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The College Awards honour exceptional contributions to anaesthesia, critical care, pain medicine, and related sciences. We are pleased to announce the latest recipients, approved by Council following the Nominations Committee in April.
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Biography of Prof Alastair Andrew Spence
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Biography of Dr John Humphrey Thornton Challis
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Obituary - Dr John Barker
Dr Stephen Adshead, ST7, and Dr Matt Townsend, ST6, North Bristol NHS Trust discuss how there might be situations where it falls to anaesthetists to intervene.
Twenty five per cent of trauma deaths are directly caused by injury to the thorax and, while a minority will require emergency surgery, up to eighty five per cent of chest injuries can be managed without the need for formal surgical intervention.1 In these cases, rapid recognition and management of life-threatening conditions are key to successful resuscitation.
Thoracostomy (the creation of an artificial opening in the chest wall) is a procedure performed for decompression of the chest, usually by our pre-hospital, surgical or emergency medicine colleagues. It is also the first stage to placing a tube thoracostomy or ‘open’ chest drain. In the context of trauma, emergency lateral thoracostomy is indicated in the following circumstances:
- traumatic tension pneumothorax
- massive haemothorax
- traumatic cardiac arrest.
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Obituary - Dr Leslie Rendell-Baker
Trainees Phoebe Scarfield, Jack Ryan and Rosalind Jones share their experiences of working on SNAP-3, a RCoA national research project involving anaesthetists and geriatricians. They reflect on the collaborative nature of perioperative medicine services.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded ACSA accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to patient safety and excellence of care.
Many thanks to our Members and Fellows who attended the College’s Extraordinary General Meeting on 10 February 2022.