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Thanks Dr Michelle for a candid and honest discussion on how to pass this exam after a major set back

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Amazing to chat to a specialist with the lived experience of how anaesthesia has changed over the last 4 decades!

Please check out her book The Chloroformist
https://www.mup.com.au/authors/christine-ball

Dr Christine is an anaesthesiologist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and co-convenor of the Master of Perioperative Medicine at Monash University, where she is an Adjunct Associate Professor. Chris has been involved in the study of the history of the specialty for over 30 years and has many publications on the subject, including the book The Chloroformist, published by Melbourne University Press in 2021 She has been an Honorary Curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History since 1989, a position she still holds. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the current Wood-Library Museum Laureate of the History of Anesthesiology. 

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Really interesting chat about rapid sequence inductions and the history, method, myths, facts and how we use the RSI in the modern day

Check out these great resources!

References:
·  https://litfl.com/rapid-sequence-intubation-rsi/
·  Oxford Handbook for Anaesthesia, 5th Edn
·  ACE Course Notes final 2023
·  https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13049-021-00883-5
·  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.13274
·  https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(17)30881-4/fulltext

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Thanks Dr Rebecca! great performance and congratulations on passing the ANZCA Final Exam! welcome to the other side ;)

Here are some useful resources

VIVA STEM
You are asked to review your next patient. A 25yo 130kg transgender female (She/her/hers) for augmentation mammoplasty (implants and lipofilling).

Past history
Asthma 
Anxiety
Depression
Obesity 130kg. 170cm tall. BMI 45

Medications
Symbicort
Salbutamol
Venlafaxine
Spironolactone
Oral oestrogen

Allergies
Kiwi fruit - diarrhea
Avocado -diarrhea
Penicillin – whole body rash

She is very concerned about the impact of her hormone treatment and anaesthesia. What do you advise her?

A fantastic article without valuable information for the anaesthetist/anesthesiologist
https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(23)00005-7/fulltext

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Thanks Dr Megan for a great exam performance!

For the full video, check out the Final Exam Course
https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/finalexam

Exam Stem
You are on the night shift at your tertiary hospital. You are called to resus bay in ED as a 55yo male presents to emergency with severe respiratory distress. 

You arrive to see a patient with hiflow nasal oxygen, looking unwell, with laboured irregular breathing. Sats 92%. Unable to speak due to respiratory distress. 

What do you do when you arrive as the doctor leading the resus?

Here's a great reference article from the legendary BJA education journal
https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(21)00082-2/fulltext

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Thanks Dr Ralph for a great exam performance!

For the FULL video check out https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam

The Stem
13yo male presents to emergency department in a small rural hospital (2 theatres, 1 ward, no HDU/ICU) with right iliac fossa abdominal pain. 

Past history
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy
Wheelchair bound
Severe scoliosis
50kg recent weight

Vitals
HR 110 SR
BP 100/70
Sats 95% or 2L NP oxygen
Resp rate 40
Temp 37.4 

Bloods
FBE 120
WCC 13 x 109/L
Plt 400 x 109/L

The surgeon is concerned about a ruptured appendix and would like to urgently go to theatre for a laparoscopic appendicectomy.
 
His father is very concerned about the anaesthetic. 

What is Duchenne’s muscular Dystrophy and what are the concerning aspects of this disease for the anaesthetic?


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Thanks Dr Catherine for sharing your insights!

Here are some useful links:

https://sash.asn.au/training/

https://www.amazon.com.au/Handbook-Communication-Anaesthesia-Critical-Care/dp/0199577285

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05887.x


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Thanks Dr Rahul for the insights into ophthalmic anaesthesia!

check out this link
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and check out this episode on our podcast ABCs of Anaesthesia on all podcast players

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Fantastic work Dr Alain

Don't forget to utilise these mnemonics to sharpen your answer
- STARR approach
- CAMP
- PIES

For more info check out this very detailed video on ABCs of Anaesthesia on YouTube
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There's so many easy ways that each of us can do a little better for the environment

Reduce
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