Main description:

A curriculum-based guide, Advanced Training in Anaesthesia contains everything candidates need in preparation for taking the Final FRCA exam. This book is ideal for both learning and exam revision, but it also provides a ready source of reference for situations in all specialties and sub-specialties, with knowledge which will continue to apply beyond training.

Topics in applied basic science and clinical anaesthesia are presented in a systems-based format, as laid out in the syllabus set by the Royal College of Anaesthetics, allowing for easy navigation and structured learning and revision.

Advanced Training in Anaesthesia is authored by both trainees and specialists in order to create an authoritative yet accessible text. Containing everything candidates need to know to pass this final major hurdle in anaesthetic training, this book is ideal for exam revision.

Suggestions for further reading are included for candidates wishing to read around the subjects. Topics in applied basic science are presented in a systems-based format, as laid out in the syllabus set by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, to allow for easy navigation and structured learning and revision.

Contents:

1. Cardiovascular ; 2. Respiratory ; 3. Renal ; 4. GI and liver ; 5. Endocrine ; 6. Musuloskeletal and nervous systems ; 7. General therapeutics ; 8. Nutrition ; 9. Statistics ; 10. Physics ; 11. Airway ; 12. Day surgery ; 13. General surgery ; 14. Cardiac ; 15. Thoracic ; 16. Vascular ; 17. Non-theatre ; 18. Orthopaedics ; 19. Regional ; 20. ITU ; 21. Trauma ; 22. Neurosurgery ; 23. Transfer ; 24. Obstetrics ; 25. Paediatrics ; 26. Pain ; 27. Ophthalmic ; 28. Plastics