LEARNING OUTCOMES

To gain insight into the local and regional surface anesthesia and tricolytic procedures of podiological interest as well as the side effects of anesthetics. Learn the main methods of pain therapy (pharmacological, acupuncture, etc

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will be trained to:

Deepen their knowledge of anesthetic procedures and therapy of pain  in foot surgery and the unwanted and sometimes life-threatening effects. The course will also teach the correct procedures to face cardio-pulmonary emergency.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons, to hold in classroom or in surgery facility

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Anesthesiology program

Teacher: Cevasco Luca

• Mechanisms anestethic and analgesic (locali e generali) drugs.
• General anesthesia: introduction
• loco-regional, surface, nerve-block anesthesia.
• Effects of local anesthetics
• Side effects of anesthetics.
• Vasoconstrictors.
• Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions.
• BLS techniques.
• Therapy of pain: the pain
• Sensorial receptors
• Antalgic therapy
• Infusion pumps
• Peri-dural analgesy .
• Agopuncture.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

See teacher's guidelines