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Primary FRCA OSCEs in Anaesthesia PDF

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The Primary FRCA is a formidable examination and not all trainees will leave the Royal College with the sweet taste of success. The syllabus is wide and deep while the three examination areas and techniques are also varied:
* A multiple choice questions (MCQ) paper incorporating 60 multiple true/false (MTF) as well as 30 single-best answer (SBA) questions The Structural Oral Examination (SOE).
This is divided into two parts:
SOE 1 – concerned with physiology and pharmacology
SOE 2 – examines knowledge of clinical anaesthesia, physics, clinical measurement, equipment and safety
* The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) The aim of the OSCE examination is to test procedural and cognitive skills, which are underpinned by knowledge. The OSCE is composed of up to 18 stations, of which 16 are live and marked for the purposes of that sitting of the examination. The other stations are on trial and both examiners and examinees are unaware of which they are.
The stations have general themes, which are:
Resuscitation
Technical skills
Anatomy
History taking
Communication skills
Anaesthetic hazards
Interpretation of X-rays
Simulation (usually a critical incident)
Equipment (anaesthetic, monitoring, measurement)
Physical examination
Each station is marked out of 20 but the pass mark for each station may be different and is assigned by the Angoff method by the examiners. The pass mark for the OSCE examination is the sum of the pass marks for the individual stations. The MCQ must be tackled and passed before applying for the SOE/OSCE. These must be taken together at the first attempt. If one section is failed, then that section only needs to be retaken. There has been a general feeling among trainees that the SOE was the ‘difficult’ section while the OSCE would generally sort itself out with the knowledge gained from studying for the MCQ and SOE. It has become increasingly clear over the last few years that the OSCE section demands more respect and consideration. There are many trainees who have been successful in both the MCQ and SOE sections but failed the OSCE by some margin.

Core Clinical Competencies in Anesthesiology PDF »

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Preface:

A long time ago, in a medical galaxy far, far away, med-ical education was a simple matter of apprenticeship: • You washed up on the shores of a residency. • For three years, you did anesthesia. • The residency released you into the wild, with the admonition, to ye forth and minister anesthesia unto the people.” But, alas, as time passed, the educational process grew in complexity. Enter the Core Clinical Competencies. Wise men and women gathered themselves to-gether and reconsidered the apprenticeship idea. And thusly they spake, The doctors know not of what they teach. They are misguided and errant in their ways. For them to teach unto their young charges, they must teach as we, the wise men and women of education, feel you must teach.” And the wise men and women of education climbed a great mountain, to seek commandments. They sought 10, but found they only 6. And these six commandments, they were writ in stone and given unto the wise men and women of education. From the mountain came they down, bearing six command-ments with them. And they showed these six com-mandments to all who would teach doctors the art of healing the halt and lame. And the teachers of doctors became sore afraid. And the teachers of doctors asked, “Whence came these commandments, which we of needs must now employ as we teach the young doctors?” So the wise men and women of education said, “Ye are not put on this earth to question the com-mandments given from on high.
Ye are to obey the six commandments in all your teaching, and ye are to spend all the hours of the day and all the hours of the night documenting that ye are teaching via the com-mandments. All those who disobey will be cast aside and their residencies shuttered, their hospitals razed unto the ground, so that one brick no longer lies upon another, and the ground thereon to be sown with salt, so nothing there shall ever grow again.” And the teachers of doctors trembled before the men and women of education. And these same teach-ers rent their garments and gnashed their teeth, crying out, “Woe is us, that the daytime and the nighttime will be filled with documenting all we say and all we do. So great is the fury of the men and women of education that we will live all the years of our lives in fear and loathing and documenting.” Night fell. The sun rose the next day. “Ah, what is this on Amazon.com?” a teacher of doctors cried out. “A book, a book which reviews anes-thesia cases via the Core Clinical Competencies! As manna from heaven fed those who wandered through the desert, so also this book from three residency directors will feed those who wander through the Core Clinical Competency land. Yea, verily, this is a boon to medical students, residents, and teachers alike.” And great was the happiness. And now, as you read on, so also will your happi-ness be great For first we shall review the Core Clinical Compe-tencies, and we shall show ye how these selfsame Core Clinical Competencies are viewed through the prism of anesthesia. Then we will leave off the Jabber, for we seek not to be as the cackling of hens or the screeching of monkeys. We will go us forth into actual cases, cases we have done ourselves, and we will explain these cases with great and terrible emphasis on the Core Clinical Competencies. And lo, your understanding will grow mightily. And you will use this knowledge to minister unto those who are afflicted by the thousand and one ills that flesh Is heir to. And when a dark cloud appears upon the hori-zon, and a great crash of thunder is heard, and the Four Horsemen of the Residency Review Committee

ABC of Spinal Cord Injury 4th Edition PDF »

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Preface:

The fourth edition of the ABC of Spinal Cord Injury, although now redesigned in the current ABC style, has the same goals as previous editions. It assumes spinal cord injury to be the underlying condition, and it must be remembered that a slightly different approach is used for trauma patients in whom spinal column injury cannot be excluded but cord damage is not suspected. This ABC aims to present in as clear a way as possible the correct management of patients with acute spinal cord injury, step by step, through all the phases of care and rehabilitation until eventual return to the community. The book discusses how to move the injured patient from the scene of the accident, in conformity with pre-hospital techniques used by ambulance services in developed countries, and it incorporates refinements in advanced trauma life support (ATLS) which have developed over the past decade. The text explains how to assess the patient, using updated information on the classification and neurological assessment of spinal cord injury. There is a greater emphasis in making the correct diagnosis of spinal injury and established cord injury—unfortunately, litigation due to missed diagnosis is not uncommon.
The pitfalls in diagnosis are identified, and by following the step by step approach described, failure to diagnose these serious injuries should therefore be minimised. Patients with an acute spinal cord injury often have associated injuries, and the principles involved in managing these injuries are also discussed. The later chapters follow the patient through the various stages of rehabilitation, and describe the specialised nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy required. They also discuss the social and psychological support needed for many of these patients in helping both patient and family adjust to what is often a lifetime of disability. Where applicable, the newer surgical advances, including the use of implants which can result in enhanced independence and mobility, are described. Later complications and their management are discussed, and for the first time there is a chapter on the special challenges of managing spinal cord injuries in developing countries, where the incidence is higher and financial resources poorer than in the developed world.

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Workbook for Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation 6th Edition PDF download

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Workbook for Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation 6th Edition PDF Free Download
Preface:

The goal of this workbook is to assist the respiratory care student in the mastery of the information presented in Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications, Sixth Edition, by James M. Cairo. Reading any medical textbook requires active participation, which is very different from the passive reading we do for pleasure. The reader should expect to read the material slowly and carefully to aid in the comprehension of the material. You should focus your attention on the information being presented. Reading with a purpose increases concentration, comprehension, retention, and interest in the subject matter. I recommend that the student use the text and workbook in the following manner: First, preview or scan through the text by reading the title, outline, objectives, and key terms. Remember: the learning objectives indicate what the author intends for the reader to know after finishing with the chapter. Skim the headings and subheadings. Read the Chapter summary. This highlights the structure of the chapter and emphasizes important concepts. Next, turn the title into a question. The idea here is that asking a question focuses your reading on finding information that will help you answer the question. It makes reading a more active search for meaning. Use the review questions in the workbook to help you focus on important points in the chapter. Read carefully (in manageable chunks) to answer these questions. Note important details and relationships of ideas. The review questions in this workbook are based on the author’s learning objectives for each chapter. Pay particular attention to the figures, boxes, tables, key points, case studies, and clinical scenarios because they are included to help learn the material. Then review the textbook’s Chapter Review Questions. Be able to answer all of the questions. This will ensure that highlighting or annotating the textbook is being done efficiently. After this, answer the Critical Thinking Questions and the Case Study Questions in the Workbook. This will help with analysis and application-type questions seen on the board exams. Re-read any topic you are struggling with to ensure your understanding of the concept. The next step is to attempt the NBRC-type questions. Once you have read a chapter or topic, try reading peer-reviewed literature on the subject that includes experiments and case studies. This will help you apply your reading into the real world of respiratory care. And never forget to ask for help sooner rather than later if a topic is just not sinking in. All Answers for the Workbook are available through your Instructor via the Evolve website.

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Paperback: 240 pages
6 edition (October 16, 2015)
Language: English

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Ward’s Anaesthetic Equipment 6th Edition PDF download

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Preface:

The sixth edition of this book has built on the successful format of the previous edition. The latter was a departure from a dual authorship to a collection of contributions from numerous individuals with a specialist interest in order to cover all the chosen topics in depth and with up-to-date information. Advances in printing have allowed the use of colour photos and illustrations to enhance the text in a way that would have been prohibitively expensive in previous editions. The use of the Internet, electronic mail, portable document format (pdf) submissions for editing and proof reading have revolutionized data gathering for the book. Video conferencing between the editors has saved the world’s carbon footprint by reducing commuting for face-to-face meetings! As always, the manufacturers have been magnificent in providing technical help and illustrative material. Our gratitude goes also to the editorial and production staff at Elsevier who have been immensely supportive and patient with the editors, recognizing that both have full time jobs in anaesthesia as well as their editorial responsibilities. This book has two main purposes. The first is to provide a simple, yet comprehensive, explanation of the function of items of anaesthetic equipment to ensure their safe use in clinical practice by anaesthetists. The second is to provide a source of reference for trainee anaesthetists that covers the relevant syllabus required for the Primary and Final Fellowship Examinations in anaesthesia in the UK and Ireland. The book, hopefully, will also be of interest to anaesthetic assistants, electronic and biomedical engineers in hospitals, manufacturers’ representatives and those involved in anaesthesia in other countries where similar equipment is used. Many chapters have been extensively revised to include new developments and to eliminate obsolete items. New authors have been invited to build on the material provided by previous contributors. We hope they accept our additions, deletions and editorial incursions into their chapters, all of which we felt would benefit the tone and balance of the book as a whole.

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Hardcover: 600 pages
6 edition (December 21, 2012)
Language: English

Analgesia Anaesthesia and Pregnancy A Practical Guide 4th Edition PDF download

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The first edition of this book was written in order to provide useful, practical information and advice to obstetric anaesthetists, in the form of a ready and easily accessible guide to obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia. The book was aimed primarily at trainees, both those starting in the maternity suite and their more experienced colleagues preparing for anaesthetic examinations. We also hoped the book would be of use to more senior anaesthetists and those of all levels involved in teaching obstetric anaesthesia, as well as non-anaesthetists working in the maternity suite. We are pleased that the book has been popular enough to warrant a fourth edition, and welcome two new authors to join the team. In this fourth edition, we have reviewed and revised each section but kept to the original aims, structure and format, since we are convinced that the need for a short, practically based text still exists. In doing so, we have attempted to bridge the gaps between routine obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia and the care of women with coexisting medical conditions, and between anaesthetic care and advice before pregnancy and that during pregnancy itself. As before, we have assumed basic anaesthetic knowledge and thus do not include topics such as anaesthetic equipment and drugs, etc., except where there are areas of specific obstetric relevance. We have tried to base the advice given on what we believe would be considered standard UK practice, supported by evidence wherever possible, although we have deliberately not included supporting references for each point made since this would, in our view, detract from the readability and ease of use of this book; readers wishing to obtain such reference lists are directed to the many larger, more comprehensive texts that are currently available.

Miller’s Anesthesia 2-Volume Set 8th Edition PDF

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For more than 30 years Miller’s Anesthesia has been recognized as the most complete and thorough resource on the global scope and practice of contemporary anesthesiology. It is used worldwide and has been translated into several languages. Since the publication of the seventh edition in 2010, the associate editors, the Elsevier publishing staff, and I have had many conversations regarding the eighth edition and how we could ensure that Miller’s Anesthesia continued to rank as the most influential and comprehensive text on our specialty in the world. Together we gathered information from various sources and solicited comments from colleagues worldwide to evaluate the seventh edition’s content. We carefully updated each chapter and introduced new chapters with topics that represent the changes and current information in anesthesiology as it evolved over the past 5 years. The results of these deliberations are presented in the pages that follow. The eighth edition of Miller’s Anesthesia has several new chapters that have been created in one of two ways— either by introducing topics that have grown in importance since the publication of the previous edition or by dividing a very large chapter into two smaller ones. Ten of the chapters cover topics new to this edition, such as “Perioperative and Anesthesia Neurotoxicity” (Chapter 15), “Gastrointenstinal Physiology and Pathophysiology” (Chapter 21), and “Palliative Medicine” (Chapter 65). Historically, anesthesia has been dominated by intraoperative care. Over many years, the preoperative and postoperative periods of perioperative care have become more prominent. This development is evident in the names of our institutions as more and more anesthesia departments have changed their titles to better reflect both anesthesia and perioperative care. Accordingly, the chapters “Perioperative Management” (Chapter 3) and “Anesthesia Business Models” (Chapter 12) were included. Developments in pharmacology have necessitated a new chapter, “Nonopioid Pain Medications” (Chapter 32). Because transplantation of various organs continues to expand, “Anesthesia for Organ Procurement” (Chapter 75) has been added.