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Introduction 

From their inception, IPS have provided acute post-surgical pain management to promote a balance of symptomatic relief and early restoration of function to improve patient experience and surgical outcomes. An ongoing and important role of the IPS is the consistent training and education of staff and students across the wider hospital trust. Other responsibilities continue to expand into...

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Trauma remains the most common cause of loss of life in the under 40s age group in the UK, and as such major trauma centres (MTCs) and trauma units (TUs) have been established to receive patients of all ages and to improve outcomes.¹ Early anaesthetic involvement is beneficial at all stages, from the prehospital setting, to emergency departments...

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There are increasing numbers of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed outside the main theatre environment, in both elective and emergency situations. These procedures may require anaesthetic involvement through haemodynamic monitoring during the procedure, sedation, regional anaesthesia or general anaesthesia. The challenge for anaesthesia is to develop a framework that supports and regulates the safe delivery of care.

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The range of procedures requiring anaesthesia for burn and plastic surgery is wide and includes patients of all ages. Procedures range from common minor injuries (dog bites, nail bed injuries) to planned congenital cleft lip and palate and hand procedures, and less frequently major burns and free-flap surgeries requiring multidisciplinary perioperative critical care. The recommendations in this chapter should...