, still in use at more…
Chapter Outline The Spaulding Classification of Equipment for Disinfection and Sterilization 330 Cleaning 331 Disinfection 331 Sterilization 331 Disinfection of Healthcare Devices 331 Limitations of the Spaulding Classification System 333…
