anaesthetics

This episode features a series of self-assessment questions and answers on anaesthetics and ICU.

Short answer questions, multiple choice questions, extended matching questions and digital flashcards can be found at https://members.zerotofinals.com/.

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

This episode covers respiratory support.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/anaesthetics/respiratorysupport/ or in the anaesthetics and ICU section of the Zero to Finals surgery book.

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

This episode covers common procedures in anaesthetics.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/anaesthetics/procedures/ or in the anaesthetics and ICU section of the Zero to Finals surgery book.

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

This episode covers general anaesthesia.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/anaesthetics/generalanaesthesia/ or in the anaesthetics and ICU section of the Zero to Finals surgery book.

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

In recognition of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr Luke Flower and Dr Stuart Connal sat down with Dr Andrew Hartle, Dr Stuart Edwardson and Dr Leyla Turkoglu to talk about their experiences as LGBTQ+ doctors working in anaesthesia and critical care.

Dr. Clare Mallinson is a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in scoliosis correction surgery. She is also Director of Medical Education and deputy medical director at Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust in London - an organisation with over 100 junior doctors in all specialities which creates a rich learning environment. She has been chair of the National Association of Clinical Tutors and now on the Royal College of Anaesthetists Council.

In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine and anaesthetics, her method and advice for picking a specialty, the evolution of the job of anaesthetics during COVID surges in NHS hospitals, the recovery process post-COVID, how systems can prevent burnout during the pandemic and how London is experiencing normality in this new post-COVID era. 

A word of warning, the audio for this is a little scratchy - I have tried my hardest to edit this out but alas could not get it to the quality of other recordings.

As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at doctornos@pm.me.

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As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at doctornos@pm.me.

Audio credit:
Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

Anaesthetists, Dr John Barry and Dr Sean McManus discuss the role of the anaesthetist in the care of patients with fractured neck of femurs, including the challenges of pain management in the older patient, particularly those with cognitive impairment. Elderly patients with hip fracture are at risk of being undertreated for pain which can contribute to longer lengths of stay and poorer functional outcomes. John and Sean discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of analgesia that are available and the clinical significance of fascia and femoral nerve blocks.

In this talk from SMACC Chicago 2015, Larry Chu takes a step back from the clinical side of things to discuss Innovating Medical Education. 

Dr Larry Chu is an Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology and the Executive Director of Stanford Medicine X.  Medicine X is an initiative from the Stanford AIM lab. It is a project aimed at promoting new ideas for the future of medicine, healthcare and education using emerging technologies. It focuses on empowering patients to participated in their own healthcare and improving medical education and training to focus more on patient-centered medicine.

Each year, Medicine X holds a conference in which they explore theses themes. In 2015 the team from Stanford held a spin-off conference called Medicine X Ed. This conference focused on the future of medical education and the role of technology in educational innovation as well as continuing the theme of the changes that are fundamental for establishing more patient-focused health care.  This conference was held in September 2015. At SMACC Chicago, Larry Chu shared a sneak-peak into some of the exciting medical education innovations that were going to be explored at Medicine X Edu.

During his talk, Larry Chu shared insights into why traditional teaching methods don’t work for millennials aka gen Y, the successful educational programs being used in the US for their anaesthetics trainees and new ideas for structuring  the delivery of effective medical education.

For all trainees, in particular those with impending exams, and for all teachers/lecturers/educators this is an interesting and thought provoking lecture to listen to! Yet again proving why SMACC is the most dynamic, well rounded, original conference around! 

SMACC BACK! with Dr Kevin Fong

An interview with Kevin Fong following his talk on safety lessons from space at SMACC Chicago. He is a highly decorated speaker with qualifications in astrophysics, medicine, anaesthetics, engineering and ICU, as well as a regular TV guest star on BBC2 show Horizon, NASA advisor and  co-founder, co-director of CASE medicine. He spoke to us about how we can protect ourselves and our patients from risk and how we can better our skills in medicine. We will be sure to catch him at SMACC Dub next year! 

Rupert Pearse discusses the importance of results from the OPTIMISE trial to improve perioperative patient management.

This great talk from BCC4 features Clare Farell, an anaesthetist from Westmead Hospital, speaking on modified rapid sequence induction.