Description
Patients that have sustained trauma can require anaesthesia for numerous reasons, all of which may pose potentially life threatening complications for the patient. This lecture will look at pre-operative stabilisation of these patients, as well as intra-operative monitoring as well as drug selection and will look at specific conditions including head trauma patients.
Learning objectives:
- Understand how to assess the trauma patient
- Identify common issues associated with trauma
- Gain knowledge on stabilisation of patients pre-operatively
- Understand how to manage complications associated with trauma
- Gain an improved understanding of the commonly used drugs for trauma patients
