Anaesthesia and Critical Care Technology is an upcoming paramedical discipline. With increasing complexity in Anaesthesia. There is extreme paucity of the skilled assistance in this country and there are very few institutions and hospitals undertaking recognized course to train and develop skilled assistance for wider use. The aim of this programme is to train personnel to develop competent assistants to Anaesthesiologist. The course provides intensive theoretical and practical training with objectives mentioned below.

 Objectives

After going through this programme the student should be able to:

• In assisting the anesthetists in setting up the various requirements in the type of Anaesthesiology – local, regional or general.
• Have the emergency crash cart set-up available, prepared and maintained all the time.
• Maintain, troubleshoot and be prepared with the anesthesia machine all the time.
• Understand the pharmacology of various drugs used in anesthesia including their side effects, toxicity, doses of administration, proper administration and properutilization.
• Know enough about infection control and self protection.
• Care for the anaesthetized, unconscious, recovering patient and pickup warning signals clinically by observing the monitors and alert the Physician/ surgeon.
• Provide ongoing care during the recovery phase at the recovery room from the technological point of view.
• Know enough about ventilator management, setting, maintaining and weaning processes.
• Interpret pulse oxymeter readings, perform blood gas analysis and interpret the same for consultation of experts.
• Know all principles of safety of patients at every stage during transportation and in various positions.
• Provide airway ventilation and cardio pulmonary resuscitation when necessary.