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Author: Dr Stuart Connal, ST5, North Central London Deanery
Perioperative Journal Watch is written by TRIPOM (trainees with an interest in perioperative medicine – tripom.org) and is a brief distillation of recent important papers and articles on perioperative medicine from across the spectrum of medical publications.
Anaesthetic room walls are often covered with various posters and warnings reminding staff about recent incidents or safety hazards. Signs prompt us where to find dantrolene or intralipid, or how to confirm tube placement.
When the RCoA changed its branding in 2016, professional designers were called in and consulted on the changes. When creating clinical informatics however, it is often left to clinicians; but a complex series of decisions that combine aesthetics, psychology, and ergonomics are required to make presentation effective.
In this, the first of a series of articles, we will explore some of the issues relevant to presenting information, beginning with iconography.
Chapter 9: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for an Obstetric Population 2025
Face to face interpreting services should be considered as most suitable, given the practical requirements for women in labour. However, telephone based services may be able to serve a greater number of languages and be more quickly mobilised, particularly out of hours.
Authors:
- Dr Natalie Constable, ST6 Anaesthetic Registrar, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW Foundation Trust, Bristol
- Dr Fiona Oglesby, ST6 Anaesthetic Registrar, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
- Dr George Bainbridge, Anaesthetic Clinical Fellow, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
- Dr Helen Howes, Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
- Dr Rachel McKendry, Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
The Bristol Royal Infirmary’s Difficult Airway Response Team (DART), developed in 2017, is a successful, innovative, cross-specialty response unit designed to expedite the arrival of clinical expertise and advanced equipment to the patient’s bedside in complex airway emergencies. Five years following DART’s inception, we intend to highlight the challenges intrinsic to maintaining the service and how we have attempted to overcome these.