Paediatric Anaesthesia

Training Objectives

• Physiology and pharmacology in paediatric patients
• Guideline for pre-operative fasting in children and pre-medication
• Anaesthetic equipment, airways, endotracheal tubes and breathing circuit for children
• Anaesthesia management for premature and newborn
• Parental consent and their present during induction
• Induction of anaesthesia – inhalational vs intravenous
• Paediatric pain management
• Anatomy and techniques of caudal, dorsal penile and inguinal region block
• Management of a child with a heart murmur
• Assessment of a child with URTI
• Management of fluid and electrolytes in children
• Anaesthetic management of a malignant hyperthermia susceptible child
• Anaesthetic management of a child with concurrent disease – Down’s, Pierre Robin syndrome, von Willebrand’s disease and cyanotic congenital heart disease