The aim of this handbook is to provide guidance for trained anaesthetists working for the ICRC and to offer advice in areas where practice will differ from that in their home ountry. It is designed to supplement the practical training given in ICRC war-surgery seminars and to support the work of the ICRC in war surgery. Anaesthetists working in austere environments will generally be expected c…
The original role of the anesthesiologist was to facilitate surgical procedures by providing analgesia and amnesia for patients in a safe manner. While this continues to be the primary responsibility of anesthesiologists, the breadth of anesthesia has now grown out of being practiced exclusively in the operating room to areas outside the OR as well as providing services as consulting specialty …