Australian Anaesthesia

An update from the Australian and New Zealand Tripartite Anaesthetic Data Committee (ANZTADC) published in the June 2022 edition of Australian Anaesthetist

To read the report and the June 2022 Australian Anaesthetist: https://asa.org.au/publications/australian-anaesthetist

webAIRS: https://www.anztadc.net/

Australian singer and actress, Delta Goodrem on her experience with lingual nerve injury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yosCEmJiUk

Additional references for this episode:

https://www.oralhealthgroup.com/features/lingual-nerve-injury-surgical-anatomy-management/

case report:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16845918/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733934/

This episode is based on Position Statement 23 Anaesthetists and Public-in-Private surgery, which has been produced by the Australian Society of Anaesthetists to ensure the safety of patients in this model of care.

https://asa.org.au/podcasts/talking-money

https://asa.org.au/policy-and-advocacy

https://asa.org.au/types-of-membership/how-to-join/

The full episode is available for ASA members only and can be found here:

https://asa.org.au/podcasts/practice-vivas

More exam tips can be found here: https://asa.org.au/asaeducation/trainee-resources

Register to attend an online ASA viva practice session: https://asa.org.au/events/

If you're not a member and would like to access these resources, then find out more about membership here:

https://asa.org.au/types-of-membership/how-to-join/

Australian Society of Anaesthetists Medical Warning Cards can be purchased here: https://asa.au.au/merchandise

In this episode I chat with Mark Carmichael, outgoing CEO of the ASA about his time in the role over the last 10 years.

As you go through your career it is likely you will come across more and more contracts, whether they be for a public hospital appointment, a public in private arrangement or a private health insurance scheme.

In this episode I discuss a general approach for considering contracts. Remember, I'm an anaesthetist and this is not legal advice.

The full episode is available for ASA members only on the Australian Society of Anaesthetists website. You will need to log in: https://asa.org.au/podcasts/talking-money

Or tips for improving the experience of our paediatric and adult patients.

In this episode I chat with Dr Annette Webb a paediatric gastroenterologist and President of the Australian Society of Hypnosis (ASH) and Dr James Auld, a retired dentist who is an Executive member of ASH.

We talk about how we can improve the pre-anaesthetic experience for paediatric patients.

Is this only applicable to children? Of course not. There are some great tips for how we can improve the experience for all our patients.

They mention some great resources:

Harry the Hypnopotamus by Linda Thomson: https://www.booktopia.com.au/harry-the-hypno-potamus-linda-thomson/book/9781845907266.html

Annie's Stories by Doris Brett: https://www.dorisbrett.com/books/annie-stories/

Dabney Ewin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u34HoFVxSNc

We have some exclusive offers for ASA members interested in learning more about hypnotherapy. Please contact us on [email protected] or visit our events page for more information: https://asa.org.au/events/

Join the ASA so you don't miss out: https://asa.org.au/types-of-membership/how-to-join/

If you want to join our Victorian Paediatric Anaesthesia Network, then please express interest here: https://asa.org.au/victorian-paediatric-network-form/

The Australian Society of Anaesthetists has been proudly supporting webAIRs since its inception.

webAIRs is a web-based anaesthetic incident reporting system. Hopefully you manage to avoid incidents during your career but if you do have one, reporting them via webAIRS contributes to improving the safety of anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand.

I recently was asked to give the keynote address for an anaesthesia department dinner.

Thanks to the wonderful hosts for their warm hospitality and encouraging me to share my talk as a podcast. I hope you enjoy!

Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion

I talk about some of the recent initiatives the Australian Society of Anaesthetists is undertaking to support diversity and inclusion. This is based on a talk I recently gave.

Workplace Gender Equality Agency: https://www.wgea.gov.au/

To learn more about the involvement of women in the ASA, feel free to watch my Geoffrey Kaye Oration: https://youtu.be/YdDAf3-miAc

More information about the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative can be found here: https://weli.pedsanesthesia.org/

More information about an Australian chapter of WELI is hopefully coming soon. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

The table is turned in this episode as I am interviewed by Chau, a high school student who asks what a Specialist Anaesthetist is, how to become one and what we do.