New this month: Glycine toxicity and TURPS, Tranexamic Acid and labelling deaths, Withdrawal of pholcodine-containing products from New Zealand market, ‘Surgeon’ becomes a protected title in Australia, webAIRS publications.

Prospective authors have until 11.59pm AEDT on 21 January 2024 to submit abstracts for the 2024 ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Brisbane.

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

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

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.

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.

This hub has been designed for educators participating in the ANZCA, FPM and DHM training programs to identify suitable support resources.

Now's the perfect time to start exploring some sub-specialties. Through our involvement in Anaesthesia Continuing Education (ACE), ANZCA and FPM fellows have access to 17 special interest groups (SIGs) that allow practitioners to study, report and develop educational events in...