
VivaCast 009 - Physiology - Pressure, Flow, Coronary perfusion, Cardiac Cycle
Tom talks cardiac physiology, exploring blood pressure, Hagen–Poiseuille law, and coronary blood flow, finishing up with a brief chat of the cardiac cycle. There is a debrief and extra detailing at th...
21 Feb 202516min

VivaCast - 008 - Oxygen Storage - Wheatstone Bridges - Resonance/Damping - Fibre optics and Lasers
This viva cast takes Tom on an epic battle, sundering his way through the VIE, crossing the Wheatstone Bridge, looking around corners with Fibre Optics and finally zapping everyone with Lasers. Show n...
16 Feb 202534min

VivaCast 007 - License to....? Adrenoceptors, Local anaesthetic, Classification Anti-Arrythmics
Tom experiences some catecholamine release of his own in this episode as he talks serpiginous GPCRs, Adenyl cyclase, PKA and comparing local anaesthetics, and getting tied up (like we all do) with the...
10 Feb 202521min

VivaCast 006 - Physiology Station - Oxygen - Sensing - Valsalva
Tom dives into the critical details of how oxygen makes it to the mitochondria, tells me of this concept called shunt and then gets thoroughly beaten to shreds by the Valsalva manoeuvre - a tactical d...
4 Feb 202525min

VivaCast 005 - Clinical Station Urgent Onco-Laparotomy
This VivaCast episode assesses Tom as we explore the structured approach to a clinical viva station requiring conversation around delivering an anaesthetic. Show notes @: https://gasgasgas.uk/frca-cli...
27 Jan 202519min

Gas Gas Gas - Poly-Compart-Mental Madness Pt.2 - Ft. Pharmacokinetic BathTubs.
This Podcast for the FRCA Primary Exam thoroughly explores what is going on within the multi compartmental model that we use to try and comprehend how drugs move through humans. If you like this, lea...
21 Jan 202530min

VivaCast 004 - Vapours - Heat - Gas
Willing Victim Tom wields his knowledge Vs Dr Gas SVP - Humidity - Critical Temperature Heat and Temperature (James defines the 4 laws of thermodynamics) Vapourisers and their function + Sevo vs Des ...
16 Jan 202520min

Gas Gas Gas - Poly-Compartmental Madness Pt.1 - Half time, Tc, Natural Log and more
This Podcast for the FRCA Primary Exam is the first part in a series covering the multi compartmental mode. It Introduces Half-lives and Time Constants, how they bear out influencing clearance and off...
8 Jan 202522min



















