Anesthesia in Low-Resourced Settings

This book outlines the many anesthesia-related obstacles, concerns, and challenges that may be encountered by western trained anesthesiologist in low-resourced settings. 

Each chapter presents a challenging scenario with solutions. It is therefore an essential handbook that will prepare those performing anesthesia in this milieu. All case studies represent real accounts discussing equipment and drug constraints as well as the ethical questions that arise for western doctors working in this environment.

Socially conscious and timely, Anesthesia in Low-Resourced Settings is an invaluable resource for medical practitioners who plan to work in these challenging settings.

Brown water in your oxygen supply line. Now what will you do?

Transporting a critical ill patient without monitors.

You only have Ether. Now what?

Oxygen supply to a Rural Hospital. How to check.

Research in a 3rd world environment.

There is no blood bank – no blood. Patient is bleeding

A 3-year-old boy with severe burns and a difficult airway and no video laryngoscope.

No propofol, but you have thiopental. How would you use it and what to watch out for?

What is the running time for an oxygen E-Cylinder?

A drawer vaporizer and you have never used one.