New pEEG presentation - basics of EEG interpretation, induction, arousal, artefacts and EMG - phew! NUH_Anaesthesia Narcotrend Mediplus Anaesthesia Medtronic NUHTheatres youtu.be/p9pPD-CzCjI

10 RCTs every vascular surgery trainee should read and know about. A 🧵 1⃣ EVAR-1 🧾: Endo vs Open >60yo pts 🧑 with AAA >5.5 cm from the 🇬🇧. 30d ☠️ rate was ⬇️ in endo, 1.8 vs 4.3%, with NO differences at 2 yrs. At 15 yrs follow up open (23.8%) had ⬆️survival than endo (14.8%)

Hugo Farne 🫁 Respiratory Futures Love Your Lungs May I introduce you to Prior’s Rules? I’ve shared them with many an anaesthetist as they CCT. 1. Remember that “No” is a complete sentence. 2. Always know when your next lot of annual leave is. 3. No one ever said on their deathbed “I wish I’d spent more time at work”.

🧵on PAs in UK NHS. Bit of both-sideism but from a skeptic viewpoint. Strap in. This will not be short!

In it’s current guise the gov’s work force plan is a disaster & and as a consultant I feel compelled to raise a 🚩 The rapid expansion of anaesthesia associates within the NHS is likely to have severe consequences for patient safety and training Read on if you want to know why

I’m going to save this pearl and look back at it one day. Caveat being if X or I can weather the test of time 😂

At market hall @arcadefoodhallandbar london. £10 for 3 wings! Madness. Is this for real?

1/ The sheer depths of Downing Street’s wretched incompetence, arrogance, narcissism & macho posturing revealed this week shock precisely no-one who worked in the NHS during Covid. Let me remind you (as I did at the time) what those early hellish days of Covid were like for us.

How do you go about this? Highly suppressed pEEG, loss of alpha band but when titrating the propofol down to 1.9, the SEF and BIS both shoot up 🤷🏾‍♂️ Mark Barley 𝘿𝙧 𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙟𝙖 💉 😷 SIVA

Thanks to British Journal of Anaesthesia for FREE access to our PDF on strategies for successful CNB until 4 Feb 2024 - authors.elsevier.com/a/1iG9n7K3e2rz…. This is my definitive work on the paraspinous approach, and it expands on the concepts discussed in this video - youtu.be/Kh8NaXrBGuw

Thanks for highlighting Jeremy, we agree that low NHS productivity is a real problem A quick thread to explain the causes and why the strategies that led to productivity improvements during the 2010s likely contributed to some of the current problems 🧵👇

The direction of travel of health and other public services in this country is/has truly gone to the dogs.

So eloquently put. An example of how to deliver a succinct message laced with emotion and clarity.

Timely reminder

We've secured an important step forward. Thanks to public support, the GMC has been forced to reconsider its flawed decision not to investigate Dr. Aseem Malhotra's concerning statements about COVID vaccines.

My perspective on AAs; a 🧵 I was an ANP before medical school and am now a specialty doctor in anaesthetics. I work with 2 qualified AAs who are excellent, I am often asked for my opinion given my background, so here it is a long thread including my own story.

One to end the narrative of POCUS for every organ in the body, starting with the stomach

Man of the people

Can’t seem to log on to the anaesthetics.app from down under as the server is down. Is this temporary or part of a wider disruption to the app? Simon Bluhm

Just a few thoughts 3 weeks into life down under as a medic. Already feel more valued than I ever did as a trainee in the NHS. 1. Free hot lunch daily 2. Free meal when covering OOH 3. Locker access from day 1 4. Free parking 5. Coffee mug provided NHS England do better