By Dr Zahin It’s 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon. You still haven’t finished your notes from clinic, there are scripts waiting to be signed, and you’re hoping to get through it all before handover. But your pager goes off: “Please review Mrs Smith in bed 16, complaining of 8/10 pain.” Mrs Smith has been in […]
By Toby Thomas, Zheng Cheng Zhu Purpose of the pre-anaesthetic assessment: Identify patients who have increased peri-operative risk; Diagnose, assess, and optimise patient comorbidities to minimise peri-operative risk; Plan and prepare for the patient’s perioperative journey; Encourage patient-centred discussion regarding risk and benefit of surgery and to reach a decision on whether to proceed […]
Anaesthesia Medical Elective Rotation Welcome to anaesthesia! Your anaesthesia rotation will be one of the most interesting, demanding and hands on rotations during your medical school experience. This document will provide a few insights, expectations, tips and administrative information for your term. Expectations I want to maximise your learning in the time you are […]
How to succeed on your anaesthesia rotation I remember the nervous excitement of my first anaesthesia rotation as a medical student. I was assigned a highly sort after 6 weeks at Monash Medical Centre (one of the largest public hospital systems in Australia) and I had little idea what to expect. I just knew that […]
Click to download this as a PDF Document Objectives Define pain Explore how it is classified Refresh the physiology of nociception and pain Review the pharmacological treatment of pain Explore the notion of multimodal analgesia Use RAT approach to manage pain Prereading Great presentation called Essential Pain Management by Wayne Morris and Roger Goucke http://www.developinganaesthesia.org/essential-pain-management.html […]
Click to download this as a PDF Document Objectives By the end of this module you will Understand the approach to the unwell/unstable patient vs the stable patient Understand that a diagnosis is not necessary to treat a patient effectively Be able to follow D R S A B C D E to systematically and […]
Click to download this as a PDF Document Objectives To develop a thorough system for diagnosing and managing common problems To develop a list of differential diagnosis for each presentation. Identify the most likely causes Identify the critical causes not to be misses Introduction Internship will be one of the most difficult transitions you’ll have […]
Click to download this as a PDF Document Objectives By the end of this module you will Know the ALS flowchart from memory Know the first vital priorities when arriving at an arrest Know the crucial detail necessary to save lives in ALS Reference http://www.Resus.org Flowcharts and ALS guidelines documents Background Successful resuscitation requires many […]
Surgery is such a complex field with immense variability in every patient. The ACS NSQIP risk calculator is an incredibly useful resource to help understand the surgical risk https://riskcalculator.facs.org is an exceptional resource to provide reasonably accurate and patient specific risk information to help guide your perioperative decision making. This calculator uses a series of […]
Whether you are a medical student just starting on your anaesthesia journey or an experienced specialist, focus more on a diligent, mindful process rather than the outcome. I was recently supervising an exceptional trainee. He did everything right to make the most from our operative list together. He texted me the night before with things […]