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Imagine it’s your first month in anaesthesia. 30mins into an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy your consultant goes for a tea break and leaves you in theatre alone with the patient. The […]

Why do we do what we do and why that makes us a big deal There is probably less known about anaesthesia than most other medical specialties. There are many […]

The other side of the blood brain barrier When I first began anaesthesia training, I found it very daunting and often stressful to have any kind of conversation the surgeon. […]

When you first arrive in theatre it is reasonably rare that everything isn’t ready for the fist patient to be induced. Engineering has performed their complicated checks on the machine, […]

What’s so special about anaesthesia meds? Anaesthesia medications are some of the most effective and deadly medications available for human consumption. Fortunately when used by an anaesthetist, they are remarkable […]

What is the preoperative assessment and what is its purpose? A consultation performed by an anaesthetist prior to administration of anaesthesia. The aim of the pre-operative consult is to minimize […]

I highly recommend keeping an Anaesthesia logbook! Why? You are able to keep track of all your experience You are able to keep track of your stats/efficacy This will allow […]

Click here to download this as a PDF file. Aim To give you a step by step system to choose how to ventilate your patients To give you some information […]

Aim: To give you a grasp of the important valve lesions, identify severity and how to manage a safe anaesthetic. What is common? Aortic stenosis (AS) and mitral regurgitation (MR) […]

After you have performed your first 1000 or so inductions in anaesthesia you’ll probably realise that they are mostly the same. Most patients are reasonably well and as long as […]