If sedation is administered by an anaesthetist, then a suitably trained individual should be present to assist the anaesthetist.
Hospitals should consider involving an anaesthetist in the training of non-anaesthetists in the provision of safe sedation.
Anaesthetists in an IPS post need to demonstrate an ongoing significant interest in pain management by involvement in continuing professional development (CPD), appraisal and job planning. The minimum training requirement for new appointments of IPS anaesthetists is stage 3 special interest area in acute inpatient pain.
All patients undergoing anaesthesia should be under the care of a consultant anaesthetist whose name is recorded as part of the anaesthetic record.2,3,4 A staff grade, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) grade anaesthetist could be the named anaesthetist on the anaesthetic record if local governance arrangements have agreed in advance that, based on the training...
The time taken for patients to get to the emergency operating theatre remains a stubborn problem, despite many years of research and national guidance emphasising the importance of prompt surgery to reduce morbidity and mortality.
The diagnostic and treatment pathways are complex – involving clinicians from emergency medicine, anaesthesia, surgery, critical care, radiology, and often other specialties. Patients also require resources like CT scanners and operating theatres that are often in short supply. Thinking about the multiple steps each patient must traverse, it is no surprise that they often don’t get speedy access to the operating theatre.
Dr Marie Nixon, Consultant Anaesthetist and Dr Thom O'Dell, ST7 Trainee discuss their experiences of wellbeing and what it means to them.
