Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the students will be familiar with all the issues related with anesthesia such as: Applied Respiratory Physiology, Applied Cardiovascular Physiology, Usage of anesthetics and sedatives as well as of drugs acting on the cardiovascular and respiratory system, perioperative fluid and blood products administration. Upon completion of the skill stations/workshops students will be able to perform basic airway maneuvers and to ventilate patients. Moreover, it is possible for students that have demonstrated interest to apply all of the knowledge they perceived on patients in the operating theatres of university hospital AHEPA.
Course Content (Syllabus)
History of Anesthesiology
Introduction to Anesthesiology
The anesthesia specialty and its professional perspectives
Airway management
Cardiovascular physiology
Respiratory physiology
Patient Monitoring
Preoperative visit/evaluation
General anesthesia administration
Neuromuscular blocking agents and inhibition of the neuromuscular synaptic transmission
Regional Anesthesia
Anesthesia risks and complications
Fluids and Electrolytes
Intravenous fluid administration
Red blood cells and blood products administration