Download – Electricity and Magnetism

This article outlines the areas of knowledge concerning electricity and magnetism that are essential for the practice of safe anaesthesia. The areas covered include basic concepts, amplification of biological potentials, sources of electrical interference, electrical hazards and their causes and prevention, diathermy and defibrillators.

David Sanders, Bruce McCormick*
*Correspondence Email: Bruce.McCormick@rdeft.nhs.uk