NovPod - Season 2, Episode 8: Pain management in labour
We are joined by the fantastic Dr Damien Hughes - an anaesthetic consultant and OAA council member - to discuss how we manage pain on the labour ward. We discuss the physiology of pain in labour and the management options we are able to deliver as anaesthetists, as well as how we can positively impact maternal health outcomes and our patients' birth experience.
References
- Anaesthesia (e-LA) -> Core Training - Clinical -> e-LA Module 04a - Obstetrics -> 04 Regional analgesia & anaesthesia
- Anaesthesia (e-LA) -> Core Training - Clinical -> e-LA Module 04a - Obstetrics -> 03 Labour analgesia
- BJA education - Epidural analgesia in labour
- BJA education - Non-regional analgesia for labour
- Epidural troubleshooting – East Anglia guide
- Prevention and management of intra-operative pain during caesarean section
- OAA labour pains
The Novpod: a beginner's guide to obstetric anaesthesia is created, edited and co-hosted by Dr Eoin Dore, Dr Duncan Kemp and Dr Rosie Grimes. The NovPod is presented by Anaesthesia on Air, in association with the Royal College of Anaesthetists. NovPod series 2 was created in collaboration with the RCoA and Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association.
Please note all opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the individuals appearing on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views of the RCoA and OAA.
Eoin graduated from UCL in 2014 and after completing foundation training in London, one particularly challenging night shift made him realise the impact that he could have on patients by pursuing a career in anaesthetics and critical care. Following this new found ambition, he began ACCS anaesthetics training in Birmingham before starting his registrar training in Thames Valley in 2021. After completing a year as Chief Registrar at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, he is now in his ST6 year at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Twitter: @DoreEoin
Rosie is an ST6 anaesthetic trainee who graduated from UCL in 2014. She has carried out her anaesthetic training to date in South London, and has an interest in Education and Wellbeing.
Consultant anaesthetist at the Ulster Hospital in Belfast since 2001, where he is the lead for obstetric anaesthesia at this busy DGH. It is a busy obstetric unit with about 4200 deliveries per year, and it is perhaps the “spiritual” home of the remifentanil PCA which has been offered routinely on their labour ward since 2004. Damien still enjoys obstetric anaesthesia, despite doing the long Friday shift on labour ward for two decades! Outside of work, Damien has a love for running, reading and all things Italian; the language, the people and most importantly, the wine!