Due to the ongoing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers and facilities, this year's celebrations will, understandably, be low key in most hospitals. But we're delighted to have the support of National Anaesthesia Day champions in more than 50 hospitals and obstetric facilities across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Click the icon below to download our DIY bunting kit.

In collaboration with clinicians and community representatives (including Associate Professor Victoria Eley and Dr Jane Brown - co-chairs of the Obstetric Anaesthesia SIG), we've produced a series of posters (including our first poster translated into te Reo Māori) and a set of three fact sheets in English and in te Reo Māori). We've sent these to all participating hospitals. Click the images below to download and print A1-sized versions of the posters.

        

We've launched a new animated patient information video designed to guide conversations between patients and healthcare professionals, and to provide reassurance and advice to pregnant women about the safety of anaesthesia before, during, and after having a baby.

We'll be running a social media campaign across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #NAD21. We'd encourage all fellows, trainees, specialist international medical graduates, and allied healthcare professionals to support this campaign by sharing our posts and adding their own perspectives.

Our #NAD21 social media toolkit contains a suite of artwork files including Instagram Stickers, shareable images, and animated GIFs to help you to share your support on the day.

#NAD21 toolkit

Every year, hundreds of fellows and trainees in dozens of hospitals and private practices around Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand get involved in activities that support our annual theme and raise the profile of our profession in the community. These can range from simple foyer displays to hands-on demonstrations. It's not too late to get involved and we'd love to share your stories.

Our #NAD21 social media toolkit contains a suite of artwork files including Instagram Stickers, shareable images, and animated GIFs to help you to share your support on the day.

#NAD21 toolkit

We'd love to engage as many midwives and obstetricians as possible in our activities on the day, and hope that the new resouces we've developed will complement the existing information available from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; the Australian College of Midwives; and the New Zealand College of Midwives.

Our #NAD21 social media toolkit contains a suite of artwork files including Instagram Stickers, shareable images, and animated GIFs to help you to share your support on the day.

#NAD21 toolkit

As Australasia’s leading authority on anaesthesia and pain medicine, ANZCA provides accessible, evidence-based information designed to help you and your patients make informed decisions. Our patient information fact sheets and videos have been developed by specialist medical physicians. 

Our #NAD21 social media toolkit contains a suite of artwork files including Instagram Stickers, shareable images, and animated GIFs to help you to share your support on the day.

#NAD21 toolkit