Anaesthesia for Nurses |
Contents
Chapter page | 1 |
During an Anaesthetic | 7 |
After an Anaesthetic | 36 |
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action adrenaline Alphaprodine ampoules containing anaesthesia anaesthetic machine anaesthetic room anaesthetist analgesia analgesic analgesic drugs artificial ventilation barbiturates block blood loss blood pressure bottle brain breathing tubes carbon dioxide cardiac arrest cardio-vascular system catheter Chloroform commonly cuff cuffed Curare Cyclopropane cylinder depression Dose endotracheal tube ether example expiration Expiratory valve external cardiac massage extradural face mask fluid forceps gallamine gases given grain haemorrhage halothane head heart induction injection intravenous lateral position leak Lignocaine limb LOCAL ANALGESIA lungs Magill metabolism minutes mouth muscle relaxants nausea needle neostigmine nerve nitrous oxide normal nose nurse obstruction operating table operating theatre oxygen Papaveretum patient Pethidine pint post-operative premedication pulmonary pulse pump recovery ward respiration respiratory arrest rubber skin soda-lime solution spinal sterilised strapping suction surgery Suxamethonium swabs syringe temperature Thiopentone tissues tongue trachea tracheostomy tube Trilene trolley usually vein vessels Volatile agents volume vomiting