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News
APSF/VAM anesthesia machine workbook now available in German 21/5/2004
We are pleased to announce that chapter 1 of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF - http://www.apsf.org) anesthesia machine workbook has been translated to German by Drs Haueser and Gebhardt and is available free of charge from the VAM web site http://www.anest.ufl.edu/vam. Drs. Haueser and Gebhardt also edited the workbook to address the differences in scavenging system designs between the US and German speaking countries. Chapter 1 contains 50 pages covering normal function of traditional anesthesia machines and consists of structured exercises designed for instructional use or self-paced learning. Used in conjunction with the VAM simulation, it provides step by step guidance to help users assimilate learning objectives related to the anesthesia machine and patient safety. Chapter 1 contains three parts. Part 1 is a discussion of basic concepts in anesthesia machine function and design. Part 2 explains how to use the Virtual Anesthesia Machine simulation. Part 3 contains specific safety-related exercises including post-test questions on the high pressure, low pressure, breathing circuit, manual ventilation, mechanical ventilation and scavenging systems. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher (a free download) is required to view and print the workbook. The read-only PDF file containing the workbook can be printed (color printer recommended), bound and used as a workbook. Alternatively, it may be viewed simultaneously with the VAM simulation by toggling back and forth between separate web browser windows containing the two applications. A one-page summary of the Virtual Anesthesia Machine Simulation is available at http://www.anest.ufl.edu/~eduweb/vam/APSF-VAM-handout-Web.pdf We welcome any assistance, such as cross-posting this email to anesthesia and veterinary discussion lists and setting links to the APSF workbook download page, to make clinicians, veterinarians and technicians aware that the APSF anesthesia machine workbook is now also available in German. Thank you. Sem Lampotang University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology The Virtual Anesthesia Machine www.anest.ufl.edu/vamDesigned and produced for eurca by The Learning Technology Section, The University of Edinburgh. ©2001-2005 eurca