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...
Read MoreThe 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 –...
Read MoreStandards 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...
Read MoreWarming up nicely – Geratherm UniqueTemp
A report of the trial of the Geratherm UniqueTemp patient warming system in and by the staff of the operating...
Read MoreVideolaryngoscopy introduction at a district general hospital
Jaspreet Kaur and Chris Frerk highlight why videolaryngoscopy is an appropriate technique to have available when planning airway management strategies...
Read MoreDanny and Chris – Two sides of the same anaesthetic
When Danny Fleet needed surgery for a dental abscess, he asked his colleague Chris Frerk to anaesthetise him… “I think...
Read MoreTemperature measurement in anaesthetised patients
The disposable liquid crystal thermometer Clinitrend measures temperature at least as well as the non-disposable temporal artery infra-red thermometer Exergen...
Read MoreEEG – Anaesthesia by numbers
NICE recommended the use of EEG-based depth of anaesthesia monitoring in 2012 and yet less than 2% of anaesthetists in...
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