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May 23, 2023
English
This tutorial provides an overview of equipment used in regional anesthesia and its application in current practice, with a focus on improving nerve block success, reducing complications and refining anaesthetic techniques.
Categories: ATOTW / Regional Anaesthesia
January 1, 2023
Patient safety is a serious global public health concern. Studies have suggested that there is a 1 in 300 chance of a patient being harmed during health care. Once patients are harmed, Morbidity and Mortality (M & M) meetings are...
Categories: Standards & Guidelines / Global Health / Patient safety
May 9, 2023
English
This tutorial focuses on this rare but life-threatening complication of thyrotoxicosis, providing a stepwise approach to supportive and pharmacological management, and providing guidance on the optimisation of patients in the perioperative period.
Categories: ATOTW / General Topics
May 2, 2023
English
Climate change and global warming has been accelerating over the past decade due to human activities. Anaesthesia practice makes a significant contribution to climate change, not only by the drugs that we use, but also the large amount of waste...
Categories: ATOTW / General Topics
April 4, 2023
English
Paediatric metabolic bone diseases are a spectrum of disorders, encompassing children of all ages who may require anaesthetic intervention at specialist or non-specialist centres. This article summarises the clinical features and steps to mitigate risk during perioperative care.
Categories: ATOTW / Paediatric Anaesthesia
March 14, 2023
English
This tutorial covers the principles of safe and rational prescribing of opioids for patients on discharge from hospital after surgery. It is intended to be relevant to a wide range of prescribers.
Categories: ATOTW / Pain Management
March 2, 2023
English
This tutorial reviews the Superior Trunk block, a relatively new regional technique useful for shoulder surgery analgesia and anesthesia.
Categories: ATOTW / Regional Anaesthesia
February 14, 2023
English
Prone ventilation is considered for patients with ARDS with PaO2/FiO2 of less than 150 on arterial blood gas. This improves overall lung compliance, leads to homogenous distribution of transpulmonary pressures, improves right heart function, and improves 28-90 days mortality.
Categories: ATOTW / Intensive Care Medicine
November 8, 2022
Spanish
Categories: ATOTW / Obstetric Anaesthesia
January 31, 2023
English
Speaking up and flattening hierarchy plays an important role in maintaining patient safety. This tutorial presents definitions, techniques, strategies, and barriers for implementing speaking up in the operating room.
Categories: ATOTW / Patient Safety