Thanks to all our NAD25 champions

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From foyer displays and equipment demos to morning teas and media interviews, hundreds of fellows and trainees from around Australia and New Zealand celebrated 179 years of modern anaesthesia last Thursday. Click on the image below to see how our fellows and trainees celebrated last Thursday.

Media coverage

We issued two media releases, “National Anaesthesia Day spotlights the specialty” and another release “New tool helps children to recover safely after surgery” about a joint Australian/US research project that has developed a new checklist to help children recover after surgery. The Australian arm of the study was led by ANZCA Councillor Associate Professor Paul Lee-Archer who recorded audio grabs about the project for news broadcasts across Australia.

These grabs have already been broadcast on more than 100 radio stations in metropolitan, rural and regional cities as diverse as Dubbo, Bundaberg, Bendigo, Bathurst, Brisbane, Albany, Bairnsdale, Darwin, Hobart, Lismore, Rockhampton, Wollongong, Toowoomba and Wauchope through radio release.

ABC Radio Brisbane’s Drive program host Ellen Fanning interviewed A/Prof Paul Lee-Archer on her program in a 10-minute segment this afternoon. 

Social media

Engagement on social media was really strong this year thanks, in part, to having such great content. On National Anaesthesia Day alone, our Instagram content received 25,833 views and our Facebook page had 22,778 views. In addition to re-posting photos from participating hospitals, we also shared short video clips and quotes from our new community engagement campaign. 

New community engagement campaign

A focus for this year's celebrations was the launch of a new community engagement campaign. Using the tagline You're in safe hands, the campaign aims to raise awareness around anaesthesia and anaesthetists by sharing your stories. 

We got the ball rolling this year by asking current ANZCA councillors to talk to camera about what a day in the life of an anaesthetist involves; what they love most about their jobs; what they say and do to help patients relax; and what 'soft skills' make for a great anaesthetist. 

But this is just the beginning. We'd really like to build on this campaign over the coming year, and involve as many members as possible. If you're interested in sharing your story, you can find out more here.

Participating hospitals

Last but not least, we'd like to say a huge thank you to the fellows and trainees at the following hospitals for taking part in this year's activities:

Australian Capital Territory

• Canberra Hospital

New South Wales

• Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
• Blacktown-Mount Druitt Hospital
• Bowral and District Hospital
• Children’s Hospital Westmead
• Concord Hospital
• Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
• St George Hospital
• Wollongong Hospital

Northern Territory

• Alice Springs Hospital
• Royal Darwin Hospital

Queensland

• Central Queensland Hospital
• Hervey Bay Hospital
• Ipswich Hospital
• Metronorth Health Queensland
• Princess Alexandra Hospital
• QEII Jubilee Hospital
• Redland Hospital
• Rockhampton Hospital
• Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• St Andrews Anaesthesia
• Sunshine Coast Health
• Sunshine Coast University Hospital
• The Prince Charles Hospital

South Australia

• Lyell McEwin Hospital
• Mount Gambier Hospital
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Victoria

• Albury Wodonga Health
• Austin Health
• Box Hill Hospital
• Broadmeadows Hospital
• Dandenong Hospital
• Footscray Hospital
• Frankston Hospital
• Goulburn Valley Health
• Grampians Health
• Grampians Health Horsham
• Horsham Hospital
• LaTrobe Regional Hospital
• Manningham Private Hospital
• Northeast Health Wangaratta
• Northern Hospital Melbourne
• Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
• Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne
• South West Healthcare
• St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
• Werribee Mercy Hospital

Western Australia

• Armadale Hospital
• Fiona Stanley Hospital
• Geraldton Regional Hospital
• Joondalup Health
• Perth Children’s Hospital
• St John of God Midland Hospital
• St John of God Subiaco Hospital

New Zealand

• Auckland City Hospital
• Christchurch Public Hospital
• Dunedin Hospital
• Hutt Hospital
• Mercy Hospital
• Middlemore Hospital
• Nelson Hospital
• Palmerston North Hospital
• Southland Hospital
• Taranaki Base Hospital
• Te Nikau Hospital & Health Centre
• Waikato Hospital
• Wellington Regional Hospital
• Whangārei Hospital