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Departments should review the on-call responsibilities of anaesthetists as part of annual appraisal and job planning.57 Reviews should take into consideration subjective assessment of fatigue and consider seeking advice from an accredited speciali...
Departments should review the on-call responsibilities of anaesthetists as part of annual appraisal and job planning.57 Reviews should take into consideration subjective assessment of fatigue and consider seeking advice from an accredited specialist in occupational medicine if necessary. This may apply, but not exclusively, to older anaesthetists.54,58
A system should be in place to ensure that women requiring antenatal referral to an anaesthetist are seen and assessed by an anaesthetist, normally a consultant, within a suitable time frame. Ideally, this should be in the form of multidisciplinary tea...
A system should be in place to ensure that women requiring antenatal referral to an anaesthetist are seen and assessed by an anaesthetist, normally a consultant, within a suitable time frame. Ideally, this should be in the form of multidisciplinary team management of these high risk women. Where the workload is high consideration should be given to risk stratification so...
Chapter 12: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for ENT, Oral Maxillofacial and Dental surgery 2022
Head and neck surgery provides an excellent opportunity for the formal and systematic training of anaesthetists in the use of advanced methods for airway management and the shared airway, including videolaryngoscopy, fibreoptic intubation, and jet and apnoeic oxygenation techniques. Where possible, additional equipment such as monitors, video recorders and airway simulators should be made available to facilitate this important aspect...