1. Fundamentals
Physiology
- Obstetric physiology
- Cardiac physiology
- CVS support and shock
- Vascular physiology
- Respiratory physiology and Thoracic anaesthesia
- Renal Physiology
- Liver physiology and pathology
- Physiology of pain
- Fluid, volume and Monitoring
- Electrolytes
- Acid base
- Altitude
- Anaesthesia for the athlete
- Clotting cascade
- Stress response
Pharmacology
- Pharmacology summaries
- Inotropes
- Anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Anti-Hypertensive agents
- Opioid sparing adjuncts
- Alternative medicine and herbal meds
- Opioids
- Local anaesthetics
Anatomy
Physics
General Anaesthesia
- Practical Protocols and recipes
- Anaesthesia Formulas
- Sedation
- Day case surgery
- Remote anaesthesia
- Geriatrics
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
- Fluid, volume and Monitoring
- Organ protection
- Anaesthesia and cancer surgery
- Cardiac for non-cardiac surgery
- Infection control
Risk Assessment
Pre-operative
Intraoperative
- Positioning
- Temperature management
- Rapid sequence induction (RSI) and aspiration
- Awake tracheostomy and intubation
- Total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA)
Post Operative
- Recovery
- Post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV)
- Post operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) and delirium
- Post op complications
Regional Anaesthesia
Emergencies
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
- Airway guidelines
- Anaesthesia emergencies
- Paediatric emergencies
- Obstetric emergencies
- Thoracic emergencies
Conditions and Procedures
Medical
- Connective tissue and autoimmune disease
- Endocrine and Metabolic
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hypertension
- Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Embolic phenomena
- Smoking
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- OSA
Surgical
Infectious Disease
Psychiatry
Coagulation and Anticoagulation
- Anticoagulation
- Obstetrics Anticoagulation
- Anticoagulation and blocks
- Haematology and Blood testing
- Blood transfusions and conservation strategies
- Blood conservation
- Point of Care Coagulation testing
Equipment, Monitoring and Procedures
Equipment
Monitoring and Procedures
- Arterial line and blood gas (ABG)
- Bispectral Index (BIS)
- Central venous pressure (CVP)
- Chest X-ray (CXR)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Echocardiography
- Lung function testing
- Neuromuscular monitoring
- Flow-volume loops
Ethics
2. Major Surgery
Trauma
- Polytrauma and haemorrhagic shock
- Resus end targets in shock
- Tetanus
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Adult burns
- Point of Care Coagulation testing
Transfusions and Blood Management
Endocrine and Metabolic
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Ortho regionals
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder surgery
- Spine surgery
- Joint replacement
- Neck of femur fracture
- Cement
- Tourniquets
- Compartment syndrome
Transplants and Organ Donation
Gynaecological Surgery
Urology and Renal Disease
- Urology
- Renal Physiology
- Renal protection
- Renal replacement therapy
- Urological malignancy
- Lithotripsy
- Contrast nephropathy
- Intra-op renal dysfunction
- Anaesthesia and renal disease
- Renal transplant
- Robotic surgery
- Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion (Tenckhoff)
General, Upper GIT and Colorectal Surgery
- Upper GIT Surgery
- Lower GIT surgery
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Breast surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Compartment syndrome
Hepatic Surgery
- Liver physiology and pathology
- Hepatobiliary overview and guidelines
- Liver resection
- Liver transplant
- Pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple’s procedure)
- Anaesthesia for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Insertion
3. Obstetrics
- Hypertension in pregnancy
- Labour analgesia
- Maternal airway and GA
- Maternal collapse and CPR
- Maternal morbidity and Mortality
- Non obstetric surgery
- Obstetric haemorrhage
- Obstetric physiology
- Cardiac disease in pregnancy
- Fetus and Placenta
- Maternal conditions
- Neonatal resus
- Obstetric emergencies
- Ovarian hyperstimulation
- Oxytotics
- Maternal sepsis
- Amniotic fluid embolism and PE
- Breastfeeding
- Molar pregnancy
- Obstetrics Anticoagulation
4. Cardiothoracic and Vascular
Cardiac Surgery
Approach and General Considerations
- Cardiac surgery
- Anaesthetic management of specific cardiac conditions
- Cardiac for non-cardiac surgery
- Anticoagulation
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
- Transoesophageal ultrasound (TOE)
Physiology and Pharmacology
- Cardiac physiology
- Aortic cross clamp
- Cardiac protection
- Inotropes
- Anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Anti-Hypertensive agents
Pathology
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pericardial disease
- Valvular heart disease
- Infective endocarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Paediatric congenital heart disease
- Autonomic neuropathy
- Atrial fibrillation
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Heart failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Arrythmias
- Post op MI
- Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
- Hypertension
Procedural and Surgical Cardiac Topics
- Bypass
- Off Pump CABG
- Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
- Assist devices
- Pacemakers
- Cath lab anaesthesia
- Intra- Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Transplants and organ donation
Thoracic Surgery
Approach and General Considerations
- Exercise testing and optimization
- Thoracic pre-op assessment
- Post op pulmonary complications
- Thoracic surgery analgesia
Physiology
- Open chest and Empyema
- Hypoxia Pulmonary Vasoconstriction (HPV)
- Respiratory physiology and Thoracic anaesthesia
Pathology
- Bronchopleural-fistula
- Mediastinal masses
- Aspiration
- Pulmonary embolism
- Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Restrictive lung diseases
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Bronchiectasis
- Pulmonary edema
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Smoking
- Obstructive sleep apnea
Procedural and Surgical Cardiac Topics
- Awake tracheostomy and intubation
- Whole lung lavage
- One lung Ventilation and VATS
- Double lumen and Bronchial blocker
- Thoracic emergencies
- Oesophagectomy
- Lung resection
- Long volume reduction surgery
- Tracheal surgery
- Transplants and organ donation
- Mediastinal surgery
Vascular Surgery
Physiology
Pathology
Procedural and Surgical Cardiac Topics
- Aortic surgery
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) and Risk Stratification
- Vascular surgery
- Upper and lower limb vascular surgery
- Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)
- Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)
5. Neuro and Spinal Surgery
Neurosurgery
Approach and General Considerations
- Neurosurgery and Anaesthesia
- Neuroprotection
- Neuromonitoring
- Neurosurgery and pregnancy
- Brainstem death
- Neurotoxicity
- Awareness
- Transplants and organ donation
Physiology
Pathology
- Intracranial bleeds
- CNS tumours
- Epilepsy
- Parkinson’s
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Venous air embolism
- Dementia
- Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert-Eaton
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuromuscular disorders
Procedural and Surgical Topics
- Awake craniotomy
- Hydrocephalus and VP shunt
- Posterior fossa surgery
- Pituitary surgery
- Transsphenoidal surgery
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
- Neuroradiology
Spinal Surgery
Approach and General Considerations
Pathology
Procedural and Surgical Topics
6. Airway, ENT, Ophthalmology, Plastics and Dental
Airway and Breathing
ENT
Maxillofacial
Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmology
- Systemic and ocular effects of ophthalmic drugs
- Post operative vision loss (POVL)
- Eye blocks
Plastic Surgery
Dental Surgery
7. Paediatric Anaesthesia
Essentials
- Paediatric quick reference guide and tips
- Approach to Anaesthesia for Paediatric Patients
- Paediatric pre op assessment
- Congenital abnormalities
- Paediatric emergencies
- Paediatric Temperature management
- Paediatric post op complications
- Paediatric airway management
- Paediatric ventilation principles
- Paediatric IV access
- Paediatric sedation
- Paediatric monitoring
- Paediatric resus
- Paediatric Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI)
- Paediatric Peri-operative respiratory adverse events
- Paediatric major hazards
- Paediatric regional anaesthesia
- Paediatric day case
- Paediatric Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA)
Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
Pathology
- Congenital abnormalities
- Paediatric Neuromuscular disease
- Paediatric Infectious Disease
- Paediatric clinical condition and syndromes (Important)
- Paediatric tumours
Sub Specialties in Paediatric Anaesthesia
- Paediatric burns
- Neonatal Anaesthesia
- Paediatric Anaesthesia for Prematurity
- Paediatric urology and renal
- Paediatric Haematology
- Paediatric general surgery
- Paediatric ENT
- Paediatric ophthalmology
- Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Paediatric plastic surgery
- Paediatric craniofacial abnormalities- Anaesthesia for surgery related to Craniosynostosis
- Paediatric neuro-anaesthesia
- Paediatric Thoracics
- Paediatric pain
- Paediatric congenital heart disease
- Paediatric equipment
- Paediatric transplants
8. Intensive Care Medicine (ICU)
General Considerations
- General ICU
- Anaesthesia core notes/8. Intersive care (ICU)/Surgical site infection|Surgical site infection
- Infection and antibiotics
- Toxicology
- Nutrition
- Analgesia in ICU
Physiology and Pharmacology
Pathology
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Brainstem death
- Delirium and sedation
- ICU and liver disease
- ICU and renal disease
- Sepsis
- Critical care weakness
- Ventilator assisted pneumonia (VAP)
- Pancreatitis
Procedural and Equipment
- Ventilation and Weaning
- Tracheostomy
- Renal replacement therapy
- Prone ventilation
- Chest tubes and drains
- Nasogastric tube (NGT)
9. Pain
- Acute pain
- Chronic pain
- Physiology of pain
- Opioid sparing adjuncts
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Amputation
- Neuropathic pain
- Opioids
- Pain measurement
- Pain regional blocks
10. Non Operating Room Anaesthesia (NORA)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Obstructive Jaundice
- Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- CT and MRI
- Neuroradiology
- Day case surgery
- Remote anaesthesia
- Cath lab anaesthesia
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
11. Education and Statistics
12. Ethics and Consent
- Consent
- General Ethics
- Jehovah’s witness
- Palliative care and DNR
- Research ethics
- Death on table
- Breaking bad news
- Never ever events
- Morbidity and mortality in Anaesthesia
- Impaired capacity
13. Quality and Safety Management
- Clinical Governance
- Fatigue
- Infection control
- Practice guideline
- Medical error reporting
- Practice management
- Risk
- Off-label drug use
- Triage
- Anaesthetist substance abuse
14. Data Interpretation
- Arterial line and blood gas (ABG)
- Bispectral Index (BIS)
- Central venous pressure (CVP)
- Chest X-ray (CXR)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Echocardiography
- Lung function testing
- Neuromuscular monitoring
- Flow-volume loops
- Cardiac Output Monitors
15. Regional Anaesthesia
- Local anaesthetics
- Upper limb blocks
- Lower limb blocks
- Truncal blocks
- Anticoagulation and blocks
- Neuraxial and Epidural
16. Ultrasound
Copyright
© 2022 Francois Uys. All Rights Reserved.
