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National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia

Through the NIAA, the College engages with our colleagues and partners to fund, develop and deliver world-class research in anaesthesia and perioperative care

Anaesthesia 2019 | Tim Cook and Paul Wischmeyer podcast

Live from Anaesthesia 2019, on day two of the conference; a ‘must-attend event’ for the specialty where world-renowned experts present the latest advances in perioperative medicine, critical care and pain medicine.

Dennis has an anaesthetic

Beano superfan, Edward Shepherd, (aged 11) tells us all about his online survey: ‘Helping children prepare for surgery and anaesthesia’.

I am a huge fan of the Beano and sent feedback to the Royal College of Anaesthetists about a special collaborative edition I had read, Dennis has an anaesthetic. My Granny was in hospital at the time, and I was worried about her. She had broken her ankle. I read the Beano comic to help me understand and feel better about her being unwell and having an operation.

Children’s anxiety related to hospital admissions and procedures is a huge problem and affects up to 80% of children. 75% experience anxiety in the anaesthetic room, and 60% develop ‘new’ dysfunctional behaviour in the three weeks after surgery. Sadly, 12% still display this new behaviour one year after surgery. In the US, surveys show that 25% of children are held down for a general anaesthetic.

Dennis has an anaesthetic teaches children about:

  • finding out about the operation
  • getting ready for the operation
  • having the anaesthetic and operation
  • waking up and going home.

EU friends – don't worry, we haven't left!

Despite Brexit, Dr Ted Rees tells us how the College still plays an active role in setting and improving standards of anaesthetic training and clinical practice in Europe.

Had your head buried very deeply in the sand for most of the last decade? Then it may have escaped your attention that the UK has cleaved itself away from the European Union. But fear not! The College and the Association of Anaesthetists are both still represented on the European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA), the Anaesthesia section of the European Union of Medical Specialists.

Known by its French acronym, UEMS is a non-governmental organisation created in 1958 in the same year as the European parliament. The aims of UEMS are to improve patient care throughout Europe by developing and supporting excellence in specialist medical training and practice and, as a by-product, to promote free movement of medical specialists around the EU.

The UEMS represents more than 1.6 million specialist doctors from 41 countries:

  • full UEMS members – EU countries plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, UK
  • associate members – Armenia, Israel, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
  • observer countries – Georgia, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia.