Chapter 11: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Inpatient Pain Management 2025
Inpatient pain nurse specialists providing education on the wards should have dedicated time for this role distinct from direct clinical duties.
Inpatient pain nurse specialists providing education on the wards should have dedicated time for this role distinct from direct clinical duties.
Multidisciplinary support for preoperative assessment staff from other physicians, medical specialists, anaesthetists, surgeons and pain management teams should be available.
There should be easy and safe access to the delivery suite from the main hospital at all times.77
Patients should be appropriately monitored by trained staff during their recovery from anaesthesia or sedation.24
Remote monitoring of the patient with a secondary screen in the control room should be available to allow the anaesthetic team to monitor the patient from outside of the magnetic field.
Children undergoing anaesthesia and their families should be offered input from play specialists to help prepare the child for anaesthesia.4