Department of Anaesthesiology

The Department of Anaesthesia at GMC ESIC Hospital,Coimbatore offers safe and effective perioperative care for every surgical patient.We have 8 state of art modular operation theater complex at 24*7 Super speciality block for elective surgical procedures performed in General Surgery,Obstetricsand Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, PlasticSurgery, Neurosurgery,Oncosurgery and laproscopicsurgeries.Another separate CEmONC OT nearby labour ward for emergency obstetric procedures and 2 cubicles OT at the casualty block exclusively for round the clock emergency surgical and orthopaedic procedures.Each OT is equipped with high end anaesthesia workstation with multipara and ETCO2 monitors for safe anaesthesia practice.

We have separate preoperative assessment clinic and 10 bedded PACU.

The undergraduates and intern are taught the importance of anaesthesia,basic airway management,BLS and ACLS.

Pain relief procedures such as epidural steroids,caudalblock,USG guided blocks for chronic pain patients are being done.

We have 1 LMO with 11KL capacity and 1 manifold with centralized oxygen,nitrous oxide, vaccum,and medical air pipelines.

CSSD department with 8 automatic horizontal autoclaves,2 ultrasonic cleaner,2 dryers and distilled water plant,ETO sterilizer.

Department Academics

S.No	Topics	Details
1	Early clinical introduction class for 1st semester students	BCLS,ACLS
2	MBBS Third Part I & II	Theory - Two classes per month
3	CRMI	Airway Management skills,ACLS,BLS during their clinical postings.

B.sc Technician Course (Degree Paramedical Course)

S.No	Topics	Details
1	Diplomain Operation Theatre and Anaesthesia Technology	1.Theory - Five classes per month
		2.Case based learning : Daily inside the
		OT

Infrastructure

S.No	Topics	Details
1	Lecture Hall	4 no
2	Clinical Demo room	2 no
3	Museum	-
4	Library	1 no
5	Live streaming with wifi connection available	Yes
6	Audio-visual equipment available	Yes
7	Bedside Ultrasonography and Echocardiography	2nos

Infrastructure

S.No	Name of the Faculties	Designation	Title	Journal Name	Month year of Publication	Order of author	Type of Article
1	Dr.B.JayasankaraNarayanan	HOD & Professor	Comparison of Nebulised Ketamine with Nebulised Magnesium sulphate on incidence of postoperative sore throat	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	7.1.2021	Second	Original Research
			Prospective randomized comparative single blinded case control study of FESS BASKA mask is an effective alternative to endotracheal tube for Fuctional Endoscopic Sinus Surgeries	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	14.5.2020	Corresponding	Original Research
			Comparison of Preemptive versus postoperative caudal epidural bupivacaine with morphine for postoperative analgesia in children	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	June 2016	Second	Original Research
			Comparative evaluation of Low dose intrathecal morphine versus Multimodal analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries under general anaesthesi a A randomized Double Blindeed Study	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	April 2016	First	Original Research
			Comparison of Ropivacaine plus Magnesium sulphate with plain ropivacaine in Ultrasound guided Supraclavicular brachial Plexus Block –A randomized controlled study	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	30.1.2021	First	Original Research
2	Dr.D.Senthilkumar	Associate Professor	To assess the efficacy of verapamil 5mg as an adjuvant to 0.5% plain bupivacaine in Lumbar epidural anaesthesia for elective inguinal surgeries in comparison with 0.5% plain bupivacaine	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	April 2016	First	Original Research
			Oral midazolam premedication for children undergoing surgery below umbilicus under general anaesthesia	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	March 2016	Second	Original Research
3	Dr.B.Vasanthi	Associate Professor	Comaparative evaluation of intrathecal midazolam added to bupivacaine with bupivacaine alone for lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries-A Prospective Double blind randomised controlled study	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences
March 2016	First	Original Research
			Dexmedetomidine sedation in Lowerlimb amputation in Diabetic Mellitus Patients- A Prospective Double blind randomised controlled study	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	May 2016	First	Original Research
4	Dr.V.Nedumaran	Assistant Professor	Bilateral Superficial cervical plexus block combined with general anesthesia for thyroid surgeries-AComparative study of intraoperative hemodynamic status and safety	International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences	10.11.2017	First	Original Research
			A comparative study of postoperative analgesic efficacy between TAP block with wound infiltration in open gynaecological surgeries	International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences	27.1.2018	Corresponding	Original Research
			A study of awareness regarding Diabetes among diabetic patient s in coimbatore	Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences	14.2.2023	Second	Original Research
5	Dr.G.Selvaraju	Assistant Professor	A comparative study of postoperative analgesic efficacy between TAP block with wound infiltration in open gynaecological surgeries	International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences	27.1.2018	First	Original Research
			Bilateral Superficial cervical plexus block combined with general anesthesia for thyroid surgeries-AComparative study of intraoperative hemodynamic status and safety	International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences	10.11.2017	Second	Original Research
6	Dr.C.B.Manojkumar	Assistant Professor	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
7	Dr.U.S.Arutselvan	Assistant Professor	Comparison of Intravenous Lignocaine and Dexmedetomidine for Attenuation of
Hemodynamic Stress Response to Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation
	Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia	July 2020	Corresponding	Original Research
			Comparative Study Between Proseal Laryngeal Mask Airway And I Gel In Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery Under General Anaesthesia: A Randomised Trial	International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy	24.5.2024	First	Original Research
8	Dr.Udayakumar Thiyagarajan	Senior Resident	A comparative study of ease of insertion hemodynamic changes and postoperative adverse events of Proseal Laryngeal mask airway versus I Gel	Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research	2022	Corresponding	Original Research
			Comparison of Palm Print Test,Prayer sign and Upper Lip BiteTest in predicting Difficult laryngoscopy and Intubation in Diabetic Patients	Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research	2022	First	Original Research
9	Dr.S.Muthusamy	Senior Resident	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
10	Dr.C.Chandru	Senior Resident	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
11	Dr.S.Sasikumar	Senior Resident	A comparative study of esae of insertion hemodynamic changes and postoperative adverse events of Proseal Laryngeal mask airway versus I Gel	Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research	2022	Second	Original Research
			Comparison of Palm Print Test,Prayer sign and Upper Lip Bite Test in predicting Difficult laryngoscopy and Intubation in Diabetic Patients	Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research	2022	Second	Original Research
12	Dr.N.Sakthivel	Senior Resident	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

CME/Workshop Details(from 2022 to till date)

S.No	Department	Title of CME/Workshop	Date of CME	TNMC accreditation points	TNMGRMU accreditation points	Other accreditation
	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

CME/Workshop Details(from 2022 to till date)

S.No	Month - Year	Total major case	Total Minor Case	Total cases
1	January 2024	305	95	400
2	February 2024	314	122	436
3	March 2024	354	112	466
4	April 2024	380	118	498
5	May 2024	409	154	563
6	June 2024	340	128	468
7	July 2024	426	152	578
8	August 2024	339	181	520