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Anaesthesiology
Record number: 5017
Category: Anaesthesia
Type: CD-ROM
Description: An interactive Hypercard stack to teach the principles of anaesthesiology and anaesthetics in small laboratory animals (mouse, rat and guinea pig). The program is divided into several sections: ANAESTHESIA IN MOUSE, RAT AND GUINEA PIG: These sections give advice on which anaesthetic to use. They contain dose/body volume calculation models to calculate the dose and volume of injection of a range of anaesthetics to give to animals, of differing body weight, of each of the three species. It also displays physiological data (heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature); STAGES OF ANAESTHESIA: Graphical depiction of the stages of anaesthesia. At certain stages the user may simulate testing various reflexes to assess depth of anaesthesia; LOCAL ANAESTHESIA; GENERAL ANAESTHESIA: Injection anaesthesia (different routes, anaesthetics, advice on good practice for administration); inhalation anaesthesia; PRE-ANAESTHESIA; ANALGESIC DRUGS; ANAESTHETIC SUBSTANCES: Advantages and disadvantages of: ether; methoxflurane; halothane; enflurane; sodium pentobarbital; Hypnorm®; Hypnorm® & Dormicum®; ketamine; xylazine; ketamine & xylazine; PAIN RECOGNITION: Drugs, doses, assessment of pain, definitions and diagnosis of pain; TERMINOLOGY: Definitions of: anaesthetic, analgesic, neuroleptic, ataractic, general anaesthesia, local anaesthesia.
Comments & References: Suitable for undergraduate (and postgraduate) students in the biological sciences. System requirements: Any Macintosh with hard disc and Hypercard 1.2.2 or higher.
Computer type: Macintosh
Price: Multiuser/departmental licence: £120.00. Price includes a manual, postage and packing
Author: Richard Fosse and Annelise Hem
Supplier:
  Sheffield BioScience Programs, Dr. David Dewhurst
Flat 1, Salisbury Heights, 31 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh EH16 5AA, Scotland
Tel: Int-44-131-662-8225
Fax: Not available
d.dewhurst@ed.ac.uk
http://www.sheffbp.co.uk
This page was updated 12.06.2007.
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