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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Joining a SIG is the perfect way to meet like-minded people; exchange ideas; and shape the future of your sub-speciality or area of interest.
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Apply to join a SIG
Joining a SIG is the perfect way to meet like-minded people; exchange ideas; and shape the future of your sub-speciality or area of interest.
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Apply to join a SIG
Joining a SIG is the perfect way to meet like-minded people; exchange ideas; and shape the future of your sub-speciality or area of interest.
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Apply to join a SIG
Joining a SIG is the perfect way to meet like-minded people; exchange ideas; and shape the future of your sub-speciality or area of interest.
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Apply to join a SIG
Joining a SIG is the perfect way to meet like-minded people; exchange ideas; and shape the future of your sub-speciality or area of interest.
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Faulty co-axial (Bain) circuits and hypercapnia risk – cautionary note
Defects in co-axial (Bain) circuits have been known to occur and to cause patients to develop severe hypercapnia.
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Misconnections of breathing circuits
There have been several instances of misconnections involving co-axial breathing circuits where after performance of the “two bag test.”
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Tranexamic acid labelling deaths
Tranexamic acid deaths resulting from similar labelling to other anaesthetics
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ANZCA Prize Best Medical Student - Papua New Guinea
Awarded to the medical student with the best overall performance in the anaesthesia module of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Papua New Guinea.
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