This highly successful textbook is internationally renowned as a core text for trainee
anaesthetists and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of Royal College of
Anaesthetists and similar examinations. The previous 6th edition was awarded First Prize at the
BMJ Medical Book awards. The book provides full coverage of the sciences underpinning practice
in anaesthesia critical care and pain management together with details of clinical anaesthesia
and perioperative care. In combining these aspects anaesthetists new to the specialty have
found the textbook particularly useful during the first few years of training as well as when
preparing for professional examinations. It has also proved a valuable day-to-day reference for
allied professionals such as operating department practitioners and physician assistants who
need an understanding of clinical practice in anaesthesia and related specialties. The goal for
this Seventh Edition has remained to equip the reader with the basic knowledge and practical
considerations required to administer anaesthesia and perioperative care for a whole range of
surgical conditions in patients with all common medical comorbidities. Reflecting the expanding
role of anaesthesia beyond the operating theatre it also includes essential material related to
safety and quality assurance consent resuscitation intensive care medicine pre-hospital
care and chronic pain management.The content of each chapter is closely aligned to the syllabus
of the primary FRCA examination. Sample online questions and answers are provided for each
chapter and linked to the relevant part of each chapter.
