Anaesthesia Archives - Page 7 of 10

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Pain Management

045 – Avoiding or managing the accidental dural puncture a discussion with Dr Matt Rucklidge

You are called down to labour ward to put an epidural into a woman who is extremely distressed, in the throes of established labour who is thrashing around the bed […]

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

044 – Lung ultrasound a discussion with Dr Parvesh Verma

You are called down to your HDU to review a 81 year old woman who is day one following a major laparotomy for ovarian cancer surgery. The nursing staff are […]

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

043 – Anaphylaxis discussion part 1 with Chong

Hi everyone! Better late than never. This week Chong and I have finally got around to our discussion on anaphylaxis. What are the common causes of anaphylaxis? How is the […]

October 23, 2018December 20, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

042 – Great case discussed – perioperative anaphylaxis

Hi everyone, Anaphylaxis is an unpredictable scary life-threatening condition which unfortunately is more common than we would like. If you work in healthcare chances are you will have seen this […]

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018Anaesthesia, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

041 – Obstetric cell salvage an update, what only one suction, no filter and more with Dr Matt Rucklidge

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 2 of our series on cell salvage in obstetrics and gynaecology! Last week we had a great discussion on the basics of cell salvage and […]

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management, Surgery

040 – Cell salvage basics for the person holding the sucker – with Cheryl Dane Stewart

Hi Everyone, Welcome to part 1 of a two part series on the use of cell salvage in obstetrics & gynaecology! This week Part 1 focuses on the basics of […]

September 17, 2018Anaesthesia, Pain Management, Surgery

039 – Rectus sheath catheters for analgesia with Dr Matt Rucklidge

Case scenario: Mrs A Nonymous is a 67 yr old woman with a diagnosis of probable ovarian cancer who is booked for a midline laparotomy and debulking cancer surgery. She […]

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018Anaesthesia, Cancer, Pain Management

037 – Intravenous lidocaine infusions for analgesia with Dr Kevin Chan

(Real Case: De-identified) You receive a call from a frantic ward nurse who tells you they have a 32 yr old woman who had laparoscopic surgery for treatment of endometriosis […]

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Pain Management

035 – Labour epidural analgesia regimens discussed – Nolan McDonnell

Hi Everyone, This week we have the audio from another great talk given at our departmental meeting by our colleague Assoc Prof Nolan McDonnell on labour epidural analgesia. This talk […]

August 1, 2018Airway management, Anaesthesia

034 – Gastric ultrasound in anaesthesia with Dr Mark Sharples

(*hypothetical patient) You have a young woman booked for an emergency D&C for a miscarriage. She is in a lot of discomfort from the misoprostol given earlier that day. She […]