manual of surgical procedures

Yeah, it is. I used it a lot for cases that I had never done before. It has a lot of info re: the surgical technique, approximate expected blood loss, amount of pain a patient experiences afterwards, etc. I would buy it and have it handy when starting clinicals. It has helped me quite a bit.

It is EXCELLENT! Tells you nearly everything from position to monitoring to postop pain management.

I have it, and still refer to it occasionally.

KM

You'll see some cases with a description of "5-10mcg/kg" dose of Fentanyl. It was written like that to show a total possible dose requirement.

Also many cases are done in many different formats (Carotids), so don't think Jaffe is "the only way". There are no "only way"s in anesthesia. Our practice is science based, but still an art.

I like Jaffe, and I used it. But take a grain of salt and remind your classmates it is not to be used as a cookbook. They'll get burned in clinical if they start "quoting" Jaffe.