Clinical

ENT

Airway and shared airway surgery

• Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
• Microlaryngoscopy and laser airway surgery
• Laryngectomy and major airway resection
• Tracheostomy (elective and emergency)
• Airway management in head and neck cancer

Thyroid and neck surgery

• Thyroidectomy
• Parotidectomy and facial nerve monitoring
• Neck dissection

Nasal and sinus surgery

• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
• Epistaxis and major nasal bleeding

Intensive care

Shock

• Shock: classification and physiology
• Septic shock management
• Cardiogenic shock
• Vasopressors and inotropes

Respiratory failure and ventilation

• Respiratory failure: type 1 and type 2
• Ards
• Mechanical ventilation strategies
• Weaning and extubation

Organ support

• Renal replacement therapy
• Ecmo
• Liver failure in icu

Sedation and delirium

• Sedation in icu
• Delirium and withdrawal

Critical care systems

• Nutrition in critical illness
• End-of-life care in icu

Obstetrics

Labour and operative delivery

• Labour analgesia: Remifentanil
• Labour analgesia (epidural, cse)
• Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section
• Failed spinal and high spinal
• General anaesthesia for caesarean section

Obstetric emergencies

• Postpartum haemorrhage
• Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
• Amniotic fluid embolism
• Sepsis in pregnancy

Maternal co-morbidity

• Cardiac disease in pregnancy
• Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy
• Diabetes in pregnancy

Orthopaedics

Hip and major joint surgery

• Neck of femur fracture
• Total hip replacement
• Bone cement implantation syndrome

Spine surgery

• Major spine surgery
• Scoliosis surgery
• Spinal cord monitoring

Trauma

• Major trauma and damage control
• Pelvic fracture
• Compartment syndrome

Regional anaesthesia in orthopaedics

• Upper limb blocks
• Lower limb blocks
• Neuraxial anaesthesia

Tourniquet and positioning

• Tourniquet physiology and complications
• Positioning injuries

Urology

Endoscopic procedures

• Turp and tur syndrome
• Lithotomy position and complications
• Ureteroscopy

Major urological surgery

• Radical prostatectomy
• Nephrectomy
• Cystectomy

Robotic urology

• Robotic prostatectomy: physiology and positioning

Cardiothoracics

Cardiac surgery

• CABG
• Valve surgery
• Cardiac tamponade
• Aortic stenosis for non-cardiac surgery

Cardiopulmonary bypass

• Cardiopulmonary bypass: principles and physiology
• Anticoagulation and protamine
• Post-bypass vasoplegia

Thoracic surgery

• One-lung ventilation
• Lobectomy
• Thoracic epidural analgesia

Neurosurgery

Intracranial pathology

• Raised intracranial pressure
• Craniotomy for tumour
• Subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Aneurysm clipping

Spinal neurosurgery

• Spinal cord injury
• Major spinal decompression

Neurophysiology and monitoring

• Cerebral perfusion pressure
• Cerebral autoregulation
• Awake craniotomy

Paediatrics

Neonates and infants

• Neonatal physiology
• Prematurity
• Pyloric stenosis

Paediatric airway

• Paediatric airway differences
• Croup and epiglottitis
• Foreign body aspiration

Congenital disease

• Common congenital heart lesions
• Paediatric fluid management

Paediatric emergencies

• Malignant hyperthermia
• Sepsis in children
• Anaphylaxis in children

Transplant

Liver transplant

• Liver transplant: anaesthetic phases
• Reperfusion syndrome
• Coagulopathy in liver disease

Renal transplant

• Anaesthesia for renal transplant
• Fluid management in renal failure

Cardiac transplant

• Denervated heart physiology

Vascular

Aortic surgery

• Aaa repair
• Thoracic aortic surgery
• Aortic cross-clamping physiology

Carotid surgery

• Carotid endarterectomy
• Cerebral protection strategies

Peripheral vascular surgery

• Lower limb bypass
• Acute limb ischaemia

Endovascular procedures

• Evar
• Contrast-induced nephropathy

General surgery

Emergency and major abdominal surgery

• Emergency laparotomy
• Perforated viscus
• Bowel obstruction
• Major haemorrhage and massive transfusion
• Sepsis and septic shock

Upper gastrointestinal surgery

• Oesophagectomy
• Gastrectomy
• Upper gi bleeding

Colorectal surgery

• Major colorectal resection
• Enhanced recovery after surgery

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery

• Liver resection
• Pancreatic surgery
• Obstructive jaundice

Bariatric surgery

• Anaesthesia for morbid obesity

Regional

Local anaesthetic pharmacology

• Overview of local anaesthetics
• Additives (adrenaline, clonidine, dexamethasone)
• Local anaesthetic dosing and toxicity thresholds

Patient safety & contraindications

• Anticoagulation and antiplatelets
• Timing of neuraxial procedures with anticoagulants
• Coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia
• Infection and sepsis
• Consent and patient counselling
• Monitoring and sedation during regional anaesthesia

Upper limb blocks

• Interscalene block
• Supraclavicular block
• Infraclavicular block
• Axillary block
• Forearm blocks (median, ulnar, radial)
• Wrist blocks

Lower limb blocks

• Femoral nerve block
• Fascia iliaca block
• Adductor canal block
• Sciatic nerve block
• Popliteal block
• Ankle block

Neuraxial anaesthesia

• Spinal anaesthesia
• Epidural anaesthesia
• Combined spinal–epidural (cse)
• Continuous spinal anaesthesia
• Epidural analgesia

Complications of regional anaesthesia

• High spinal / total spinal
• Post-dural puncture headache