Introducing Volatile Anaesthetic Agents! MAC, Blood-Gas Solubility & the 'Ideal Agent question'
This Primary FRCA podcast episode introduces you to Volatile anaesthetic agents and the pharmaceutical particulars that make their behaviour through a human very interesting! We cover Blood gas and oi...
17 Loka 202531min
Opioids Quiz: FRCA Primary Exam Viva Practice & Comparison Tables
Yet again, the sound engineer has been sacked........ Apologies that this is a second attempt at an Opioids Quiz, the music cuts went rather wrong - so we've slung the music in the bin! This is a str...
13 Loka 202528min
Clonidine: Alpha-2 Agonists + Mechanism of Action
Clonidine is a drug found in many a cupboard, acting as a useful adjunct for pain, sedation and having utility in smoothing out post op emergence, it has off license use as a adjunct in regional and n...
3 Loka 202525min
Dexmedetomidine in Anaesthesia: Sedation, Anaesthesia & Regional Techniques
Dexemedetomidine is a drug that it seems we are really only just getting our hands on in the UK, it is an Alpha 2 AGOnist causing sedation, anxiolysis and analgesia. This episode of GasGasGas explores...
26 Syys 202527min
Midazolam: Sedation & peri-Anaesthetic uses + GABA Receptors
Midazolam represents the cornerstone benzodiazepine in perioperative medicine, offering rapid onset sedation, anxiolysis, and amnesia with predictable pharmacokinetics. Understanding its mechanism, do...
19 Syys 202521min
Etomidate Anaesthesia: Pharma, Adrenal Suppression & Clinical Use
Having an Iota of a Scooby-Doo about Etomidate is perhaps what is required for the FRCA primary exams. We've gone into naturally more detail when we're talking Etomidate for gasgasgas, because we love...
12 Syys 202522min
Stereoisomers & Chirality: Pharmacology Fundamentals for FRCA Primary
Understanding molecular stereochemistry is fundamental to modern anaesthetic practice. The three-dimensional arrangement of atoms within drug molecules directly impacts their pharmacological propertie...
5 Syys 202520min
Peri-Neural Local Anaesthetic Adjuncts for Regional Anaesthesia
Welcome to the final local anaesthetic episode - Peri-neural adjuncts- because we should not forget the medley of mixing options that you could stir into your NRfit cauldron.... although most folks do...
29 Elo 202530min
