The anaesthetist plays a key role in the multidisciplinary team who apart from being involved in airway management in major trauma patients, should provide input into the recognition and management of acute physiological derangement, haemorrhage, and shock.
Departments should develop protocols for reviewing patients with hip fracture postoperatively, to support continuing orthogeriatric care, and to learn from successes and problems as part of continuous quality improvement.45
Staff assigned to the role of anaesthetic assistant should not have any other duties that would prevent them from providing dedicated assistance to the anaesthetist during anaesthesia.41
National data indicates that patients with exacerbations of chronic pain require high levels of input from the IPS. Outpatient pain services should be collaboratively involved with these patients’ care. While they are inpatients, there should be an MDT approach.
