Anesthesia Unplugged, Second Edition

by Christopher Gallagher, Steven Ginsberg, Michael Lewis, Christine Park, Deborah Schwengel

Overview

An engaging and effective way to learn all the essential anesthesia procedures

More than any other text, Anesthesia Unplugged, 2e disarmingly demystifies anesthesiology. Featuring an easy-to-navigate atlas-style design, this skill-sharpening book delivers step-by-step instruction on the entire spectrum of perioperative, ambulatory, regional, and general procedures.

Essential for anesthesiology residents, student registered nurse anesthetists, medical students with an interest in anesthesiology, and Intensive Care Unit personnel, Anesthesia Unplugged, 2e features:

• Authoritative, complete coverage of all relevant anesthesia procedures, from the IV and laryngoscopy, to the combined spinal-epidural and transesophageal echocardiography
• An efficient organization featuring one procedure per chapter
• Critical information broken down into manageable chunks and templates – ideal for busy residents and clinicians
• 600 high-quality photographs and illustrations that put key anesthesia procedures into proper clinical perspective
• Amusing insights you won’t get anywhere else with chapters that include: The Mask of Zorro: Mask Ventilation; Whiz-Bang Intubation Gizmos; PICC Lines – Just Really, Really Long IVs; Goodnight, Sleep Tight: Setup and Mask Induction for Pediatric Patients; The Lung’s Not Down, You Idiot! – Lung Isolation; Thoracic Epidurals—What’s the Big Deal?; Stand By Me: The Femoral Arterial Line

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071772952
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
File size:	91 MB
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About the Author

Christopher Gallagher, M.D. is Professor of Anesthesiology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Steven H. Ginsberg, M.D. is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Michael C. Lewis, M.D. is Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Miami.
Christine Park, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University.
Deborah Schwengel, M.D. is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

PART I VENOUS ACCESS 1 PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS (IV) ACCESS 2 THE INTERNAL JUGULAR (IJ) LINE 3 SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETERIZATION 4 CENTRAL VENOUS ACCESS IN THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT 5 FEMORAL VENOUS ACCESS—THE THUNDER DOWN UNDER: THE FEMORAL VEIN 6 PICC LINES—JUST REALLY, REALLY LONG IVS PART II ARTERIAL ACCESS 7 THE RADIAL A-LINE: A VERSATILE AND ESSENTIAL TOOL 8 THE BRACHIAL A-LINE 9 STAND BY ME: THE FEMORAL ARTERIAL LINE 10 THE BEAT-TO-BEAT FAUCET DOWN YONDER: THE PEDAL A-LINE PART III AIRWAY 11 MASK VENTILATION: THE MASK OF ZORRO 12 “GOODNIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT”: SETUP AND MASK INDUCTION FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 13 LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY AND OTHER SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICES 14 LARYNGOSCOPY 15 AWAKE INTUBATION 16 WHIZ-BANG INTUBATION GIZMOS 17 FIRE! FIRE! IN THE OPERATING ROOM 18 KIDDIE AIRWAY 19 SURGICAL AIRWAY 20 SMOOTH AWAKENING 21 SHOW ME THE MYCOBACTERIUM!—TB PROTECTION 22 INTUBATIONS OUTSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM 23 NASOGASTRIC TUBE PLACEMENT: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY PART IV BACK 24 SPINAL ANESTHESIA 25 EPIDURAL, LUMBAR 26 THORACIC EPIDURALS—WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? 27 MENDING FENCES—THE BLOOD PATCH 28 KIDDIE CAUDAL EPIDURAL AND PENILE BLOCKS 29 BLADDER EXSTROPHY—KIDDIE CAUDAL WITH TUNNEL PART V REGIONAL 30 REGIONAL BLOCK OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY 31 LOWER EXTREMITY NERVE BLOCKS 32 ABDOMINAL PAIN BE GONE: THE TAP BLOCK 33NERVE BLOCKS FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY 34 PERIPHERAL NERVE CATHETERS—COMFORTABLY NUMB 35 KIDDIE NERVE BLOCKS 36 CHRONIC PAIN BLOCKS 37 INSIGHTS ON OPHTHALMIC ANESTHESIA PART VI CHEST 38 “THE LUNG’S NOT DOWN, YOU IDIOT!”— LUNG ISOLATION 39 PACING: “KEEPING THE PACE” 40 TEE LOOK! IT’S A BIRD…IT’S A PLANE…NO, IT’S TEE MAN! 41 THE SWAN SONG 42 ANESTHESIA FOR THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB 43 PORT ACCESS SURGERY: ALL FEAR MINIMUS MAXIMUS—MINIMALLY INVASIVE PORT ACCESS HEART SURGERY PART VII BRAINIACS 44 ICP MONITORING 45 CEREBRAL OXIMETRY—BRAIN POWER 46 MRI—DO’S AND DONUTS PART VIII ROOMSMANSHIP 47 GETTING STARTED 48 ROOMSMANSHIP 49 POSITIONING 101 50 HANDOFF IN THE OR 51 DON’T DROP THE BALL: A STANDARDIZED HANDOFF 52 ANESTHESIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: GEEK SQUAD TO THE OR STAT! 53 DECODING SURGEON SPEAK PART IX FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD 54 PREADMISSION TESTING 55 OFF-SITE ANESTHESIA 56 TRANSPORTING A PATIENT, OR DON’T GET CAUGHT IN THE ELEVATOR UNPREPARED 57 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT 58 HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE: HAZMAT 59 SIMULATION 60 FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE: ANESTHESIA FOR THE OBESE PATIENT AND WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY INDEX