Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Started in 1994 Recruitment Rules for Faculty

A)       Anaesthesiology is one of the youngest specialities of medicine now diversified in to newer branches like Intensive             Care, Pain Relief and Emergency Medical Management.

B)      An Anaesthesiologist(Anaesthetist) is a medical doctor who is a postgraduate in this field as in other specialities in           the hospital. Consultant Anaesthesiologists are assisted by Senior Residents, Postgraduates, Junior Residents,             Anaesthesia Assistants (Technicians) and recovery room nurses. Well-trained staff and availability of 'State of the art'           technology makes this one of the safest places to get and anaesthetic.

SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY

Features

1.  'State of the Art' Anaesthetic machines and automatic record keeping in all machines in Block 'C'. One of these is available in every operation theatre. These monitors let us use extremely low fresh gas flows resulting in extreme economy, and negligible theatre pollution. They allow us to know the exact amount of anaesthetic being administred and its clinical effects.

2. Anaesthetic gas monitors these monitors continuoulsy display the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, anaesthetic gases being administered.

3. Anaesthetic Depth Monitor  (BIS) one of these is available in every theatre in Block 'C'. These monitos let us know the depth of anaesthesia, thus minimizing the chances of residual effects of anaesthesia

4. Newer drugs for predictable anaesthetic response are available Fentanyl, Sevoflurane, Propofol, Newer muscle relaxants

5. Multiparameter vital sign monitors with each anaesthesia machine for continuous monitoring of

• ECG

• Blood Pressure (Invasive & non-invasive)

• Oxygen saturation & End tidal carbondioxide

• Temperature

• Airway pressures

• Neuromuscular function monitoring

6. Intensive Care Unit

a) Multiparameter vital sign monitor with facility for invasive/non invasive pressures, ECG, ST segment and, arrhythmia analysis. Arterial oxygen saturation, End tidal carbob dioxide (ETCO2), EEG, cardiac output & NMT etc.

b) Advance ICU Ventilators for respiratory support of critically ill patients.

c) Central station monitoring for all the vital sign parameters.

d) Availability of essentially required other equipment including i.e. Syringe pumps, infusion pumps, Blood gas and electrolyte machine, intubating laryngoscope disposable items thus making complicated surgery safe.

7. Biphasic Defibrillator/pacemaker in Operation Theatres and Intensive Care Unit.

8. Networking

All the anesthesia machines, recovery room beds and intensive care beds in Block 'C' are networked with a provision to view all patients at central web viewing station at level III and with a dial up  PC anywhere software  facility at Desktop/ a Laptop.

9. The Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Is providing anaesthesia services for 15 Surgical Operation Theatres (08 in Block 'A' and 07 in Block 'C') fourteen bedded (04 in Block 'A' and 10 in Block 'C') Intensive Care Unit and 10 Bedded postoperative recovery room in Block 'C'.

SERVICES

• Services to a total of 65,000 elective and emergency surgical patients

• Total of 1500 patients of trauma, poisoning, sepsis, post operative and cardio respiratory insufficiency have been efficiently managed ICU by the specially trained faculty and nursing staff.

• The preanaesthesia clinic (PAC) is being run by the department in the outdoor in order to evaluate, treat and render the patients fit for anesthesia before any surgical intervention. A total of 45,000 patients have been provided the benefit of this facility, so far.

RESEARCH & TRAINING

Undergraduate students, apart from theoretical knowledge, are also given practical exposure for anaesthesia skills and procedures in operation theatres for clinical training in anesthesia and intensive care. The department is also imparting teaching training to postgraduate students for the award of MD Anaesethesiology. At present there are nine postgraduate students in the department.

The department has published a large number of scientific research papers in international and national journals of repute. The faculty actively participated at various International, National/ State level conferences/Workshops and delivered guest lectures/ read research papers.