📘 Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
😷 Anaesthesia
- Definition and types of anaesthesia.
- Methods of induction.
- Spinal, epidural, caudal and combined spinal–epidural blocks.
- Nerve block, single-shot, continuous infusion and local infiltration.
- Purpose of preoperative evaluation.
- Preoperative history.
- Planning general versus regional anaesthesia.
- ASA classification.
- Non-invasive monitoring.
- Invasive monitoring.
💊 Pharmacology — Local Anaesthetics
- Classification
- Surface, infiltration, nerve-block, spinal and epidural agents.
- EMLA
- Pharmacokinetics and mechanism.
- Effects on nerves and other excitable membranes.
- Differential nerve blockade.
- Clinical uses.
- Advantages of adrenaline with lignocaine.
- Calculation of adrenaline concentration in 1:200,000 and 1:80,000 preparations.
- Adverse effects.
