Listing summary
A podcast from Anaesthesia 2018.
The care of the patient should remain the responsibility of the anaesthetist up to discharge for ambulatory procedures or ward transfer for inpatient procedures.
There should be sufficient programmed activity time available for anaesthetists to assess patients perioperatively and to attend multidisciplinary ward rounds.
Wherever sedation services for paediatric burn management exist, anaesthetists should be involved with setting up, monitoring and auditing the service.
Ideally, patients with morbid obesity should undergo preassessment by a senior anaesthetist.258
At all times, an anaesthetist or at least one other advanced life support provider should be immediately available.