Anesthesia Manuals

"The discovery of succinylcholine"
The National Library of Medicine
PubMed: This is the National Library of Medicine MEDLINE and pre-MEDLINE search service
New York School of Regional Anesthesia: A great site that teaches many aspects of regional anesthesia
University of Chicago Anesthesia References and Manuals

	"Advancing Anaesthesia Throughout a Developing World. Produced by World Anaesthesia & the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)." This site is also on my links page, but explore this site, it has a HUGE section on updates in anesthesia with many subjects covered, including "how to do" subjects, with lots of information on regional blocks. Great for students!
	The Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook. This textbook is always expanding, and has several mirror sites. This address seems to work the best.
	Guidelines for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery . Here it is, a subject nearly every SRNA or CRNA needs to know.
Redbook	From the Swiss Anesthesia Server. A resident's survival manual on many different subjects.

Capnography
The Gas Laws and More
Critical Care Medicine Tutorials
The Virtual Anesthesia Machine: A Macromedia presentation from the University of Florida. Adjust the ventilation settings, turn on the little switch, and watch it go! Includes many educational downloads.
Spirometry: The Measurement and Interpretation of Ventilatory Function in Clinical Practice: A great reference for students and clinicians from The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Hypertextbook of Obstetric Anesthesia, from Becton-Dickinson.
Anesthesia Reference Materials: Walter Reed Army Hospital's own education site, with field anesthesia information, of interest to the military CRNA. They also list many of other sources of web manuals, several of which I already list.
The MERCK Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Searchable edition now online.
The Virtual Naval Hospital: This is a neat site that offers text and links on diagnosis, treatment and guidelines for more than 80 common conditions, and 25 common topics of interest to patients. Also information on anesthesia techniques for the GMO.
Hardin-Meta Directory: A complete guide by medical subject area.
Family Practice Handbook: Lots of good general medical information on many common problems.
Webster Dictionary
Body Surface Area Calculator
Oyston Anesthesia Site

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Speaking of on-line information, here are two guides to help you in your anesthesia practice. First is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet titled "Pediatric Anesthesia Worksheet." Use it to calculate medications and other parameters for pediatric patients. To get a program similar to this, but in a Windows program format, see my friend Mike Loomis web site (Rubber Mallet) listed on the Links page. Download the Pedshelp file that explains how to use the Excel spreadsheet program. Finally, the Anesthesia Medication Guide is available in PDA iSilo3 format. The Palm PDA version requires iSilo3 document reader from www.isilo.com

PAW.zip	Pediatric Anesthesia Worksheet (v 2.0)
pedshelp.zip	Pediatric help file
Updated version available from "MemoWare"	www.memoware.com Search for "Anesthesia" and navigate to the site

This artwork is by Juan Quincy Adams, titled "La Operacion." It is part of a series published as advertising postcards for "Ceregumil," probably some sort of pharmaceutical. It's from Spain circa 1910. The "anesthetist" here seems to be maintaining restraint in lieu of anything else. Courtesy of the Zwerdling Nursing Archives.

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