Anesthesia Equipment, 2nd Edition

• Make informed decisions
• Ensure patient safety with detailed advice on risk management and medicolegal implications of equipment use.
by expanding your understanding of the physical principles of equipment, the rationale for its use, delivery systems for inhalational anesthesia, systems monitoring, hazards and safety features, maintenance and quality assurance, special situations/equipment for non-routine adult anesthesia, and future directions for the field.

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on machines, vaporizers, ventilators, breathing systems, vigilance, ergonomics, and simulation.

1 I: Gases and Ventilation Medical Gases: Storage and Supply

2 I: Gases and Ventilation The Anesthesia Machine and Workstation

3 I: Gases and Ventilation Anesthesia Vaporizers

4 I: Gases and Ventilation Breathing Circuits

5 I: Gases and Ventilation Waste anesthetic gases and scavenging systems

6 I: Gases and Ventilation Anesthesia Ventilators

7 I: Gases and Ventilation Humidifier & Filtration

8 Part II: System Monitors Respiratory Gas Monitoring

9 Part II: System Monitors Monitoring Ventilation

10 Part III: Patient Monitors Capnography

11 Part III: Patient Monitors Pulse Oximetry

12 Part III: Patient Monitors Blood Pressure Monitoring

13 Part III: Patient Monitors Electrocardiographic Monitoring

14 Part III: Patient Monitors Temperature Monitoring

14 Part III: Patient Monitors Temperature Monitoring

15 Part III: Patient Monitors Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade

16 Part IV: Other Equipment Airway Equipment

17 Part IV: Other Equipment Pediatric Anesthesia Systems and Equipment

18 Part IV: Other Equipment Infusion Pumps

19 Part IV: Other Equipment Noninvasive temporary pacemakers and defibrillators

20 Part IV: Other Equipment Infection Prevention: Recommendations for Practice

21 Part V: Computers, Alarms and Ergonomics Computing and the Internet in Clinical Practice

22 Part V: Computers Perioperative Informatics

23 Part V: Computers Vigilance, Alarms, and Integrated Monitoring Systems

24 Part V: Computers Ergonomics of The Anesthesia Workspace

25 Part V: Computers Simulation Equipment, techniques, and Applications

26 Part VI: Special Conditions Closed Circuit Anesthesia

27 Part VI: Special Conditions Anesthesia delivery in the MRI environment

28 Part VI: Special Conditions Anesthesia at high altitude

29 Part VI: Special ConditionsAnesthesia in difficult locations and developing countries

30 Part VII: Safety, Standards and Quality Hazards of the Anesthesia Delivery System

31 Part VII: Safety Electrical and fire safety

32 Part VII: Safety Machine checkout and quality assurance

33 Part VII: Safety Risk management and medicolegal aspects of anesthesia equipment

34 Part VII: Safety Standards and regulatory considerations