2-yrs ago I donated bone marrow to my brother, Jack, with AML. He's now back working as an ED doctor in Sydney & has reflected in The Lancet Haematology He reminds us not to shy away from providing hope for our pts even when the odds are stacked against them 🔗bit.ly/2XQZ60I

🆕 Tea Trolley education at #AC2024 We're proud to launch our Tea Trolley Teaching sessions at this year's Annual Congress! Learn strategies to prevent unrecognised oesophageal intubation, and more ☕ Find out more and book now ⬇ 🔗 tinyurl.com/3pdj3xec

I’d encourage folk to flock to this - it’s a simple idea but Fiona has Jones it into a really useful educational tool. She’ll have lots of top tips

Prefilled syringes are associated with... ⬇️ drug errors (17x less likely in this @bja RCT) ⬇️ delay in drawing up infusions ⬆️ patient safety pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22850220/ Association of Anaesthetists Association of Anaesthetists Trainees MHRA Meds Safety CHFG CIEHF

EVERYDAY DEFAULT VL 1099 cases and a short 🧵 Published in 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 Thanks to Craig Lyons for meticulous editing Highlights -No intubation failures -FPS 87.3% (Mac 87%, HAVL 92%) -FPS w/o complications 87% -No complications in theatre -HAVL learning curve short -FPS

In summary Everyday VL in a DGH -all locations -mostly trainees -good success rate -very low complications rate -great FPS w/o complications rate -excellent views -high rates of success with a short learning curve -no, “can see can’t intubate” -minimises problems due to PPE

Fiona Fab! Have shared / reposted / commented-❤️Thank you ❤️for such a significant contribution to #safematernitycare

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Booked for Annual Congress 2024 yet? Early booking closes at 23:59 on 15 August, don’t forget to book your place and save up to £85! #AC2024 #anaesthesia tinyurl.com/2ew88f98 Association of Anaesthetists Love Tea Trolley teaching Fiona

Nilesh Vasan David Healy Paper here documenting our VL experience as best we can. A little over 1000 cases Mostly in COVIS, mostly trainees Lots with predictors of difficulty …-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10… No, we don’t do 5000 easy intubations per year. But we do use a strategy to make them as easy (and

Mandatory training - who is responsible? "What is mandatory, what is statutory and what is fruitful, do not always overlap." Tim Cook Jasmeet Soar Andrew Kane call for a task force, established by the College & the Association, with NHS commitment. 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Our metaraminol and dexamethasone ampoules used to look scarily similar Big thank you to Amanda Varey Sarah Gouldson Chris Marsh Jonny Price for sourcing prediluted metaraminol…with an ampoule that is a different shape, size & colour (& less steps to prepare) MHRA Meds Safety

Tim Cook Fiona - please can we get some support for finding more ICU staff to complete this research - we want to support patients family and staff better but we need more data first…

Renal month was a huge success! Well done to the renal team and to all the staff for getting involved Margi Jenkins 💙 Samantha Overton RUH Critical Care RUHsurgeryteam CC3N