Oxford Specialist Handbooks

Introduction - Features of increased work of breathing - Patterns of altered breathing - Features of paediatric upper airway - Elective airway evaluation - Airway adjuncts - Face mask application - Bag and mask ventilation - Adult and paediatric choking - Respiratory system monitoring techniques - Pulse oximetry - Capnography - Oxygen therapy - Oxygen delivery devices - Arterial blood gases - Tracheal intubation - Confirmation of tracheal tube placement - Laryngeal mask airway - Airway trolley contents - Aids to intubation - Cricothyroidotomy - Tracheostomy - Rapid sequence intubation - Rapid onset sedative–hypnotics - Neuromuscular relaxants - Management after uneventful intubation - Failed intubation - Anticipated difficult intubation - Mechanical ventilation - Transport ventilator - Ventilatory modes - Non-invasive ventilation - Setting up non-invasive ventilation - Components of an anaesthetic machine - Chest X-ray - Dyspnoea - Asthma - Acute exacerbation of COPD - Stridor - Upper airway infections - Community-acquired pneumonia - Pleural effusion - Pneumothorax - Haemoptysis - Drowning ...Less

Computed tomography - Magnetic resonance imaging - Endovascular stenting ...

Septic shock - Cardiogenic shock - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Liver failure - Renal failure - Diabetes mellitus - Coagulopathy - The agitated patient undergoing procedures ...

Failed tracheal intubation - Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents - Cardiac arrest and peri-arrest arrhythmias - Anaphylaxis - Malignant hyperthermia - Suxamethonium apnoea - Air/gas embolism - Equipment failure ...Less

Airway management - Breathing (ventilation) - Circulation - Dysfunction of the CNS - Exposure, with environment control ...

Evaluation - Evaluation of body surface area involvement - Replacement formulae for fluid replacement after burns - Burn depth assessment - Referral to burns unit ...

Introduction - Causes of cardiac arrest - Cardiac arrest management - Chest compression - Indications for the termination of CPR - Drugs used in cardiac arrest - Antiarrhythmic drugs in peri-arrest situations - Defibrillation - Cardiac arrest in pregnancy - Anaphylaxis ...Less

Emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair - Carotid endarterectomy - Emergency limb revascularization - Lower limb amputation - Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting - Anaesthesia for urgent valve replacement - Blunt aortic injury and aortic dissection - Cardiac tamponade - Pulmonary embolism and surgical embolectomy - Anaesthesia for electrical cardioversion - Anaesthesia in the catheter laboratory ...Less

Methods for cardiovascular system monitoring - Indications for cardiovascular support - Shock - Venous access - Venipuncture techniques - Intraosseous access - Central venous access - Saphenous vein cut-down - Central venous pressure measurement - Pulmonary artery catheter - Arterial line - Intravenous infusions - Inotropic agents - Blood transfusion - Blood products - Requesting blood for transfusion - Giving blood - Coagulation profile - Sickle cell crisis - Electrocardiography - Normal 12-lead ECG - ST segment elevation - Evaluation of cardiac arrhythmia - Narrow complex tachycardia - Broad complex tachycardia - Atrial fibrillation - Atrial flutter - Anti-arrhythmic drugs - Specific anti-arrhythmic agents - Atrioventricular block - Indication for pacing - External pacing - Temporary transvenous pacing - Permanent pacemaker problems - Acute coronary syndromes - Cardiogenic shock - Myocarditis - Heart failure - Aortic dissection - Abdominal aortic aneurysm - Pulmonary embolism - Hypertensive emergencies - Cardiac tamponade ...Less

Acute airway obstruction - Bleeding tonsil - Severe epistaxis - Emergency oesophagoscopy ...