Frequently asked questions
Find answers to frequently asked questions from CPD participants.
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Support our work
Your support can help deliver life-saving research and education in anaesthesia and pain medicine.
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Environmental sustainability
The healthcare sector is highly interconnected with activities that emit pollution to air, water and soils, resulting in a significant ecological footprint and contribution to anthropogenic climate change.
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Anaesthetic incident reporting
We oversee a range of incident reporting activities in Australia and New Zealand, including mortality reporting and webAIRS, to ensure that we continue to be two of the safest countries in the world to undergo anaesthesia.
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Training as an anaesthetist
Your guide to training as a specialist anaesthetist in Australia or New Zealand, including the criteria, application process and cost.
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Ventolin metered dose inhalers (AU)
Important information on changes to the design of Salbutamol (Ventolin) metered dose inhalers (MDIs/‘puffers’) in Australia.
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Australian impact of regional and global shortage of intravenous solutions
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) have published an alert about a shortage of multiple intravenous (IV) fluid products in Australia due to global supply limitations, unexpected increases in demand, and manufacturing issues.
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ANZCA CICM Dual Training Pathway FAQs
Everything you need to know about the proposed ANZCA CICM dual training pathway, including the reasons for its development, duration, eligibility requirements and the timeframes.
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New Zealand recall: Carestation 750/750c Anesthesia Delivery Systems, O2 low-pressure alarm malfunct
The O2 supply low-pressure alarm tone may malfunction on GE Healthcare/Datex-Ohmeda Carestation 750/750c Anesthesia Delivery Systems located in New Zealand.
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Product defect correction: Medfusion syringe pump models 3500 & 4000, eight issues
Several of the eight issues could cause serious injury or death. Remove and quarantine device from use.
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