BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE PRIMARY FCAI EXAMINATION
1) Anaesthesia and Intensive Care A-Z Yentis SM, Hirsch NP, Smith GB An excellent first anaesthetic
book. A summary of just about everything you will come across and much more detailed than it
sounds.
2) Fundamentals of Anaesthesia Pinnock C, Lin T, Smith T This useful basic textbook follows the
primary syllabus.
3) Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia Allman K, Wilson I Doesn’t teach you the basics, but great for
looking up specific cases prior to a list.
4) Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Sassada M, Smith S A pocket guide to all drugs you may
come across, good for tricky MCQ answers, structuring of drug information for SOE question and as
a reference book
Primary specific:
1) Basic Physics and Measurement in Anaesthesia
Kenny G, Davis P Previously Parbrook, the ‘classic’
physics textbook.
2) Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials West JB Another ‘classic’ primary textbook.
3) Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Peck T, Hill S Excellent pharmacology textbook
for exam revision.
4) Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment Al-Shaikh B, Stacey S Excellent for the OSCE.
5) QBase MCQs for the Primary series 1, 4, 7
Hammond E, McIndoe A
6) Anatomy for Anaesthetists Ellis H
7) Medical Management of the Surgical Patient. Ed Michael F Lubin
8) The Structured Oral Examination in Anaesthesia - Practice Papers for Teachers and Trainees.
Balasubramanian S, Mendonca C, Pinnock C
9) Concise Anatomy for Anaesthesia. Erdman AG
10) Fundamentals of Perioperative Management. Greene D, Ervine M, White S