Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Maths, physics and clinical measurement hold a degree of mystery and trepidation for many working and training in anaesthesia, intensive care and theatre practice. This important new book covers these core topics in a logical and structured format, creating a more enjoyable learning experience that is accessible and easy to digest. Each chapter opens with a set of learning objectives and summary of chapter contents. Following this is a clinical scenario that relates to the themes of the chapter and a number of hypothetical questions relating to the scenario are laid-out. Clinical pearls are presented in boxes for more advanced learning opportunities. Each chapter closes with a set of MCQ or SBA self-test questions to test the readers' knowledge of the chapter. This book covers everything needed for the FFICM and FRCA exams, making it an essential text for exam candidates, tutors, and those working in theatres, anaesthesia and the ICU.

    Knowing that trainees often struggle with physics in the FRCA and FFICM, this book aims to make these difficult topics easier, and even interesting, by delivering the content in a relevant and accessible manner
    Covers the entire syllabus of FRCA and FFICM examinations in relation to maths, physics and clinical measurement
    Makes no assumption of prior A-level experience of physics or maths - knowledge is delivered in a simple manner, upon which the complexity is built to the level needed for the exam, and for confident clinical practice

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Data analysis and medical statistics Andrew Biffen and David Ashton-Cleary
2. Basic physics and electronics Emma Foster and Hozefa Ebrahim
3. Heat, temperature and humidity Hozefa Ebrahim and Sean Chadwick
4. Behaviour of fluids Hozefa Ebrahim, Sunita Balla and James Rudge
5. Gas measurement and supply Jonathon Paige
6. Gas concentration measurement Catriona Frankling
7. Blood gas analysis David Connor
8. Vapours and vaporizers Ed Copley
9. Ventilators and breathing systems Dan Shuttleworth and Nick Dodds
10. The environment and safety Lauren Weekes
11. Blood pressure measurement Laura Beard and David Ashton-Cleary
12. Cardiac output monitoring Hozefa Ebrahim and Alistair Burns
13. Cardiac support equipment Katie Ramm and Laura May
14. Ultrasound and doppler David Ashton-Cleary
15. Atomic structure, radiation, imaging, and LASERs David Ashton-Cleary and Jumana Hussain
16. Electro-biophysiology Vijay Venkatesh and David Ashton-Cleary
Index.

Hozefa Ebrahim is an anaesthetist and intensivist at University Hospitals Birmingham, and college tutor for anaesthesia. He has written two previous anaesthetic exam practice books: Practice Single Best Answer Questions for the Final FRCA (Cambridge, 2012) and 1,000 Practice MTF MCQs for the Primary and Final FRCA (Cambridge, 2019). He is passionate about teaching postgraduate anaesthesia and ICM. This book is the culmination of many years of teaching physics.

David Ashton-Cleary is a consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. He has a particular interest in medical education, and runs a number of specialist national training courses devoted to ultrasound in critical care, exam preparation and transfer medicine. He is also the author of two previous books: Key Clinical Topics in Anaesthesia (2014) and Recent Advances in Critical Care (2016).