The Physics, Clinical

Measurement and
Equipment of Anaesthetic
Practice for the FRCA
 By
Patrick Magee
Oxford University Press
 A good knowledge of physics, measurement, and equipment is
essential for practising anaesthetists. However, these subjects do
present considerable problems because few anaesthetists have any
background in physics. This book explains the physical principles
and applications of physics in anaesthesia, and the statistical
methods that anaesthetists are required to understand. The book
includes sections on equipment and safety in anaesthesia, and
electrical safety. Fully
updated for the second edition, the book also includes new chapters
on the depth of anaesthesia and on electrical safety.

The contents are based on the syllabus of the FRCA exam in

mathematics, physics, clinical measurement, monitoring, and
equipment. The book starts with mathematics, statistics and physics
background, not only to enhance the understanding for what follows
in the book, but also because these basic sciences are fundamental to
many other aspects of medical science. Areas, which in the authors'
teaching experience, candidates have found particularly
troublesome, such as electricity and electrical
safety, are discussed in some detail in order to clarify.

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