Anesthesia Student Survival Guide

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD, MPHSenior Associate Dean and DirectorAdvancing a Healthier Wisconsin EndowmentProfessor, AnesthesiologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI, USA Richard D. Urman MD, MBAAssociate Professor of AnesthesiaHarvard Medical SchoolAssociate Chair for DFCIDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain MedicineBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Scott Segal, MD, MHCMThomas H. Irving Professor and ChairDepartment of AnesthesiologyWake Forest University School of MedicineCo-Executive Director, Perioperative ServicesWake Forest Baptist HealthEnterprise Academic Chair, Atrium HealthWinston-Salem, NC, USA

• Part I Introduction to Anesthesiology.- 1 How to Be a “Star” Student, Career Options, and the Match.- 2 History of Anesthesia and Introduction to the Specialty.- Part II Pharmacology.- 3 Pharmacology Principles.- 4 Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Agents and Analgesics.- 5 Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics.- 6 Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics.- 7 Pharmacology of Adjunct Agents.- Part III Preoperative Considerations.- 8 Preoperative Patient Evaluation.- 9 Airway Evaluation and Management.- 10 The Anesthesia Machine.- 11 Anesthesia Equipment and Monitors.- Part IV Intraoperative Considerations.- 12 Anesthetic Techniques: General, Sedation, MAC.- 13 Anesthetic Techniques: Regional.- 14 Electrolytes and Acid-Base Analysis.- 15 Fluids and Transfusion Therapy.- 16 Peripheral, Arterial, and Central Lines and Gastric Tube Placement.- 17 Intraoperative Problems.- Part V Systems Physiology and Anesthetic Subspecialties.- 18 Physiology and Anesthesia for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.- 19 Physiology and Anesthesia for Neurologic, ENT, and Ophthalmologic Surgery.- 20 Obstetrics.- 21 Physiology and Anesthesia for General and Bariatric Surgery.- 22 Anesthesia for Urological Surgery.- 23 Pediatric Surgery.- 24 Physiology and Anesthesia for Elderly Patients.- 25 Ambulatory Surgery.- 26 Out-of-OR (OOR) Procedures.- 27 Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery.- Part VI Postoperative Considerations.- 28 Perioperative Acute and Chronic Pain Management.- 29 Postoperative Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Common Postoperative Problems.- 30 Introduction to Critical Care.- Part VII Special Topics.- 31 Anesthesiology as a Perioperative Medicine Specialty.- 32 Professionalism, Safety, and Teamwork.- 33 Quality Assurance, Patient and Provider Safety.- 34 Ethical and Legal Issues in Anesthesia.- 35 Clinical Simulation in Anesthesia Education.- 36 Anesthesia in Adverse Environments. Appendix A: ASA Difficult Airway AlgorithmAppendix B: Malignant HyperthermiaAppendix C: Useful FormulaeAppendix D: Clinical Algorithms