Aidan O'Donnell is a consultant anaesthetist and medical writer with a special interest in anaesthesia for childbirth. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1996 and trained in Scotland and New Zealand. He now lives and works in New Zealand. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2002 and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2011. This is his first book.

Overall, this is an excellent book. It certainly will help to demystify the practice of anaesthesia and provide insight into the challenges faced by the anaesthetist.

• 1. Suspended animation: concepts of anaesthesia ; 2. Historical perspective ; 3. Nuts and bolts ; 4. Bells and whistles ; 5. Anaesthetic drugs and fluids ; 6. Local and regional anaesthesia ; 7. Subspecialties of anaesthesia ; 8. Side effects, complications and risks of anaesthesia ; 9. Anaesthesia tomorrow

Aidan O'Donnell is a consultant anaesthetist and medical writer with a special interest in anaesthesia for childbirth. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1996 and trained in Scotland and New Zealand. He now lives and works in New Zealand. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2002 and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2011. This is his first book.

Overall, this is an excellent book. It certainly will help to demystify the practice of anaesthesia and provide insight into the challenges faced by the anaesthetist.

• 1. Suspended animation: concepts of anaesthesia ; 2. Historical perspective ; 3. Nuts and bolts ; 4. Bells and whistles ; 5. Anaesthetic drugs and fluids ; 6. Local and regional anaesthesia ; 7. Subspecialties of anaesthesia ; 8. Side effects, complications and risks of anaesthesia ; 9. Anaesthesia tomorrow

Aidan O'Donnell is a consultant anaesthetist and medical writer with a special interest in anaesthesia for childbirth. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1996 and trained in Scotland and New Zealand. He now lives and works in New Zealand. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2002 and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2011. This is his first book.

Overall, this is an excellent book. It certainly will help to demystify the practice of anaesthesia and provide insight into the challenges faced by the anaesthetist.

• 1. Suspended animation: concepts of anaesthesia ; 2. Historical perspective ; 3. Nuts and bolts ; 4. Bells and whistles ; 5. Anaesthetic drugs and fluids ; 6. Local and regional anaesthesia ; 7. Subspecialties of anaesthesia ; 8. Side effects, complications and risks of anaesthesia ; 9. Anaesthesia tomorrow