🦴 Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery covers tourniquet physiology, BCIS, DVT prophylaxis, spinal anesthesia, positioning injuries, and regional blocks — all essential for EDAIC Part I preparation and safe orthopedic anesthesia delivery.
📘 What You’ll Learn
Orthopedic surgeries often require tailored anesthetic strategies that balance pain control, positioning safety, and thromboprophylaxis. This module offers a high-yield, clinically oriented review of key perioperative considerations for orthopedic patients, aligning with both EDAIC Part I content and everyday anesthetic decision-making.
🩼 Tourniquet Use & Physiology – Pressure settings, safe duration, ischemia-reperfusion response, pain management
🦵 Spinal Anesthesia for Hip/Knee Arthroplasty – Choice of agent, level of block, hypotension prevention
🪑 Positioning Injuries – Nerve protection, pressure point padding, lateral/prone/supine considerations
🧬 Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome (BCIS) – Pathophysiology, hypotension, hypoxia, embolic phenomena
🩸 Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prophylaxis – Pharmacologic and mechanical options, timing with neuraxial techniques
💪 Upper Limb Surgery – Interscalene, supraclavicular, axillary blocks for shoulder to hand procedures
🦿 Lower Limb Surgery – Femoral, adductor canal, sciatic, and popliteal blocks for hip, knee, ankle operations
📝 What’s Included
✅ EDAIC-style Multiple-True-False questions
📚 Referenced from:
• Miller’s Anesthesia
• Barash Clinical Anesthesia
• Lange Clinical Anesthesiology
• ESAIC & ASRA guidelines on regional and orthopedic anesthesia
👨⚕️ Who Should Join?
🩺 Anesthesiology Residents rotating through orthopedic ORs
🧠 EDAIC Part I Candidates reviewing high-yield orthopedic topics
🧑⚕️ Practicing anesthesiologists performing regional techniques for joint replacements
💡 Clinicians seeking to optimize safety in high-risk positioning and cement-related cases
💡 This module gives you the tools to anesthetize safely for surgeries that rely on stable hemodynamics, effective blocks, and meticulous complication prevention.
🚀 Start now and refine your anesthetic strategy for orthopedic procedures.
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