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. […]
Category Archives: Clinical Anaesthesia
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 […]