Have you heard of a regional anaesthesia alert bracelet? • Reminds to perform straight leg raise at 4 h • Flags inability to raise legs at 4 h for escalation • Prevents routine administration of anticoagulants following neuraxial Rose Kearsley 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Nice letter by two The Rotunda Hospital anaesthesia trainees, highlighting the use of alert bracelets post neuraxial block in response to work by Shippam et al. Well done Cathriona Murphy and Tara Banon !

Simon Ash Damien Hughes Yes, Simon very cost effective safety initiative. Trusts are either using an online company to make bracelets (1-3p each) or printing stickers to put on hospital wristband. Link below for template. #OBAnes OAA @anaes_journal hcsnisoutherntrust.pagetiger.com/regional-anaes…

Come work with us in the Rotunda in Jan 2025! Registrar positions available. Nice department, lots of opportunities for QI, research and audit! Great teaching programme incl: TTE, Sim & POCUS therotundahospital.occupop-careers.com/jobs/e2cdec47-… AnneDee John Loughrey Thomas Drew Ryan Howle

275 women died in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy in 2020-2022 from causes related to or exacerbated by pregnancy among 2,028,543 women giving birth, a maternal mortality rate of 13.56 per 100,000 buff.ly/2HR30eT

Before examining day 3 of #OAA3dc24, I recognize some #OBAnes may need > 2 weeks warning for planning: #SOAPAM25 with Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA taking the #Ostheimer baton from Dr Melissa Bauer is April 30- May 4, Portland OR #OAA25ASM is May 15-16 in Belfast (NIOAN hosting)

All you need to know about gastric emptying in pregnancy- well done Ryan Howle and colleagues sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Super upbeat start to the OAA 3 day conference! #OAA3dc24 OAA NIOAN

Another busy few days at SONAR HQ with more sites joining our collaboration. Get in touch if your centre isn't marked to join our study looking at pain during caesarean delivery under neuraxial anaesthesia.

⭐️ Just 2 weeks until abstract submissions close for OAA Scientific Meeting Belfast! ⭐️ #OBAnes #OAA25ASM 🔗oaa-anaes.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=… OAA Trainee Rep. OAA NIRAS Irish Society of Obstetric Anaesthesia

A great round up of published work from 2024 in this editorial in International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia from Dr. Ruthi Landau who is the new editor in chief. Lots of work published from Ireland last year! Looking forward to what 2025 will bring ! #obanes obstetanesthesia.com/article/S0959-…

Book your place now for Annual Scientific Meeting Belfast 2025 ICC Belfast | International Convention Centre . Connect with peers, delve into exciting topics, and enjoy an early bird rate, exclusively for OAA members! 🤩📷 #OBAnes #OAAASM2025 Visit Belfast

🔍Introducing: IJOA at a Glance! 🔍 #ObAnaes #ObAnes

🚨Less than 2 weeks to go! Have you secured your spot yet? Don’t miss out. Book now🗓️ #Anaesthesia #OAAASM2025 #Belfast YSOA Visit Belfast ICC Belfast | International Convention Centre #ObstetricAnaesthesia #OBAnes

The BMJ ACOG Rachel Harrison (Kearns) OAA SOAP SMFM ASRA Pain Medicine Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA Paloma Toledo Susanna Stanford 💙 Susan Burton Michael Hofkamp, MD, FASA ObsAnaesthetist Irish Society of Obstetric Anaesthesia NIOAN bob funnekotter UCT Anaesthesia Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA’s key take-home points from #Ostheimer25 at #SOAPAM2025: ▪️ #OBAnes makes difference in SMM & GA rates (necessary GA a must!) ▪️optimize uterotonic dosing +/- calcium ▪️prevent & TREAT pain at caesarean ▪️VL for neonates exists ▪️Digital tech/AI may transform care

rachelmathers-best (NIOAN chair) presents “An Update on #OBAnes for Operative Delivery” at #OAA25ASM. She insisting this is not an Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA #Ostheimer, I suspect she’ll deliver something spectacular in its own right!

First successful session of #OAA25ASM Damien Hughes rachelmathers-best OAA NIOAN Irish Society of Obstetric Anaesthesia #OBAnes

Congratulations to our very own Damien Hughes on being re-elected to the OAA exc committee!! Legend! 🎉 ObsAnaesNetwork OAA #OAAASM25

The latest episode of #AnaesthesiaOnAir features Dr Helgi in conversation with retired anaesthetist Dr Maginness about the Omagh bomb. Dr Maginness was an Omagh local and part of the medical response team. Recorded at #Anaesthesia2025 in Belfast. 🎧ow.ly/eFbz50WGczQ

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA) ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-pa…