This site includes clinical and teaching resources from the AIC Kijabe Hospital Department of Anesthesiology. These describe clinical protocols and expectations for care provided at AIC Kijabe Hospital (the Anesthesia Handbook) and teaching resources for anesthesia learners. We have chosen to make everything on this site open-access to enable clinicians and learners from everywhere to benefit from this content–please use and share!
Digital Anesthesia Textbook
AIC Kijabe Hospital hosts a Kenya Registered Nurse Anesthesia (KRNA) training program and an anesthesiology residency program certified through the College of Anaesthesiologists of East, Central, and Southern Africa (CANECSA) and sponsored by the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS). The teaching content on this site covers a range of topics relevant to anesthesia practice in Kenya and in similar settings. The content has been developed with AI assistance but is reviewed by experts before posting.
Anesthesia Handbook
AIC Kijabe Hospital is a busy Level 5 referral center in Kenya providing surgical care in a variety of specialties including general surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology (ENT), obstetrics and gynecology, neurosurgery, and pediatric surgery. When possible, we provide clinical guidelines and protocols to standardize safe and effective evidence-based practice for our anesthesia, surgery, and perioperative teams. The content of the handbook outlines what is considered standard practice for our setting.
Disclaimer
This site is designed to teach and to guide those who provide anesthesia to patients at Kijabe Hospital. The content outlined in this handbook is NOT medical advice nor a substitute for clinical judgment and is intended as only an educational guide. As such, much of the content is abbreviated for ease of access.
Any questions or concerns can be addressed to Dr. Matt Kynes or Phil Yao.
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