Week 1

What is an Anaesthesia Plan?

How to construct an individual anaesthesia plan

Common anaesthesia-related complications

What you need to know about the drugs

Very old and very young patients

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

Construct an individualised anaesthesia plan

Understand common anaesthesia and surgery related complications

Appreciate the important effects and side effects of drugs commonly used in the peri-anaesthetic period

Understand specific considerations for geriatric and paediatric patients

Week 2

The Anaesthetist’s Worst Nightmares!

Brachycephalic dogs

Obese patients

Care! Difficult temperament

Some endocrine and medical conditions

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

Provide safe anaesthesia for brachycephalic and obese patients

Understand how to anaesthetise ‘aggressive’ dogs safely

Understand the priorities for sick patients and those with concurrent disease

Week 3

Let’s get Cutting – Abdominal Surgery

Anaesthetic considerations for laparotomy and laparoscopy

Case examples

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

Provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for abdominal surgery

Understand the effects of laparoscopy on the patient’s physiology and how to manage them

Discuss the considerations for some particular examples of abdominal surgery

Week 4

Heart and Lungs

Anaesthetic considerations for respiratory disease and thoracic surgery

Anaesthetising patients with common cardiac diseases

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

Know the requirements of patients with intra-thoracic disease

Understand how to manage a patient undergoing a thoracotomy

Appreciate the basics of controlled ventilation

Provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for thoracic surgery

Manage patients with common cardiac diseases

Week 5

Eyes, Brains and Spines

Anaesthetic considerations for neurology and ophthalmology patients

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

Understand practical and physiological considerations for ocular surgery

Explain the basics of neuromuscular blockade

Know how to provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for spinal surgery

Identify the pathophysiology of intracranial disease and how to manage it

Understand the particular difficulties of anaesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging

Week 6

Bringing it all Together – Case Examples

Complex procedures and sick patients, plus some orthopaedic procedures

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

Understand how to combine patient and procedure related requirements

Construct advanced anaesthesia plans

Understand how to prioritise the importance of different anaesthetic considerations

Provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for some orthopaedic procedures