Syllabus - MBBS

ANAESTHESIOLOGY
The purpose of anesthesia training for medical students is not to make anesthesiologists out of all
medical students, but to give students knowledge of basic concepts used in anesthesia and to teach them
skills of airway management and vascular access that may be useful to them in other areas of medical
practice.
The physician should have a good knowledge of what the anesthetic will do to the patient, even
though the physician does not administer it him or herself.
The student, therefore, should observe and study the physiological changes which take place in the
anesthetized patient. When these changes are of sufficient magnitude, they become complications or
toxic effects. The student should learn what these are, how they are caused, and how they may present
and be treated. Emphasis should be laid on good preoperative preparation. Students should learn basic
techniques of maintaining a clear airway and giving assisted or artificial ventilation. They should also
learn how to position the patents head, how to hold the chin and how to insert an airway. Medical
students should learn enough about an anesthetic machine.
In addition to these technical accomplishments, the student may have the opportunity to administer
either general or spinal anesthesia under the direct and constant supervision of a member of the staff.
OBJECTIVES
Knowledge
The students, at the end of their posting should be able to:
1. Introduce principles of acute medicine as it is practiced in managing the anesthetized patient in the
operating room and in managing the patient in the recovery unit.
2. Discuss and demonstrate principles of applied physiology and applied pharmacology. Simulation on
Human patient Simulator (HPS) Is ideal to teach many aspects of applied physiology and
pharmacology.
3. Review principles of and teach skills in resuscitation (cardiopulmonary, cerebral, fluid and others).
4. Teach care of the unconscious patient, including airway and ventilation management.
5. Teach management of blood ,fluid, electrolyte balance , and metabolic disturbances in the surgical