For the Spring 2023 edition of the ANZCA Bulletin, we visited Tasmania to talk to anaesthetists and trainees who live and work there.

New this month: Alert update on periprocedural diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) with SGLT2 inhibitor use in people with diabetes; neuraxial equipment changeover guidelines on website; and reporting regurgitations and aspiration events using webAIRS.

At the Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM in Ōtepoti/Dunedin today we launched a karakia, designed to provide pre-surgery comfort to patients and their families/whānau.

The following candidates have been successful in the September/November 2023 final examination. 

Dr Min-Qi Lee knows all too well the impact of the postcode lottery of health on patients living in regional, rural and remote areas.

In September 2022, we visted Darwin to talk to specialist anaesthetists, trainees, and medical students about living and working in Australia's Top End.

The Western Australian Therapeutic Advisory Group and the Western Australian Drug Evaluation Panel have endorsed the delisting of Desflurane from the WA Statewide Medicines Formulary.

Nominations open on 27 September 2023 and close on Thursday 30 November. 

In the latest episode of our audio series, ANZCA President Dr Chris Cokis interviews fellow ANZCA Council colleague Professor Leonie Watterson.

Do you have what it takes to be a primary examiner?