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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]