Deep Breaths returns next Monday with a fantastic array of topics that we're sure will make exam prep easier, and will keep your practice up to date. We'll also be joined by more wonderful guests this season and we can't wait to share their expertise with you all.

Lahiru Amaratunge's Viva Boot Camp - Anaesthesia Collective link:
https://www.anaesthesiacollective.com/viva-boot-camp/ 

Lahiru Amaratunge's Viva Boot Camp Online Course:
https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam 
Use code: deepbreaths50 at the checkout for 50% off the price of the course. There are only 100 of these discounts available so don't miss out!

Feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions, comments or suggestions. 

Happy studying, thanks for listening, and we'll see you on Monday February 7th!

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Best wishes to all of our trainees and IMGs sitting the part 2 anaesthetic vivas this week!

Deep Breaths returns on Monday February 7th with a brand new release schedule - we'll be dropping episodes every fortnight with small breaks for the June/July school holidays and the December/January holiday season. Episodes will be released more consistently throughout the year and we hope this gives a better listener experience.

Season 4 will bring all new topics designed to keep you up to date in your practice and to help study for the ANZCA part 2 anaesthetic exam. We're excited to introduce some new guests to help us unpack some interesting new content, and we're also thrilled to speak to some anaesthetists whose voices feature in previous seasons too, so be sure to tune in next year.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions, comments or suggestions. 

So until next season, happy studying and thanks for listening. 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

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Today we're doing something a little different since the ANZCA final viva exam is just days away.

Having a calm mind and knowing that there are so many people out there who believe in you and want you to succeed is immensely helpful for the day of your exam. So instead of throwing knowledge at you, we wanted to share some positive messages to help get your head in the right space for exam day. We have messages from anaesthetists you've both heard in previous episodes, and also from some who just want you to know that you can do this.

Though we can't be there on the day to cheer you on, we want you to all know that we're thinking of you and that we wish you all the best.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! 

Thanks for listening, and happy studying. 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode.

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Today, we're doing a re-release of our second most popular episode to date. Special guest, Dr Lahiru Amaratunge, dives into the induction techniques for five different critical cases. The cases discussed are very relevant to the upcoming viva exam and we hope that listening to them will help boost your knowledge and confidence.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you! 

Thanks for listening, and happy studying. 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode.

Thanks for listening, and happy studying!

In today's episode, we continue our discussion regarding anaesthesia for the obese patient, based on the latest evidence from the BJA. Today's episode covers the conduct of anaesthesia for obese patients, as well as how to assess the obese patient's suitability for day surgery.

Resources for today's episode include:

BJA Education - Anaesthesia for the obese patient

Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute STOP-BANG questionnaire

Australian Diabetes Society 2012 Perioperative Diabetes Management Guidelines

Perioperative Management of the Surgical Patient with Diabetes 2015 (AAGBI)

Joint British Diabetes Societies  - Management of adults with diabetes undergoing surgery and elective procedures March 2016

Pharmacokinetics of anaesthetic drugs at extremes of body weight

Youtube video: How to identify the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound (3 min 50 sec) 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode.

Thanks for listening, and happy studying!

In today's episode, we discuss anaesthesia for the obese patient, including the latest evidence from the BJA. Today's episode covers the categorisation of obesity, the potential co-morbidities associated with obesity that can affect anaesthesia, and the metabolic syndrome.

Resources for today's episode include: 

BJA Education - Anaesthesia for the obese patient

Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute STOP-BANG questionnaire

Australian Diabetes Society 2012 Perioperative Diabetes Management Guidelines

Perioperative Management of the Surgical Patient with Diabetes 2015 (AAGBI)

Joint British Diabetes Societies  - Management of adults with diabetes undergoing surgery and elective procedures March 2016

Pharmacokinetics of anaesthetic drugs at extremes of body weight

Youtube video: How to identify the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound (3 min 50 sec) 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode.

Thanks for listening, and happy studying!

In today's episode, we talk through the last two of four cases addressing common problems encountered in the post anaesthetic care unit.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

Thanks for listening, and happy studying.

References for today's episode:

Reversal of neuromuscular block by A. Srivastava and J. Hunter:
https://academic.oup.com/bja/article/103/1/115/458792#6888775

Delayed recovery of consciousness after general anaesthesia by E. Thomas, F. Martin and B. Pollard:
https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(20)30020-2/fulltext

Preoperative predictors of poor acute postoperative pain control: a systematic review and meta-analysis by M. Yang et al:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/4/e025091

Oxford Handbook of respiratory medicine 3rd ed:
https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198703860.001.0001/med-9780198703860-chapter-9 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode.

Thanks for listening, and happy studying!

In today's episode, we talk through the first two of four cases addressing common problems encountered in the post anaesthetic care unit.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

Thanks for listening, and happy studying.

References for today's episode:

Reversal of neuromuscular block by A. Srivastava and J. Hunter:
https://academic.oup.com/bja/article/103/1/115/458792#6888775

Delayed recovery of consciousness after general anaesthesia by E. Thomas, F. Martin and B. Pollard:
https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(20)30020-2/fulltext

Preoperative predictors of poor acute postoperative pain control: a systematic review and meta-analysis by M. Yang et al:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/4/e025091

Oxford Handbook of respiratory medicine 3rd ed:
https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198703860.001.0001/med-9780198703860-chapter-9 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode.

Thanks for listening, and happy studying!

In this episode, we take a close look at chronic post surgical pain.

We start by revising the pathophysiology of chronic post surgical pain where we specifically discuss normal acute pain physiology as well as the changes that occur in the progression of acute to chronic pain. We go on to talk about risk factors for the development of chronic post surgical pain before then having a chat about what we can do as anaesthetists to prevent our patients from developing chronic pain after surgery.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

Thanks for listening, and happy studying.

Resources for today's episode:

The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic postsurgical or posttraumatic pain by S. Schug et al:
https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2019/01000/The_IASP_classification_of_chronic_pain_for.6.aspx 

Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity by A. Latremoliere and C. Woolf:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750819/

Transition from acute to chronic pain by A. Feizerfan and G. Sheh:
https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/15/2/98/248869 

Understanding LTP in pain pathways by J. Sandkuhler:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852298/

Acute Pain Manual: Scientific Evidence 5th Ed:
www.anzca.edu.au  

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

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In today's episode, we are joined again by guest interviewee Dr Lahiru Amaratunge, who discusses the vital concept of Crisis Resource Management, or CRM.

He begins by explaining the basics of CRM, and then we go on to apply the principles of CRM to cases you could encounter in in the exam, or indeed your everyday practice.

As soon as you finish this episode, you should consider enrolling in Lahiru's online viva bootcamp course, which is being held on September 18. You can enrol by following this link: 

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/viva-boot-camp-online-for-the-anzca-part-2-exam-2nd-sitting-2021-tickets-148117995913?ref=eios

For IMGs who are interested in Lahiru's IMG course, you can contact him here:

[email protected] 

We love receiving your questions, comments and suggestions at [email protected], so please keep writing in! 

Thanks for listening, and happy studying. 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you!

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Thanks for listening, and happy studying!