FRCA Notes

IV Anaesthetic Agents

  • With respect to IV anaesthetics, the core curriculum asks for knowledge of:
    • Chemical classes of agent
    • Properties of an ideal induction agent
    • Mechanism of action
    • Adverse effects on respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological (inc. ICP) systems
    • Pharmacokinetics
  • Theories of mechanisms of action of IV anaesthetics
  • The ideal IV anaesthetic agent
  • IV anaesthetics
    • Propofol
    • Ketamine
    • Barbiturates
      • General pharmacology
      • Thiopentone
      • Methohexital
      • Phenobarbital
    • Etomidate