Anaesthesia Compass

Charles Clayton, CEO of the Primary Trauma Care Foundation, talks to Mike Dobson about the needs of patients with severe injuries in LMIC’s

Michelle White tells us of some of the clinical challenges you might meet as a Mercy Ships anaesthetist working in Africa.

Dr Michelle White in conversation about the work of Mercy Ships in Africa

Paul Fenton recounts the convolutions of aid and development planning and finance. You’ll enjoy it more than you expect...

Paul Fenton recounts from his memoirs how Presidential hypoxaemia was turned into anaesthetic opportunity.

Caesarean section is the commonest major operation in the world, but patients, indications and infrastructure in LMICs should make us think whether our western approach to anaesthesia there is the right one.

In his second interview, Ray Towey explains the strategy and practicalities of building up the sort of ICU that can make a huge difference to critically ill people.

In the first of two interviews with Ray Towey, he talks about the clinical side of rural intensive care. Who are the patient who can most benefit? Does it have to cost a fortune? Join us to find out.

This is an area where our practice depends on the laboratory and critical infrastructure as well as clinical acumen. Can you manage with two out of three ? Or maybe just one....

It’s a scary thought for most anaesthetists that you might have to fix your own equipment. In this podcast I explain how to go about it. It’s really not harder than bicycle maintenance!