New this month: Safety Alert – GLP-1 Agonist guideline December review, Victorian Framework for Morbidity and Mortality meetings; Avant article about the importance of communication between colleagues; webAIRS paper on oesophageal intubations.

Now More Than Ever

“You’re in safe hands” is the theme for ANZCA’s 2024 National Anaesthesia Day on Wednesday 16 October.

The ANZCA Training Program is moving towards a model of competency-based education as part of the training program evolution.

The Faculty of Pain Medicine, the Australian Pain Society and Chronic Pain Australia say the 8 April ABC Four Corners program highlighted the need for a national pain device implant registry and a national model of implanted pain treatment care to protect patients.

As part of our ongoing commitment to elevating professionalism in our workforce, we have completed a comprehensive review of the 2017 Supporting Anaesthetists’ Professionalism and Performance: A Guide for Clinicians.

The college responded to an ABC online article ahead of publication on 1 May

Children with breathing problems requiring surgery could benefit from a new oxygen delivery technique that improves oxygen flow during anaesthesia.

ANZCA, along with peak diabetes, obesity and gastroenterological bodies, has produced clinical practice recommendations for patients using GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists.

The college has signed an historic joint statement to reduce the health system’s carbon emissions.