GasGasGas - Primary FRCA ’fun’

Mar 27 2025 32 ep. 18 mins 2

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Gas Gas Gas handles the Primary FRCA Curriculum. It will fit into a corner of your day, delivering a well explained concept critical to the knowledge required to pass the FRCA Primary Exam! For Anaesthetists / Intensivists / and aspiring Resuscitationists across the world interested in these pharmacological, physiological, clinical, physical and chemical concepts, naturally it is flavoured towards UK practice. Episodes will be (mostly) succinct, conceptually specific, and exam material focussed. Notes on gasgasgas.uk All content is my personal opinion, not medical advice and is never a substitute for formal education / training

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VivaCast 14 - Kinetics, Hypoglycaemics and Drug Trial fun!

Mar 27 2025 17 mins

In this episode of GasGasGas, we dive into the essential principles of pharmacokinetics, focusing on how drugs are processed by the body. We also explore the mechanisms and clinical implications of hypoglycaemic medications and discuss the fundamentals of clinical trials. Whether you're a medical professional or an interested listener, this discussion is packed with keywords, criti

VivaCast 13 - Ultrasound - Cardiac Output Monitoring - Diathermy

Mar 19 2025 27 mins

This VivaCast episode covers essential FRCA Primary knowledge areas, focusing on ultrasound use and physics, cardiac output monitoring techniques, and the principles and safety considerations of diathermy in anaesthesia. Designed to simulate the viva experience, this episode prepares candidates with model answers and key concepts likely to appear in the examinations. Don't forget a

VivaCast 12 - Anti Emetics, Propofol (again!) and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery

Mar 13 2025 20 mins

Tom's exam inches ever closer to reality, here he gets caught out on Droperidol, nails the Journey a Propofol Bolus Takes and handles Anti-Microbial Surgical Prophylaxis. Show-notes on gasgasgas.uk ------------------------------------- Dr Gas Lurks on: BlueSky: Gas Gas Gas (@gasgasgaspodcast.bsky.social) FaceBook: Facebook - Gas Gas Gas Website: www.gasgasgas.uk ------------------

VivaCast 011 - Liver Physiology,

Mar 05 2025 26 mins

Tom and James wade through Liver physiology, debrief afterwards when we try and devise a way to talk about this functions without listing out something written on our arms! Check out the show-notes at gasgasgas.uk ------------------------------------- Dr Gas Lurks on: BlueSky: Gas Gas Gas (@gasgasgaspodcast.bsky.social) FaceBook: Facebook - Gas Gas Gas Website: www.gasgasgas.uk

VivaCast 010 - Physiology - Classifying Hypoxia, Oxygen Delivery and Oxy-Haemoglobin Sat Curves

Feb 27 2025 14 mins

Classifying Hypoxia, Oxygen delivery and taking oxy-haemoglobin Sat Curves Tom gets quizzed on what defines hypoxia, how oxygen is delivered to tissues and how the oxyhemoglobin disassociation curve behaves. Shownotes on gasgasgas.uk ------------------------------------- Dr Gas Lurks on: BlueSky: Gas Gas Gas (@gasgasgaspodcast.bsky.social) FaceBook: Facebook - Gas Gas Gas Webs

VivaCast 009 - Physiology - Pressure, Flow, Coronary perfusion, Cardiac Cycle

Feb 21 2025 14 mins

Tom talks cardiac physiology, exploring blood pressure, Hagen–Poiseuille law, and coronary blood flow, finishing up with a brief chat of the cardiac cycle. There is a debrief and extra detailing at the end in very quick fire ‘words that convey you know what you’re on about’ sot of standing. Show notes here! ------------------------------------- Dr Gas Lurks on: BlueSky: Ga

VivaCast - 008 - Oxygen Storage - Wheatstone Bridges - Resonance/Damping - Fibre optics and Lasers

Feb 16 2025 31 mins

This viva cast takes Tom on an epic battle, sundering his way through the VIE, crossing the Wheatstone Bridge, looking around corners with Fibre Optics and finally zapping everyone with Lasers. Show notes @ gasgasgas.uk ------------------------------------- Dr Gas Lurks on: BlueSky: Gas Gas Gas (@gasgasgaspodcast.bsky.social) FaceBook: Facebook - Gas Gas Gas Website: www.gasgasgas

VivaCast 007 - License to....? Adrenoceptors, Local anaesthetic, Classification Anti-Arrythmics

Feb 10 2025 20 mins

Tom experiences some catecholamine release of his own in this episode as he talks serpiginous GPCRs, Adenyl cyclase, PKA and comparing local anaesthetics, and getting tied up (like we all do) with the clinically pointless, but delightfully examinable Vaughan-Williams Anti-arrythmic classes! We Debrief and break into some of the questions as we go. As always the show notes are on th

VivaCast 006 - Physiology Station - Oxygen - Sensing - Valsalva

Feb 04 2025 23 mins

Tom dives into the critical details of how oxygen makes it to the mitochondria, tells me of this concept called shunt and then gets thoroughly beaten to shreds by the Valsalva manoeuvre - a tactical doozy that gets rolled out because it is a baffling set of steps. Alveolar Gas Equation Shunt Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction Oxygen concentration Sensing of Plasma And the Valsalva

VivaCast 005 - Clinical Station Urgent Onco-Laparotomy

Jan 27 2025 17 mins

This VivaCast episode assesses Tom as we explore the structured approach to a clinical viva station requiring conversation around delivering an anaesthetic. The show notes go into further detail on breaking this down ------------------------------------- Dr Gas Lurks on: BlueSky: Gas Gas Gas (@gasgasgaspodcast.bsky.social) FaceBook: Facebook - Gas Gas Gas Website: www.gasgasgas.u