Every unit should provide, in early pregnancy, advice about pain relief and anaesthesia during labour and delivery. An anaesthetist should be involved in preparing this information and approve the final version.113
Anaesthetists providing anaesthesia for trauma and orthopaedic surgery should learn and maintain expertise in a wide range of regional anaesthetic techniques, including central and peripheral neural blockade.57
Any scheduled burn lists should be organised and staffed by appropriately trained anaesthetists and surgeons who work regularly in that area and who have no conflicting clinical commitments.62
Any scheduled burn lists should be organised and staffed by appropriately trained anaesthetists and surgeons who work regularly in that area and who have no conflicting clinical commitments.63
All anaesthetic equipment should be checked before use in accordance with the Association of Anaesthetists published guidelines.12 Anaesthetic machine checks should be recorded in a log and on the anaesthetic chart.
The anaesthetist accompanying transferred patients from the ED should be suitably skilled and experienced to manage all eventualities in an isolated environment and should be accompanied by a dedicated trained assistant.39
General anaesthesia for dentistry should be administered only by anaesthetists in a hospital setting as defined by the Department of Health report reviewing general anaesthesia and conscious sedation in primary dental care.54
In an emergency situation involving a child requiring anaesthesia for an airway or head and neck procedure, the most experienced available anaesthetist and surgeon would be expected to provide life-saving care when transfer to a specialist facility is not feasible.
General anaesthesia for dental procedures should be administered only by anaesthetists in a hospital setting as defined by the Department of Health report reviewing general anaesthesia and conscious sedation in primary dental care.3
