14 January 2015

CME Medical awarded top training accolade

CME Medical has been awarded the Skills for Health Quality Mark for its technical training programme, showing that its training...

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14 January 2015

New measure provides more data on oxygen levels during sedation

The area under the curve of oxygen desaturation (AUCDesat) may provide a more sophisticated approach to monitoring blood oxygen levels...

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12 January 2015

Low vitamin D levels increase complications after non-cardiac surgery

Patients with low blood levels of vitamin D are at increased risk of death and serious complications after non-cardiac surgery,...

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10 January 2015

Pain in a dish: Researcher turns skin cells into pain-sensing neurons

After more than six years of intensive effort, a team of Harvard researchers has successfully converted mouse and human skin...

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8 January 2015

Leadership: How to get ahead in anaesthesia

Chima Oti describes his experience of attending a leadership and management module as an anaesthetic trainee I was fortunate during...

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8 January 2015

Trauma list fasting times audit – the water sip challenge

An audit of trauma list fasting times conducted at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, by Claire Daly and co-workers For safety...

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8 January 2015

The anaesthetic tea party – commitment to cleanliness

Patrick Ward takes a light-hearted approach to emphasise an anaesthetist’s commitment to cleanliness [caption id="attachment_3479" align="alignleft" width="180"] Tea Party –...

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8 January 2015

Standards of conduct – General Medical Council (GMC)

Consulting editor James Watts gives a brief seminar on the complaints processes at the General Medical Council (GMC) The role...

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