Anesthesia and Analgesia

Catalog description

Anesthesia and Analgesia starts with a review of cardiorespiratory mechanics and control mechanisms and the physiology of pulmonary gas exchange and an overview of the pharmacology of all classes of injectable anesthetics and analgesics. Course emphasis is pre-anesthesia data collection and assessment for risk; how to consider the benefits and risks of drug protocols and the options for inducing, maintaining, assessing, and monitoring general anesthesia. Laboratory work examines a variety of anesthesia machines, breathing circuits, monitoring modalities and equipment and how these melds into systems for safe and effective care of an individual patient. At the end of this course the student should be able to understand and describe an anesthetized patient’s status changes from physiologic monitoring information, be able to respond to changing conditions within the period of general anesthesia, and demonstrate the skills and behaviors required to accept the responsibility of caring for any sedated or anesthetized patient.