
FRCA Bitesize
FRCA Bitesize is a revision podcast for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) exam. Each episode covers a key anaesthetics topic in around five minutes, making it easy to fit revision into a commute or coffee break. The show is produced by Bitesize Anaesthetists and listeners can send feedback or request future episode topics by email. More information is available at frcabitesize.com.
Episodes

Warming
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Medical Gases and Cylinders
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Malignant Hyperthermia
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MAC
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Receptors
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Antiplatelet Agents
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Nitrous Oxide
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Isomers
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Oxygen Dissociation Curve
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Oxygen Storage and the VIE
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Oxygen and CO2 Carriage
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Ketamine
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Pulse Oximetry
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Excitation Contraction Coupling
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Heat Loss
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The Alveolar Gas Equation
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Antiarrhythmics
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LASER
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The Neuromuscular Junction
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Entonox
Thanks so much for listening! We hope you enjoyed this episode. Make sure you follow the podcast so you never miss an episode and tell all your revision buddies about us. This episode links to our episodes on nitrous oxide and medical gases. If you can't see an episode yet, we're working on it! Please send any feedback, constructive or otherwise to FRCAbitesize@gmail.com – your opinions are reall











