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All obstetric departments should provide and regularly update multidisciplinary guidelines. A comprehensive list of recommended guidelines can be found in the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA)/Association of Anaesthetists guidelines for obstet...
All obstetric departments should provide and regularly update multidisciplinary guidelines. A comprehensive list of recommended guidelines can be found in the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA)/Association of Anaesthetists guidelines for obstetric anaesthesia services.55
Chapter 7: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services in the Non-theatre Environment 2025
The anaesthetist should ensure that an adequate supply of oxygen is available before starting any procedure. Many of the sites where anaesthesia is provided outside the main operating theatres do not have piped oxygen; if anaesthesia is provided frequently in such a location, the use of the location should be reviewed, or piped oxygen provided. The organisational culture should enable...
Chapter 17: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Burn and Plastics Surgery 2025
A clinical lead for burn and plastic surgery anaesthesia should be appointed in each hospital providing anaesthesia for this specialty. The clinical lead (see Glossary) anaesthetist in burn and plastic surgery units will be responsible for the provision of service, teaching, production of guidelines, management, research and audit, and should be able to support quality improvement initiatives. Sufficient time...
Chapter 15: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Vascular Procedures 2025
Anaesthesia for all patients undergoing major vascular surgery should be provided by or directly supervised by an anaesthetist suitably qualified, trained and experienced in vascular anaesthesia. This will usually be a consultant vascular anaesthetist, who has overall responsibility for the patient’s care. Under certain circumstances, this could be an SAS doctor who is practising regularly in this subspecialist area under...
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Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2025
The recommended Association of Anaesthetist standards of anaesthetic monitoring should be met for every patient.39