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Defects in co-axial (Bain) circuits have been known to occur and to cause patients to develop severe hypercapnia.

Awarded to the medical student with the best overall performance in the anaesthesia module of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Papua New Guinea

There have been several instances of misconnections involving co-axial breathing circuits where after performance of the “two bag test.”

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The Training Accreditation Committee (TAC) implements council policy in relation to the accreditation of approved training sites (usually Approved Hospital Departments but also other sites such as retrieval services) and rotational training programs in anaesthesia, noting that...

Important information on changes to the design of Salbutamol (Ventolin) metered dose inhalers (MDIs/‘puffers’) in Australia.

The purpose of the ESN is “to advocate, collaborate and promote initiatives and projects related to environmental sustainability within anaesthesia, perioperative and pain medicine”.

Yellow substance described in Getinge Sevoflurane Quik-Fil Vaporizer for Flow Family Anaesthesia system, likely hydrogen fluoride. Possible harms include respiratory irritation or in worst case lung oedema and/or severe hypocalcaemia.

Perioperative medicine emphasises the importance of an integrated, planned, and personalised approach to patient care before, during, and after any surgical procedure involving anaesthesia.