Course info

Recognize components of pre-anesthetic history

 Identify symptoms of common comorbidities

 Perform body system review through history taking

 Perform chart review for relevant surgical and anesthetic history

 Apply principles of effective communication

 Recognize the normal structure and function of body systems

 Identify components of physical examination

 Perform body system-based physical examination

 Recognize relevant systemic findings

 Maintain patient autonomy during an examination

 Perform relevant physical examination

 Review laboratory data preoperatively

 Identify relevant laboratory and diagnostic investigations as per patient indication

 Demonstrate compassion in avoiding unnecessary investigations

 Order basic laboratory and diagnostic modalities

 Interpret common laboratory and diagnostic investigations

 Recognize different risk scoring and stratification methods

 Reach relevant pre-anesthetic diagnosis

 Demonstrate clinical reasoning skills in stratifying the risk of patients based on assessment

findings

Determine the clinical status of a patient using the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

clinical status classification

 Identify patients at risk of perioperative complications

 Formulate an anesthetic management plan based on pre-anesthetic assessment findings

 Provide adequate information to patients and patient families regarding clinical status (as

applied)

 Obtain informed consent

 Prepare patients for surgery and anesthesia

 Optimize unstable patients for anesthesia and surgery

 Recognize the effects of routine medications on a body system

 Identify drugs with potential interaction with anesthetic drugs

 Plan strategies to manage patients who are on medical treatment of coexisting diseases

 Determine preoperative principles in administering premedication to patients

 Apply principles of handover to postoperative patients.

 Describe the required equipment and monitoring in the PACU.

 Explore patient follow-up strategies in the PACU.

 Identify common postoperative complications in PACU.

 Discussed adverse outcomes of untreated postoperative complications

 Describes the causes and management of postoperative complications

 Identify conditions that need a higher level of postoperative care.

 Explain discharge criteria (Modified Aldrete Criteria )from PACU (in-hospital or home)

 Identify organizational and structural requirements of the PACU

 Identify common critical incidents (Cardiorespiratory arrest) in the PACU and early warning

assessment methods

 Arrange the organization and requirements of safe PACU