Ward’s Anaesthetic Equipment familiarizes the anesthetic trainee very thoroughly with anesthesia and intensive care equipment and it remains the recommended text for Parts II, III and the final FRCA and FFARCSI exams. The newest edition has been completely updated and revised to ensure the close integration of the physical principles and clinical applications of equipment throughout the text. It is the only comprehensive equipment textbook based on UK equipment and practice. This is a comprehensive and highly practical one-stop source of information on the latest anesthetic and intensive care equipment currently in use.

With 10 additional contributors.

Key Features

• Key points and key references are included in every chapter and the text has been rewritten to be very clear and concise. Provides the trainee with a very accessible source of information to aid in the understanding of the basic and more advanced key principles behind equipment and design.
• Extensively and painstakingly cross-referenced by an experienced author that ensures easy access to consistent, related information.

New to this Edition

• Ward’s has been expanded to include intensive care and advanced monitoring equipment in greater detail as well as an expansion of the growing practice of TIVA (total intravenous anesthesia)
• written with the new syllabus of the FRCA and FFARCSI (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anesthetists and Fellowship of the Irish College of Anesthetists) in mind.
• Four color photographs throughout
• Manufacturer’s diagrams and schematics simplified and carefully explained to the reader.