Remains unequalled in both depth and breadth of coverage, offering readable, concise guidance on all aspects of today s anesthesia machines and equipment. Details the latest machines, vaporizers, ventilators, breathing systems, vigilance, ergonomics, and simulation. Improves your understanding of the physical principles of equipment, the rationale for its use, delivery systems for inhalational anesthesia, systems monitoring, hazards and safety features, maintenance and quality assurance, special situations/equipment for non-routine adult anaesthesia, and future directions for the field. Includes as a practice parameters for care, and helps you ensure patient safety with detailed advice on risk management and medicolegal implications of equipment use. Highlights the text with hundreds of full-color line drawings and photographs, graphs, and charts. Enhanced book version included with purchase. Your enhanced book allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on A variety of devices.