Chapter 15: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Vascular Procedures 2025
Anaesthetists with an appropriate level of training should attend patients undergoing major elective vascular surgery.
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Council member Elisa Bertoja talks with Isa Khan and Veena Soni from PatientsVoices@RCoA about how to improve the experience of anaesthesia and perioperative care for Black, Asian and minority ethnic patients.
Departments of anaesthesia should ensure that a named supervisory consultant is available to all non-consultant anaesthetists (except those SAS anaesthetists that local governance arrangements have agreed in advance are able to work in those circumstan...
Departments of anaesthesia should ensure that a named supervisory consultant is available to all non-consultant anaesthetists (except those SAS anaesthetists that local governance arrangements have agreed in advance are able to work in those circumstances without consultant supervision) based on the training and experience of the individual doctor and the range and scope of their clinical practice.51 Where an...
Chapter 2: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for the Perioperative Care of Elective and Urgent Care Patients 2025
Anaesthesia for children should be undertaken or supervised by anaesthetists who have undergone appropriate training. In the UK, all anaesthetists with a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent will have completed higher paediatric anaesthetic training or equivalent.212 There will be anaesthetists who have acquired more advanced competencies, thus allowing provision of a more extensive anaesthetic service, and...
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In this episode of Anaesthesia on Air, Professor Anton Krige, RCoA clinical lead for ME/CFS, talks with Dr Charles Shepherd from the ME Association and Helen Baxter, a patient advocate for ME patients, about the College’s latest patient information project ME/CFS and anaesthesia.
This article provides some additional information and FAQs about the remaining SIAs in the 2021 curriculum.
In this article, Dr Passi and Dr Oliver seek to highlight the resulting increased potential for contraceptive failure and propose methods to better inform and protect patients.
It has both a favourable side-effect profile compared with traditional anticholinesterases and allows for emergency reversal.
With the expiry of its original patent last year, high cost is no longer a factor prohibiting its use, which will invariably further increase. In this article, we seek to highlight the resulting increased potential for contraceptive failure and propose methods to better inform and protect patients.
The risk of contraceptive failure
Due to its ability to encapsulate progesterone – present in contraceptive pills, vaginal rings, implants and intra-uterine devices – the administration of sugammadex may reduce their biological effect and cause contraceptive failure. This was identified in in-vitro studies, using isothermal microcalorimetry, performed as part of the drug’s development. While in-vivo studies to quantify the reduction in serum progesterone concentration following sugammadex administration have not been performed, these results have shaped current manufacturer guidance.
Anaesthetists should be trained in the use of, and be familiar with, all equipment they use regularly. The anaesthetist has a primary responsibility to check such equipment before use.19 ...
Anaesthetists should be trained in the use of, and be familiar with, all equipment they use regularly. The anaesthetist has a primary responsibility to check such equipment before use.19
MTC and TU anaesthetic departments should consider appointing anaesthetists with an interest in prehospital care. Anaesthetists who provide prehospital care in the field should be qualified to do so.5 ...
MTC and TU anaesthetic departments should consider appointing anaesthetists with an interest in prehospital care. Anaesthetists who provide prehospital care in the field should be qualified to do so.5
Chapter 9: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for an Obstetric Population 2025
In busier units, increased levels of consultant or other autonomously practising anaesthetist cover may be necessary and should reflect the level of consultant obstetrician staffing in the unit.29 This may involve extending the working day to include senior presence into the evening session and/or increasing numbers of autonomously practising anaesthetists.