This Lecture will cover one of the most common questions you will need to answer as a anaesthesia or surgical doctor.

Is this patient fit for surgery?

We will go through some incredibly straightforward principles in a logical way to ensure that even at a medical student level, you can make reasonable decisions and back it up with evidence!

You will have an answer for these questions and more:

How do you know when your patient is ready for surgery?

How to you know when to postpone?

When is your patient optimised?

Does functional capacity influence survival?

ABCs of Anaesthesia - Medical Students' Guide to Anaesthesia Lecture Series

Anaesthesia is an incredibly specialised field of medicine and unfortunately not much time is dedicated to this fascinating area in your medical school years.

The aim of the Medical Students' Guide to Anaesthesia lecture series is to present engaging information outside the normal channels. We want to give you relevant, practical and focussed information that you will not find in your normal textbooks. We want to show you robust structures to ensure you know how to advance your knowledge and how to organise and present vital information.

This lecture series will cover

The basics of what anaesthesia is
Patient assessment and anaesthesia planning
How to approach your anaesthesia rotation
How to get the most out of your consultant/personal trainer
How to impress your supervisor
Perioperative dilemmas and problem solving
Crisis management
Advanced Life Support
Pharmacology for the anaesthetist
Amazing physiology concepts
Skill acquisition and procedures
Airway management
Pain management
Fluid therapy
and more…
and an incredible collection of FREE resources.

Any questions feel free to send me an email

abcsofanaesthesia@gmail.com

All the best for your rotation in anaesthesia!

Dr Lahiru Amaratunge

Consultant Anaesthetist

Testimonials about some of our courses

Systematic and very real world based - Great explanations

The interactive and engaging nature of the session. Wish I had done this before I started anaesthesia.

A super informative course. You have an enthusiastic and easy to follow style and I felt comfortable asking questions without fear of sounding stupid.

Interactive format and excellent framework to approach most aspects of anaesthesia

The structure of teaching a framework then applying it to cases was fantastic

I just wanted to say a big thank you - I've done a lot of courses and this one blew the rest out of the water.