ABCs of Anaesthesia Foundations

This course will provide the training anaesthetist with the crucial knowledge, frameworks, practical skills and exposure to establish solid foundations as a specialist anaesthetist anaesthesia

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What you'll learn

Comprehensive Curriculum

Detailed information spanning the essential topics every medical student must know in anaesthesi
Inside Tips

Subtle tips and practical knowledge you won't learn in a text book
Extra Resources

Additional material to stretch your knowledge and skills to really impress your supervisors

Course curriculum

1. Useful Resources and Courses
1. The Australian Anaesthesia Training Program
2. Curriculum Vitae (CV)/ Resume
3. Cover Letter
4. References
5. The Interview
1. Essential Frameworks in Medicine and Anaesthesia
2. Assessment Framework
3. Diagnosis Framework
4. Treatment Framework
5. Perioperative Framework
6. Essential Frameworks Summary
1. Overview
2. The Anaesthesia Aims and Assessment
3. Optimise Your Preoperative Patient
4. Calculating Perioperative Risks and Benefits
5. How to consent your patient
6. Preparing for surgical issues
7. The Anaesthesia Plan
8. Presenting the case
9. The Anaesthesia Induction Checklist
10. Anaesthesia Medications
11. Extubation framework
12. The Cardiac Patient - whether to postpone or proceed
13. The 5 Second Airway Assessment
14. Airway Assessment Drills
15. Difficult Airway Perspective
16. Preparing for a difficult airway
17. The Unexpected Difficult Airway Drills
18. Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate Frameworks
19. Intraoperative Problem Solving
20. Crisis Management
21. ABCs Boot Camp MCQ's
1. 6Ps of Preparation
2. Daily routine and responsibilities
1. Laryngeal Anatomy
2. Airway Assessment - Examination
3. Airway Management MCQ's
1. What is the Anaesthesia Preoperative Assessment?
2. Family History
3. Past Anaesthesia History
4. Past Medical History
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5. Medications
6. Diabetic Medications
7. Anticoagulants
8. Corticosteroids
9. Allergies
10. Fasting History
11. Examination - Heart and Lungs
12. Examination - Airway (Repeat lesson from Airway Management chapter)
13. Examination - Dental
14. Investigations
15. Consent
16. Advancing your anaesthesia assessments
17. Perioperative Medicine MCQ's
1. General Anaesthesia Overview
2. Monitoring
3. Clinical Handover (ISBAR)
1. Critical Anaesthesia Inductions Intro and Cardiac Failure
2. Hypovolaemic Shock Induction
3. Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Induction
4. Pulmonary Hypertension Induction
5. Tamponade Induction
6. Valve Lesion Inductions
7. Awake Fibreoptic Intubation
8. Bronchopleural Fistula and Tracheal Laceration
9. Anaesthesia Inductions MCQs
1. Overview
2. IV induction agents
3. Volatiles
4. Opioids
5. Muscle relaxants and reversal agents
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6. Local Anaesthetics
7. Inotropes and Vasopressors
8. Anaesthesia Medications MCQs
1. Objectives and Resources
2. Pain Definitions and Basics
3. Assessment of Pain
4. Management of pain
5. Pain Management Lecture
6. Pain Management MCQs
1. Objectives and Resources
2. Introduction to spinal anatomy
3. How does neuraxial analgesia work?
4. When to use neuraxial anaesthesia
5. Epidural anaesthesia preparation
6. Spinal/intrathecal anaesthesia preparation
7. Complications of spinals & epidurals
8. Opioids & adjuncts
9. Anticoagulants and antiplatelets cessation and recommencement
1. Objectives and Resources
2. How does fluid distribute in the body?
3. How to Assess and Treat Fluid Deficits
1. Common Anaesthesia Problems and Dilemmas
2. Crisis Resource Management - Boot Camp
3. Intraoperative problem solving framework
1. Intravenous (IV) Cannulation
2. Bag Mask Ventilation
3. Laryngeal Mask Airway Ventilation
4. Intubation
5. Central Venous Catheter Insertion
1. The anaesthesia ventilator
2. Mechanical ventilation MCQs
1. Congratulations on completing the course!
2. Please evaluate this course before you go

About this course

$95.00
111 lessons
15 hours of video content

Learn from the experience of a specialist anaesthetist

Dr Lahiru Amaratunge, Founder

Lahiru is an Australian anaesthetist working full time in the public hospital system. He is the founder of ABCs of Anaesthesia and the Anaesthesia Collective and has been teaching high level medical and anaesthetic procedures to thousands of students, nurses and doctors since 2006. He is an advanced life support instructor, simulation training instructor and runs multiple courses to students around the world. His online videos and course lectures have received millions of views and he is extremely passionate about being able to educate in an engaging and effective way. As a University of Melbourne Senior Clinical Fellow, he is dedicated to teaching medical students and encouraging their growth and learning in anaesthesia. Join him in this amazing specialty!

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