Ian Johnston - AAGBI Core Topics in Anaesthesia 2012

AAGBI Core Topics in Anaesthesia

This edition first published 2012 The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

AAGBI core topics / edited by Ian G. Johnston, William Harrop-Griffiths, Leslie Gemmell.
p. cm.
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland core topics
Core topics
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-470-65862-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-470-65862-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Anesthesia. 2. Surgery, Operative. 3. Operations, Surgical. I. Johnston, Ian G.
II. Harrop-Griffiths, William. III. Gemmell, Leslie. IV. Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain
and Ireland. V. Title: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland core topics. VI. Title: Core topics.
[DNLM: 1. Anesthesiamethods. 2. Anesthesiacontraindications. 3. Surgical Procedures,
Operative. WO 200]
RD81.A23 2012
617.96dc23

2011024801

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Graham Arthurs

Wrexham Maelor Hospital

Wrexham, UK

Nick Boyd

Derriford Hospital

Plymouth, UK

Ian Calder

The National Hospital for Neurology
and Neurosurgery

London, UK

Leslie Gemmell

Wrexham Maelor Hospital

Wrexham, UK

Alex Grice

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS
Foundation Trust
Exeter, UK

Richard Griffiths

Peterborough City Hospital

Peterborough, UK

Ed Hammond

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS
Foundation Trust
Exeter, UK

William Harrop-Griffiths

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, UK

Ian Johnston

Raigmore Hospital

Inverness, UK

Michelle Leemans

The National Hospital for Neurology
and Neurosurgery
London, UK

Stephen Leslie

Raigmore Hospital

Inverness, UK

David Levy

Nottingham University Hospitals
NHS Trust
Queens Medical Centre Campus
Nottingham, UK

Andrew McIndoe

University Hospitals Bristol NHS
Foundation Trust

Bristol, UK

Simon Marshall

Musgrove Park Hospital

Taunton, UK

Colin Moore

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, UK

Christopher Newell

University Hospitals Bristol NHS
Foundation Trust

Bristol, UK

Carol Peden

Royal United Hospital

Bath, UK

Mansukh Popat

Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
NHS Trust
Oxford, UK

Stuart White

Brighton and Sussex University Healthcare
NHS Trust
Brighton, UK

Glyn Williams

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
NHS Trust
London, UK

Foreword

Iain Wilson, President of AAGBI

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland has worked tirelessly since 1932 to promote and advance patient safety by offering anaesthetists the educational materials they need to support safe and effective practice. Until recently, most of our educational output took the form of the journal Anaesthesia, Seminars at 21 Portland Place, London, and meetings such as WSM London and the Annual Congress. However, times change and the AAGBI is well placed to adapt to changing times and the changing needs of its members. The development of the appraisal process, the start of Revalidation and the introduction of the CPD Matrix have all changed the way that Consultant Anaesthetists and Specialty Doctors need to structure and record their learning and continuous professional development.

Two years ago, we started a highly successful series of Core Topics Meetings that are held in towns and cities throughout the UK and Ireland. Our new website will give us opportunities to develop and deliver online education, and the Tutorial of the Week developed in collaboration with the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists is already available in pdf format from www.aagbi.org. This Core Topics book is another way in which we are offering the very best of educational material free of charge to our members. We have asked acknowledged experts to write concise and informative articles on topics that really are core to the safe delivery of patient care: difficult airways, pain management, hip fractures and obstetric haemorrhage to mention but four.