Part I. Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Anaesthetic Apparatus: 1. Gas compression, relationship of volume, pressure and temperature; 2. Real gas compression; 3. Flow and resistance; 4. Heat, vaporization and humidification; 5. Simple mechanics 1: mass, force, pressure; 6. Simple mechanics 2: work and power; 7. Mathematical concepts; 8. Exponentials 1: the curves; 9. Exponentials 2: properties of exponential decay curve; 10. Descriptive statistics; 11. Presentation of data; 12. Receiver operating characteristic curve; 13. Gas supply and pressure; 14. The circle system; 15. The Mapleson A (Magill) breathing system; 16. T-pieces; 17. Lung filling with automatic lung ventilators; Part II. Clinical Measurement: 1. Basic measurement concepts; 2. Electromanometers, frequency response and damping; 3. Pulse oximeter principle; 4. Oxygen content and oxygen tension measurement; 5. Capnography; 6. [H+], pH and its measurement; 7. Principles of measurement of volume and flow in gases and liquids; 8. Cardiac output measurement by thermal dilution technique; 9. Measurement of the mechanical properties of the chest; 10. Lung volumes and their measurement; Part IIIa. Physiology: the Cardiovascular System: 1. The cardiac cycle and the intravascular pressure waveforms; 2. Cardiovascular effects of intermittent positive pressure ventilation; 3. Control of cardiac output, regulation of cardiac function; 4. Cardiac cycle: pressure-volume relationships; 5. Blood pressure and blood volume relationship; 6. Cerebral blood flow; 7. Coronary circulation; Part IIIb. Physiology: The Respiratory System: 1. Oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve; 2. Respiratory mechanics 1: Static properties, factors affecting compliance, closing volume; 3. Respiratory mechanics 2: Dynamic properties, factors affecting resistance; 4. Ventilation-perfusion relationship; 5. Oxygen cascade, oxygen therapy and shunt fraction; 6. Gas R line, solution of the ventilation/perfusion model; 7. Ventilatory response to oxygen; 8. Ventilatory response to carbon dioxide; Part IV. Pharmacology: 1. Drug elimination; 2. Uptake and distribution of inhalational anaesthetic agents; 3. Pharmacodynamic effects of drugs; 4. Minimum alveolar concentration and lipid solubility; 5. Receptor types, molecular action of anaesthetics; 6. Context sensitive half-time.
