John,
Have a look at the Fresenius range of pumps as well, they do the appropriate pumps. I have not used them only seen them.
They also do a generic version of the drugs at a lower price that the branded stuff so your pharmacy might be interested in this as part of a package deal.
The agent to contact in the UK is Graham Sherrell 07771 616233 or
www.aquarius-medical.co.uk. The advantage of IV anaesthesia is the extremely short half life of the drugs you can get someone under fast, maintain them just under with quick manipulation of the dose and wake them up quickly. So there is only a very short interim period of sleepiness and the long term effects of drowsiness are negligable. You can almost switch a patient on and off at will unlike gas anaesthesia.
These days an anesthetic machine only needs to be a simple ventilator and a few syringe pumps - a lot easier for us to maintain.
Robert
