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Patients recovering from anaesthesia or sedation in an isolated unit should receive the same standard of care as that required in an operating theatre post anaesthetic care unit (PACU).4 For major vascular surgery, transfer to the main PACU by app...

Patients recovering from anaesthesia or sedation in an isolated unit should receive the same standard of care as that required in an operating theatre post anaesthetic care unit (PACU).⁴ For major vascular surgery, transfer to the main PACU by appropriately trained personnel may be required.

Exposure to ionising radiation should be kept to a minimum by the use of screens or lead gowns; remote slave monitors in screened viewing areas should be provided and staff should remain as distant from the imaging source as possible if they must remai...

Exposure to ionising radiation should be kept to a minimum by the use of screens or lead gowns; remote slave monitors in screened viewing areas should be provided and staff should remain as distant from the imaging source as possible if they must remain in the x-ray environment.³⁸

Chapter 12: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for ENT, Oral Maxillofacial and Dental surgery 2025

Where laser surgery to the head and neck is performed staff must be appropriately trained in its safe use.^15,16 A laser protection adviser (LPA) should be consulted or appointed according to devolved administration or local authority regulations, and a local safety officer and/or an operational laser protection supervisor (LPS) appointed according to local advice from the LPA.¹⁷

Chapter 5: Guidelines for the Provision of Emergency Anaesthesia Services 2025

Some aspects of preoperative anaesthetic assessment and preparation of the emergency patient differ from those of the elective patient. These include severity of illness, fluctuating condition of the patient and the 24/7 nature of emergency work. Staffing levels and seniority of anaesthetists should be adequate to enable preoperative anaesthetic planning and assessment that is appropriate to the patient’s risks associated...

CT3 Equivalent Survey is now open

A survey jointly commissioned by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), the Association of Anaesthetists (the Association) and the British Medical Association (BMA) has launched.

Joint guidance on the impact of a no-deal Brexit

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has issued a statement warning of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit to patient safety and the healthcare sector in the UK.

You and your anaesthetic

This leaflet gives information on what to expect when having surgery with anaesthesia. It has been written by anaesthetists working together with patients and patient representatives. It also shows you where to find other information that might be helpful.

FPM/RCoA Call to Action: Perioperative Opioid Management

There is increasing public and professional concern regarding the increase in opioid prescriptions in the UK, which correlates closely with an increase in opioid-related deaths.

Dr John Scott Inkster

Behind the scenes: creating a podcast

Dr Kemp and Dr Dore, creators of NovPod tell us how they developed the successful series and what they've learnt along the way.

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Dr Duncan Kemp, Anaesthetic Registrar and co-creator of the NovPod
Dr Eoin Dore, Anaesthetic Registrar and co-creator of the NovPod

This month marks a year of hard work coming to fruition since we launched the podcast ‘NovPod: A beginner’s guide to anaesthetics’. With more than 25,000 ‘listens’ in the first three months, it feels like we’ve created a practical, useful podcast that has been well-received. So to celebrate, we’d like to take you behind the scenes to talk through how we developed the NovPod and discuss some lessons learnt along the way.

From the beginning: why did we do it?

After creating a one-off podcast for a Difficult Airway Society multimedia competition, we wanted to build on this. Our plans coincided with the renovation of the RCoA novice curriculum and so our target audience became obvious – novice anaesthetists. We reflected on our own experiences and set out to share some of the best advice we received as novices. This wasn’t from textbooks or courses, but rather the voices of the friendly registrars and SHOs who would take us aside and tell us how anaesthetics worked in practice – giving us advice and survival tips to help us grow and develop.

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