Course Content
Neuroscience & Nervous System Module — 4th Year MBBS

📘 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.

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