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Preoperative assessment of patients, especially those at very high risk, can benefit from a team approach involving cross specialty advice from anaesthetists, surgeons and intensivists. Early consultation with appropriate medical specialties should occ...

Preoperative assessment of patients, especially those at very high risk, can benefit from a team approach involving cross specialty advice from anaesthetists, surgeons and intensivists. Early consultation with appropriate medical specialties should occur for appropriate conditions, e.g. acute kidney injury, diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease.14

Critical care should be considered for all high-risk patients requiring emergency surgery. As a minimum, patients with an estimated risk of mortality of 5% or higher should be considered for critical care and should be reviewed by a consultant surgeon,...

Critical care should be considered for all high-risk patients requiring emergency surgery. As a minimum, patients with an estimated risk of mortality of 5% or higher should be considered for critical care and should be reviewed by a consultant surgeon, consultant anaesthetist and consultant intensivist before surgery.5,130  

ACSA Anniversary celebrations continue

We continue to celebrate anaesthetic departments that have been accredited and re-accredited over the last year.

In the last Bulletin issue, ACSA reviewed the achievements of the scheme upon its 10th anniversary. We continue to reflect now by celebrating anaesthetic departments who have been accredited and re-accredited over the last year. They share their experiences in their own words.