New this month: safety alert for New Zealand, Ahpra on facilitating access to care under COVID-19, webAIRS workshop, mortality case studies, voluntary assisted dying, digital health, quality improvement lead training, and more.

POISE-3: Tranexamic acid stems bleeding during non-cardiac surgery

We've approved a "wellbeing CPD education sessions" activity for the knowledge and skills category of the ANZCA and FPM CPD program.

Read a report of the ANZCA Council meeting held from 22-23 October 2021 via videoconference.

Read a report of the ANZCA Council meeting held from 3 - 4 December 2021 via video conference.

Read a report of the ANZCA Council meeting held from 18 - 19 February 2022 via video conference.

Join the CTVP SIG; ANZCP; and ANZSCTS for "Back to the  Future: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future" in conjunction with the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) 2022 Workshop.

There are three commonly recognised types of pain.

Opioids are a class of medicines taken to help reduce pain. They work on the central nervous system to slow down nerve signals between the brain and the body.

As pain medicine is a multi-disciplinary specialty, specialist pain medicine physicians come from a variety of backgrounds.