Learning anaesthetic circuits

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:01:43 GMT

Good Luck gilfly

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Gillian Davidson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:43:23 GMT

Thanks guys....like all your daft ways for remembering the circuits!! Some of them have worked all ready and the ASE site is fab. Hopefully I will get to play with circuits at college in January.

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Carol Cottrell — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:20:44 GMT

Hi there!

Have you tried www.anaesthesiauk.com? Although I think it's largely a 'human' site there are some great working diagrams & lots of info; just need to do a search for circuits

Good luck :)

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:04:46 GMT

I dont know Nick, I think our way of learning is much more fun, and I bet easy to remember too bum hole bain, I love it....lmao

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Nick Shackleton — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:50:17 GMT

I was always told the you remember which circuit is a Bain is cos the part that connects to gas out flow looks like a cat's bum hole ie Bain Bum Hole!!! lmao

Have you thought about giving Burtons a call, they might be able to provide you with a poster!

http://www.burtons.uk.com/main.asp?sitepages=HomePage

Failing that this is a really handy book for vet nurses wanting to learn about anaesthesia

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anaesthesia-Veterinary-Nurses-Liz-Welsh/dp/1405186739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255974574&sr=8-1

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:35:23 GMT

The way I always remember a magill is, that it has the valve is nearest the mouth.......our teacher at the time, his mother in law was called magill, and he told us he always remembered the magill because of this.....ie he wished he had a valve at her mouth to switch her off

Re: Learning anaesthetic circuits

Jo Mackenzie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:24:29 GMT

I found quite a good site with little animated diagrams of the circuits - http://www.asevet.com/resources/circuits/magill.htm

You can also get good pictures in some of the suppliers catalogues and websites.

I used to have a sheet somewhere with good memory aids for the circuits but I think I lent it to our trainee, I'll see if she has it handy and let you know! The only one I can remember off the top of my head is the bain - remember that the baIN is the one with one tube INside the other.

Most of the circuits are easy enough if you think about them logically and work from the machine to the patient and back again - get used to taking them all apart, mixing them up and putting them back together again.

Hope this helps - I'll try and find that sheet for you