Anesthesia

Skills and Procedures

Students will be expected to demonstrate competency in the following skills and treatments:

• peripheral venous access
• central venous access
• airway adjuncts
• advanced airways
• nerve blocks
• IV fluids

Students will be expected to demonstrate understanding of the following skills:

• epidurals
• blood transfusions

 

Students will be expected to demonstrate understanding of the following equipment:

• mechanical ventilation

Medications

Students will be expected to be able to describe the indications, contraindications, and side effects of the following medications:

• general anaesthetics
• local anesthetics
• NSAIDs
• opoids
• sedatives
• paralytics

Fields of Anaesthesia

Students will be expected to be able to describe specific approaches and considerations for the following populations:

• pre-operative assessment
• obstetric anaesthesia
• pediatric anaesthesia
• cardiac anaesthesia

• post-operative pain
• chronic pain
• procedural sedation
• control of blood pressure
• control of oxygen saturation