How to effectively manage pain and nausea after surgery
"Surgery is a common medical procedure that can cause pain and nausea during the recovery process. Pain and nausea management is an essential aspect of postoperative care to ensure that…
Basic Anaesthetic Techniques
'General anaesthesia is the most common type of anaesthetic that you will be required to provide and become competent with. General anaesthesia consists of a triad of....'
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Topic: Unveiling Multimodal Analgesia in Postoperative Management: Bridging the Gap between Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) and High-Income Countries (HIC) Speaker: Dr. Gaston Nyirigira, MD, MMED, FCA (ECSA) Hosted by…
An overview of the different anaesthesia options available for patients
"Anaesthesia is a medical treatment that induces a temporary loss of sensation or consciousness to allow for pain-free medical procedures. There are several types of anaesthesia options available, each with…
Recovery and the Postoperative Visit – The Role of the Anaesthesia Provider
'As an anaesthetist, your responsibility for the patient does not end when the anaesthetic is turned off. Your role in transferring the patient to the recovery area, handing over to…
Basic Anaesthetic Techniques
'General anaesthesia is the most common type of anaesthetic that you will be required to provide and become competent with. General anaesthesia consists of a triad of....'
Nursing Care of a Patient with Tracheostomy
"The longer a patient requires mechanical ventilation, the more likely it is that the patient will have a tracheostomy. Tracheotomy is one of the most common procedures performed on the…
Anesthesia: After All These Years, Still Can’t Tell Trachea From Esophagus
"Maybe you know," Keane asked us. "Can you tell me who the hell this Mallampati guy is? I keep hearing his name, but have no idea what my colleagues are…
The Mystery of Anaesthesia unravelled by Scientists
They first exposed cells to chloroform, a potent anesthetic that doctors no longer use due to its dangerous side effects. They watched what happened using a powerful microscope “able to…
Unraveling the World of Anaesthesia
From unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness. We expect to feel no pain during surgery or at least to have no memory of the procedure. But it wasn’t always so. Until…
The secret life of an anaesthetist: if surgeons are the blood, we are the brains
You have to get used to being invisible as an anaesthetist. A large percentage of the public has no idea that we’re medically qualified. I’ve been asked how many GCSEs…
What I Do as an Anaesthesiologist
Image Credit: facmediciney Life Hacker Career Spotlight It’s easy to take for granted the precision with which modern medicine can manage and alleviate pain, whether you’re put under for surgery…
World Anaesthesia Day: The Magical Tale Behind Your Freedom From Pain
By Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan I want to tell you a story. It may seem like a fairy tale, and in many ways, it is. It is a journey that zigzags…
Severe allergic reactions in surgery ’caused by antibiotics’
Antibiotics are the main cause of life-threatening allergic reactions during surgery, a new report suggests. The Royal College of Anaesthetists says more patients are claiming to be allergic to penicillin,…
Why I Became an Anaesthesiologist
By Alex Macario, MD, MBA To understand how I ended up an anesthesiologist, you have to first understand how I ended up a physician. My dad is a doctor and…
I’m your anaesthesiologist, let me explain what that means
By Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD It’s still dark out when I walk into the busy and bustling preoperative area where patients and their family members crowd into small bays. They…