NOTES, BY THEME
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
ANAESTHETIC PROCEDURES
CRISIS MANAGEMENT, RESUSCITATION & FLUID MANAGEMENT
GENERAL ANAESTHESIA & SEDATION
PAIN MANAGEMENT
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA
PROFESSIONALISM
SAFETY & QUALITY
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
TRAUMA
ANAESTHESIA IN OUTSIDE AREAS
CARDIAC SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY, GYNAECOLOGY, ENDOSCOPY
HEAD & NECK, EAR, NOSE & THROAT, DENTAL SURGERY
NEUROSURGERY, NEURORADIOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
PLASTIC SURGERY, BURNS
THORACIC SURGERY
VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
ANAESTHETIC FUNDAMENTALS
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
Airway anatomy
Airway assessment
Airway bleeding
Airway fire
Airway investigations
Airway safety in recovery
Airway topicalisation
Airway trauma
Can’t intubate can’t oxygenate (CICO)
Complications of extubation
Cormack-Lehane grade
Critical airway obstruction
Difficult airway equipment
Endobronchial intubation
Extubation criteria
Fibreoptic intubation
Intubation
Jet ventilation
Nasal intubation
Oesopheal intubation
Optimisation for extubation
Perioperative upper airway obstruction
Preoxygenation
Rapid sequence induction
Smooth emergence & extubation
The shared airway
Throat packs
ANAESTHETIC PROCEDURES
Arterial cannulation
Central venous cannulation
Emergency thoracocentesis
Intercostal catheter insertion
Nasogastric tube insertion
Percutaneous dilatation tracheotomy
Pericardiocentesis
Procedural skills
Pulmonary artery catheterisation
Ultrasound for vascular access
Urinary catheterisation
Vascular access
CRISIS MANAGEMENT, RESUSCITATION & FLUID MANAGEMENT
Abdominal sepsis
Acid-base abnormalities
Acute cardiac arrhythmias & conduction abnormalities
Acute hypertension
Acute pulmonary oedema
Acute respiratory distress syndrome & acute lung injury (ARDS/ALI)
Air embolism
Amniotic fluid embolism
Anaesthesia equipment failure
Anaphylaxis
Aortic dissection
Aspiration
Blood management
Bronchospasm
Cardiac arrest & collapse
Cardiac defibrillation
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiogenic shock
Cemented implant syndrome
Clinical assessment of shock
Crisis management resources
Distributive shock
Electrical power failure
Electrolyte abnormalities
Emergency surgery
Failure to wake
Fat embolism syndrome
Focussed cardiac echocardiography
Gas embolism
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Gastrointestinal ischaemia
Gastrointestinal obstruction
Gastrointestinal perforation
Goal-directed therapy
Haemorrhagic shock
High airway pressures
High spinal
Hyper/hypocalcaemia
Hyper/hypoglycaemia
Hyper/hypokalaemia
Hyper/hypomagnesaemia
Hypercapnoea
Hypernatraemia
HyperOsmolar Non-Ketotic state
Hypocapnoea
Hyponatremia & hypo-osmolality
Hypotension
Hypothermia
Hypovolaemic shock
Hypoxia
Inotropes & inodilators
Intra-arterial injection
Intravenous fluid prescription
Investigation of drug allergies
Investigation of shock
Ischaemic preconditioning
Ischemic gut
Laryngospasm
Local anaesthetic toxicity
Major haemorrhage
Malignant hyperthermia
Management of shock
Massive haemoptysis
Massive transfusion
Metabolic acidosis
Myocardial ischaemia & infarction
Neurogenic shock
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Non-invasive ventilation
Obstructive shock
Oesophageal obstruction
Oesophageal perforation
Oliguria/anuria
Oncological emergencies
Operating room fire
Pericardial effusion
Pipeline gas supply failure
Pneumothorax
Prolonged seizures
Pulmonary embolism
Raised intracranial pressure
Reduced conscious state
Reperfusion syndromes
Respiratory arrest
Respiratory failure
Rhabdomyolysis
Seizures
Sepsis
Shock
Stroke
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Tension pneumothorax
Tetanus
Thyrotoxic crisis
Transfer of the critically ill
Transfusion reactions
GENERAL ANAESTHESIA & SEDATION
Awareness
Induction techniques
Pneumoperitoneum
Postoperative cognitive decline
PostOperative Nausea & Vomiting (PONV)
Premedication
Residual paralysis
Response surface models
Sedation
Total IntraVenous Anaesthesia (TIVA)
Ventilation strategies
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Acute exacerbation of chronic pain
Alternative therapies for analgesia
Assessment of acute pain
Chronic pain management
Functional analgesia
Interventional pain procedures
Musculoskeletal pain
Neuropathic pain
NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Pain assessment
Pain terminology
Persistent post-surgical pain
Postoperative analgesic infusions
Psychosocial factors of pain
Steroids
Wound catheters
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA
Adjuvant agents for regional anaesthesia
Assessing a regional anaesthetic
Continuous regional techniques
Failed regional anaesthesia
Management of regional anaesthesia
Nerve stimulation for regional anaesthesia
Neuraxial opioids
Patient assessment – regional anaesthesia
Patient information for regional anaesthesia
Post-dural puncture headache
Rational regional anaesthesia selection
Regional anaesthesia practicalities
Sedation for regional anaesthesia
GOOD ANAESTHESIA PRACTICE
PROFESSIONALISM
Accreditation
Adult learning
Advanced care directives
Advocacy
Anaesthesia costs
Bias
Change
Clinical prioritisation
Clinical trial design
Complaints
Confidentiality
Continued medical education
Core statistical concepts
Critical appraisal
Debriefing
Ethical issues in anaesthesia
Ethics committees
Evidence-based medicine
Culturally competent care
Informed consent
Limits of care
Management
Medical ethics
Non-accidental injury
Professional conduct
Risk
Roles in anaesthesia
Scientific enquiry
Social media
Statistical error
Stress management
Suicide
The impaired colleague
SAFETY & QUALITY
Anaesthesia standards
Anastomotic breakdown
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Antimicrobial agents
Day care surgery
Determinants of health
Drug safety
Environmental pollution
Equipment check
Equipment standardisation
Fasting guidelines
Formal meetings
Handover responsibilities
Health policy
Iatrogenic injury
Infection control
Monitoring standards
Nosocomial infections
Patient positioning
Post-anaesthesia recovery room
Postoperative care requirements
Quality assurance & quality improvement
Quality healthcare
Safety requirements
Supervision
Surgical infection
Temperature management
The anaesthetic assistant
Tourniquets
Venous thromboembolism
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
World Health Organisation (WHO) surgical safety checklist
Wound dehiscence
PERIOPERATIVE CARE
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
Brain death
Critical illness neuropathy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Illness severity scoring
Nutritional support
Organ donation
Sedation in the intensive care unit
The critically ill obstetric patient
The long-stay intensive care unit patient
Ventilatory support in the intensive care unit
PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
Acromegaly
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Acute liver failure
Addisonian crisis
Adrenal disease
Adrenocortical insufficiency
Alcohol use
Allergy
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification
Anaemia
Ankylosing spondylitis
Anorexia nervosa
Anxiety disorders
Arthritis
Asthma
Autism
Botulism
Bowel disease
Breast disease
Carcinoid disease & syndrome
Cardiac disease in pregnancy
Cardiomyopathy
Care pathways
Cerebral palsy
Cerebrovascular disease
Choosing Wisely
Chronic cardiac arrhythmias & conduction abnormalities
Chronic hypertension
Chronic liver disease
Chronic obstructive airways disease
Chronic renal impairment & dialysis
Chronic steroid use
Coagulopathy & anticoagulants
Communicable disease
Congenital heart disease
Connective tissue disorders
Croup
Cushing’s syndrome
Cystic fibrosis
Depressive disorders
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diastolic dysfunction
Diseases of the oesophagus
Diseases of the spleen
Diseases of the stomach
Disorders of calcium metabolism
Down syndrome
Dyspnoea
Epilepsy
Ethnic variation
Fontan circulation
Frailty
Functional assessment
Gallbladder disease
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Gastrointestinal disorders
Graft vs. host disease
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Gynaecological disorders
Haematological malignancies
Hepatitis
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Illicit drug use & overdose
Immunocompromise
Implantable cardiac devices
Ischaemic heart disease
Left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Liver disease
Malabsorption syndromes
Mediastinal masses
Medication management
Meningitis & encephalitis
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophies, myopathies & myotonias
Myasthenia gravis & myasthenic syndrome
Obesity
Oncological disease
Pancreatic diseases
Parkinson’s disease
Patient assessment – history & examination
Patient assessment – investigation
PeriOperative Surgical Home (POSH)
Peripheral vascular disease
Phaeochromocytoma
Pituitary disease
Pneumonia
Porphyria
Post-transplant patient
Prehabilitation
Pseudocholinesterase deficiency
Psychosis
Pulmonary hypertension
Quinsy
Renal & urinary tract disease
Renal replacement therapy
Respiratory infection
Restrictive lung disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Right ventricular systolic dysfunction
Scleroderma
Scores & classifications
Scores & classifications
Shunts
Sleep apnoea
Smoking
Stress response
Tetralogy of Fallot
Thrombocytopaenia
Thyroid disease
Tuberculosis
Urinary tract infection
Valvular heart disease
Vena cava obstruction
Vomiting
TRAUMA
Abdominal trauma
Altitude sickness
Aortic trauma
Burns
Chemical burns
Chest drains & drainage systems
Chest trauma
Corrosive ingestion
Crush injury
Decompression syndromes
Disaster management protocol
Drowning
Electrical burns & electrocution
Envenomation
Facial fractures
Flail chest
Inhalational injury
Long bone fractures
Myocardial contusion
Near drowning
Obstetric trauma
Paediatric trauma
Pelvic fractures
Primary trauma survey
Pulmonary contusion
Resuscitative thoracotomy
Secondary brain injury
Spinal cord injury
Thoracic trauma
Tracheobronchial injury
Trauma history
Trauma immobilisation
Trauma preparation
Traumatic aortic disruption
Traumatic brain injury
SPECIALTY PATIENT GROUPS
OBSTETRICS
Abnormal placental implantation
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Antepartum haemorrhage
Assisted vaginal birth
Breech delivery
Categorising caesarean urgency
Cholestasis associated with pregnancy
Cord prolapse
Foetal death in utero
Foetal monitoring
Gestational diabetes
Haemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelets syndrome (HELLP syndrome)
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Intrauterine resuscitation
Labour analgesia
Maternal mortality
Multiple gestation
Patient assessment – obstetric patient
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Post-partum haemorrhage
Premature labour
Progression of labour
Rhesus isoimmunisation
Shoulder dystocia
Uterine rupture
Vaginal Birth After Caesarean section (VBAC)
PAEDIATRICS
Paediatric development
Paediatric induction techniques
Paediatric neurophysiology
Patient assessment – paediatric patient
Prematurity & ex-premature infants
Pyloric stenosis
SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
ANAESTHESIA IN OUTSIDE AREAS
Electro-convulsive therapy
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety
Radiation safety
CARDIAC SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Aortic dissection repair
Cardiac anatomy
Cardiac herniation
Cardiopulmonary bypass
Complications of cardiac surgery
Complications of interventional cardiological procedures
Coronary artery bypass
Deep hypothermic cardiac arrest
Re-do cardiac surgery
Weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass
GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY, GYNAECOLOGY, ENDOSCOPY
Abnormal gastrointestinal anatomy
The acute abdomen
HEAD & NECK, EAR, NOSE & THROAT, DENTAL SURGERY
Induced hypotension
Maxillary/mandibular osteotomies
Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage
NEUROSURGERY, NEURORADIOLOGY
Cerebral blood flow
Cerebral salt wasting
Cerebral vasospasm
Diabetes insipidus
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Intracranial pressure
Neuroanatomy
Neuroimaging
Neurological examination
Neuropharmacology
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Intraocular gas
Intraocular pressure
Ocular perfusion
Ocular reflexes
Ophthalmological pharmacology
Orbital anatomy
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Compartment syndrome
Orthopaedic emergencies
PLASTIC SURGERY, BURNS
Tissue flap perfusion
Tissue flaps
THORACIC SURGERY
Bronchopleural fistula
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
One-lung ventilation
Pulmonary torsion
Thoracic anaesthesia anatomy
Thoracic anaesthesia physiology
Thoracic bleeding
VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Aortic cross clamping
Endovascular vs. open vascular surgery
Spinal cord ischaemia & protection