FPM dean, Associate Professor Mick Vagg, is calling on faculty fellows to condemn the Australian Government's decision to cut $40 million from desperately needed services for people living with chronic pain after it rejected key recommendations from a national taskforce.

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

New this month: Safety alerts; ACSQHC Fact sheet on identification of neural route medicines, fluids and lines; Colour-coding for escalating criticality; New Zealand Sepsis Stocktake; ‘Fast Feed and Wrap’ to avoid anaesthesia for babies; and more.

Important information regarding changes to final exam medical vivas from 2021.

The Alfred in Melbourne is the latest Australian hospital to stop using desflurane as an anaesthetic gas because of its greenhouse gas emissions.

We've re-labelled our professional documents to make them easier for you to find.

ANZCA fellow and anaesthesia researcher Professor Paul Myles is playing a lead role in a new COVID-19 research project with ANZCA’s Clinical Trials Network and Monash University.

The eagerly anticipated fifth edition is now available as a free download.

Rural GPs in Australia will be able to access a new rural generalist anaesthesia qualification from 2023 in a collaboration between the ANZCA, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP).

The change to the ISO 80369-6 small-bore medical device (neural) connector standard is now a high priority for all hospitals as suppliers begin to stop production of Leur connectors worldwide.