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Although many ICM doctors-in-training (DiTs) are now either training in ICM alone or with another partner specialty, just under half of our future ICM workforce are working towards a dual CCT with anaesthesia.
Furthermore, many intensive care units around the UK rely on the knowledge, skills and experience brought by our anaesthetic colleagues in order to provide high-quality, patient-focused care.
Consequently, anaesthetists will continue to hold a critical role in training the intensivists of the future.
Children may require anaesthesia for diagnostic procedures such as MRI scans. Although separate written consent for anaesthesia is not mandatory in the UK, anaesthetists should ensure that parents and legal guardians have been informed about the associ...
Children may require anaesthesia for diagnostic procedures such as MRI scans. Although separate written consent for anaesthesia is not mandatory in the UK, anaesthetists should ensure that parents and legal guardians have been informed about the associated risks and common side-effects of the anaesthetic. There should be a written record of all discussions, including those of the requesting clinician, with...
Many procedures do not have to be performed out of hours.32 Anaesthetists and surgeons together should devise departmental protocols for the handling of patients requiring urgent procedures, to allow prioritisation from both surgical and anaesthetic pe...
Many procedures do not have to be performed out of hours.32 Anaesthetists and surgeons together should devise departmental protocols for the handling of patients requiring urgent procedures, to allow prioritisation from both surgical and anaesthetic perspectives.