Anesthesia Role Preparation II

Catalog description

During this course the students will present anesthesia management plans incorporating pathophysiology, pharmacology, and co-morbidities of their patients seen over the semester. Students will differentiate between a single patient?s various co-morbidities and how they will impact an anesthetic plan. Specialized surgeries will be explored for the anesthetic complexity they require. Some examples are: open heart surgeries and semi-invasive cardiac procedures; pulmonary wedge resections; hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion procedures; awake craniotomies; multi-level spinal surgeries; Whipple procedures; liver resections; transplantations (heart-lung, liver, bowel); and various trauma and burns across the lifespan. Associations between the impact of surgical procedures, anesthetic techniques, and pre-operative co-morbidities will be examined.