Been a busy weekend watching all the #RAUK24 bookings coming in prior to early bird and writing first #ASRASpring24 talk (one more to do 🥵) Is a plan A femoral block enough…? Do we need to complicate things? Anyone doing superior cluneal nerve blocks 😉 (spoiler I’m not…)

The 2024 Gaston Labat awardee is Dr. Christopher Wu! He will present his lecture “Regional Anesthesia & Outcomes: Past Present & Future” during #ASRASPRING24. Read more: ow.ly/9MjZ50QEP0a Plus, his #ASRANews interview discusses career advice & more: ow.ly/f21O50QEP0l

Critical review by Wanner et al of recent meta-analysis on intraoperative blood pressure emphasises the need for personalised MAP management in perioperative care. #Anaesthesia bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…

Let's Talk is our regular members only event, where you can chat with College council members and staff about the specialty, your membership, or make suggestions on what we can do differently. Join us online on Tuesday 27 February at 7.00pm Register: ow.ly/K1Y350QF4ry

A new study suggests that decreased rather than increased tidal volume, decreased compliance, increased mechanical power, and decreased EtC02 were all independently associated with postoperative pulmonary complications. Read the research: ow.ly/y4cR50QFoB3

Alongside NOrF and CC3N we welcome and support #MarthasRule. Successful implementation will depend upon a properly resourced critical care outreach service in every unit and investment is needed to ensure all can succeed. Full statement: bit.ly/CCOP_MarthaRule

Authors discuss recovery from general anesthesia, a multistep process requiring the reversal or discontinuation of anesthetic drugs. They detail endpoints that can be used to assess reversal or recovery and areas for future research. ow.ly/beLj50QFzM7

#Infographic in #Anesthesiology - NPO! Ready to Go?: Do Current Fasting Guidelines Ensure Empty Stomach in Diabetic Patients? 🎨 ow.ly/EuwZ50QUG5O

Is Remimazolam safe and effective for sedation? New systematic review comparing remimazolam to propofol sedation by Barbosa et al #remimazolam #sedation bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…

Check out the highlights of our new Special Issue on Regional Anaesthesia to coincide with #RAUK24 FREE to view during May bjanaesthesia.org/current#Specia…

🥇Congratulations to James Wright for winning the #RAUK24 Infographic Competition with ‘How To Test A Brachial Plexus Block’ The standard of competition was high and we enjoyed reviewing all the brilliant posters

The latest issue of BJA Education is now available. Members are able to access the journal by logging into the MyRCoA portal myrcoa.rcoa.ac.uk, which includes a flipbook feature, or via the BJA Education website. British Journal of Anaesthesia

A #BJAEd editor's choice, #OpenAccess, article on Metabolic Acidosis in anaesthesia and critical care. How to identify the subtypes? What is the physiology? How to manage correctly? All addressed - and more - by Drs. Park, Cave & Freebairn at bjaed.org/article/S2058-…

Authors discussed the definition of severe bleeding, how to identify procedures and patients with high bleeding risk, and perioperative considerations for the management of severely bleeding coagulopathic patients. Learn more: ow.ly/TpuK50Rzt7f

🔔 The EFIC Virtual Pain Education Summit 2024 has been accredited by EACCME with 14.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s), enabling each medical specialist to claim the hours of credit spent in the educational activity. Discover more via: europeanpainfederation.eu/virtual-pain-e…

Huge congratulations to Richard Armstrong Andrew Kane Emira Kuršumović Fiona Oglesby who have been awarded the Humphry Davy Award for their work on NAP7. The project was led by @iainmoppett, Tim Cook & Jasmeet Soar, who nominated the NAP7 Fellows for the award. 👉 ow.ly/k2FI50SI1yl

🔓BRAND NEW GUIDELINES! Peri-operative care of transgender and gender-diverse individuals: guidance for clinicians and departments. Featured today in The Independent and The Telegraph. This document provides the first guidance produced to advise on best practice to ensure the safety

Association between driving pressure-guided ventilation and postoperative pulmonary complications in surgical patients: new meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis by Gu et al #ventilation #surgery #PPCs bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…

🔬 Curious findings in this RCT! 💉 Combining a popliteal plexus block with a femoral triangle block reduced 24-hour opioid use post-TKA (Bupivacaine 0.5% was used). ⚠️ No differences in pain, mobilization, or muscle function!!! 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3y6Aaoe

Eurostar Paris services face delays and cancellations after “co-ordinated attack” on French train network  bbc.in/3A1zCk3