Week 1

Preparation, Priorities and Checklists

Patient safety

The anaesthesia plan and patient priorities

Preparation and checklists

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand how preparation and use of checklists improve patient safety

Prepare individual anaesthesia plans for sick patients and/or complex procedures

Understand how to prioritise important considerations

Understand how to prepare the patient and equipment to minimise harmful delays and mistakes

Construct and use relevant patient safety checklists

Week 2

Ventilation, Capnography and Neuromuscular Blockade

Physiology of spontaneous and controlled ventilation

Ventilators

Capnography

Neuromuscular blockade

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand in which situations it is appropriate to use controlled ventilation

Understand how to set up a ventilator and what all the buttons do!

Understand the physiology and technology of capnography

Understand how to interpret different capnograph traces

Understand how to use and monitor neuromuscular blocking drugs

Week 3

Advanced Monitoring and Cardiovascular Support

Physiology of heart rate and blood pressure

The electrocardiogram

Measuring blood pressure

Treating hypotension and arrhythmias

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Have a better understanding of ECG interpretation and when to worry

Understand how to interpret blood pressure measurements

Understand when and how to treat common arrhythmias

Understand different ways of treating hypotension

Week 4

Perioperative Analgesia

Analgesic drugs in the peri-anaesthetic period

Multimodal analgesia

Analgesic infusions

Using local anaesthetic techniques

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Have an understanding of the pharmacology of analgesic drugs

Understand which drugs are useful in which situations

Select and prepare analgesic drugs for intravenous infusions

Understand and select appropriate local anaesthetic techniques for different procedures