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If you like a story about tenacious testicular traction and slamming shins then this is the episode for you.  This FRCA Primary Podcast episode explo...

This FRCA Primary Podcast episode burrows into bupivacaine, exploring its friends (additives), mechanism of action, and clinical applications. We'll c...

This FRCA Primary Podcast episode establishes the scientific foundation for understanding how Local Anaesthetic drugs work, why they behave differentl...

Opioids are a significant cornerstone of anaesthetic practice, forming part of the triad of anaesthesia with their analgesic properties. We utilise th...

Remifentanil is an anaesthetist’s dream: ultra-short acting, reliably titratable, and deeply potent. This episode takes a dual-pronged approach, cover...

In this explainer episode of GasGasGas, we make our descent into the joyful complexities of neuraxial opiate pharmacology. Why do we bother putting o...

In this episode of Gas, Gas, Gas, we drill a figurative oil well into the pharmacology of diamorphine — also known by its more notorious street name, ...

We are plunging into the pharmacology of oxycodone, a potent semi-synthetic opioid analgesic widely used in perioperative and chronic pain settings. W...

In this episode of the GasGasGas Primary FRCA podcast, we explore methadone, its pharmacology (pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics), diverse recepto...

This episode takes a dive into the detailed pharmacology of Tramadol focussing on the content  for the FRCA Primary exam. We explore its unique multi-...

In this episode of GasGasGas, we explore Alfentanil, a short-acting μ-opioid receptor agonist pivotal for anaesthetic practice. Discovered in 1976 by ...

TIVA Models for Propofol particularly the: Marsh, Schnider, and Eleveld TCI models. Avoid the classic pitfalls of blindly trusting a pump. If you’re ...

In this VivaCast episode, we simulate a comprehensive FRCA Primary physiology viva covering three key topics: physiological response to acute blood lo...

Welcome to a special interview edition of GasGasGas – the podcast that explores anaesthetic life in all its glorious detail, venturing out into its te...

In this VivaCast episode, we present a complex clinical scenario involving an intravenous drug user (IVDU) presenting with an infected pseudoaneurysm....

In this episode of GasGasGas, we dive into the essential principles of pharmacokinetics, focusing on how drugs are processed by the body. We also expl...

This VivaCast episode covers essential FRCA Primary knowledge areas, focusing on ultrasound use and physics, cardiac output monitoring techniques, and...

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 S...

Tom and James wade through Liver physiology, debrief afterwards when we try and devise a way to talk about this functions without listing out somethin...

Classifying Hypoxia, Oxygen delivery and taking oxy-haemoglobin Sat Curves Tom gets quizzed on what defines hypoxia, how oxygen is delivered to tissu...

Tom talks cardiac physiology, exploring blood pressure, Hagen–Poiseuille law, and coronary blood flow, finishing up with a brief chat of the cardiac c...

This viva cast takes Tom on an epic battle, sundering his way through the VIE, crossing the Wheatstone Bridge, looking around corners with Fibre Optic...

Tom experiences some catecholamine release of his own in this episode as he talks serpiginous GPCRs, Adenyl cyclase, PKA and comparing local anaesthet...

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 ...

This VivaCast episode assesses Tom as we explore the structured approach to a clinical viva station requiring conversation around delivering an anaest...

This Podcast for the FRCA Primary Exam thoroughly explores what is going on within the multi compartmental model that we use to try and comprehend how...

Willing Victim Tom wields his knowledge Vs Dr Gas SVP - Humidity - Critical Temperature Heat and Temperature (James defines the 4 laws of thermodyna...

This Podcast for the FRCA Primary Exam is the first part in a series covering the multi compartmental mode. It Introduces Half-lives and Time Constant...

Willing Victim Tom wields his knowledge Vs Dr Gas Show Notes @: https://gasgasgas.uk/paralysis-suxamethonium-rocuronium-reversal/ How Carbon dioxide...

Willing Victim Tom wields his knowledge Vs Dr Gas Shown notes @ : https://gasgasgas.uk/frca-physiology-viva-podcast-co2-icp-neonatal-physiology/ How...