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Chapter 7: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services in the Non-theatre Environment 2024
Anaesthesia for non-theatre environment should be delivered by a competent individual with appropriate supervision; the level of supervision should reflect the severity of the case and the seniority of the individual in accordance with the RCoA's Guidance on Supervision Arrangements for Anaesthetists.17
Chapter 14: Guidelines for the Provision of Neuroanaesthetic Services 2024
Protocols should be developed to ensure that accurate clinical information is available in a timely manner to the anaesthetist to avoid any delays in treatment. There should be an agreed process for alerting the mechanical thrombectomy team if anaesthetic provision is unavailable to allow referral to another mechanical thrombectomy centre.
Chapter 11: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Inpatient Pain Management 2024
The children’s IPS should be delivered by an appropriately trained and experienced MDT, with specific skills in paediatric pain management and paediatric anaesthesia. The team may include clinical nurse specialists, anaesthetists, paediatricians, surgeons, pharmacists, child psychologists and physiotherapists.
Chapter 5: Guidelines for the Provision of Emergency Anaesthesia Services 2024
Prioritisation of cases based on their clinical urgency is not the sole domain of any single specialty. It requires a team approach involving discussion between different surgical groups, anaesthetists and, in some cases, critical care.4
Chapter 9: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for an Obstetric Population 2024
Standards of accommodation for doctors in training should be adhered to.29 Where a consultant or other autonomously practising anaesthetist is required to be resident, on-call accommodation should be provided.28