New guidance on sterile gown use during spinal anaesthesia aims to reduce unnecessary waste while maintaining high standards of patient safety
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💡Speaker Spotlight💡
Prof Iain Moppett will be joining us in Cork, next week!
Register now to catch his talk!
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📚 It's World Book Day
We’re committed to helping make professional development and staying up to date as accessible as possible for everyone in our specialty. So to celebrate, we’re highlighting three book discounts available to members. 👇
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🔊🚨 Research Project Grant call - opportunities now live!
We’re supporting research in key priority areas, including: patient safety, innovation, clinical outcomes, education and training, professional standards, environmental sustainability, among others.
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Well done to award winner, Dr Aislinn Sherwin, from St James's Hospital in Dublin! 👏 @sjhdublin.bsky.social
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Last day for members 20% early bird discount! A fantastic programme!
Hypnosis can be used to aid your clinical practice.
Anaesthetists, discover the power of words to reduce anxiety, build rapport and manage pain. Join our dynamic two-day course from the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH).
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📅 11-12 February
Come work with us!
📍 Near to Belfast?
Our two-day Core Topics Meeting includes talks on pensions, consent guidelines, diabetes in the perioperative period, updates in obstetric anaesthesia and much more!
Members get 20% off, view the programme and book ➡️https://buff.ly/SmURZ8m
#Anaesthetists are leading efforts to reduce #N2O usage, via mitigation of leaks and reduced clinical use, but more work is needed to further reduce its #environmentaleffects
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Developments in nitrous oxide capture technologies: bridging current research to clinical applications
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We’re offering BIG member savings!
Book Winter Scientific Meeting before 4 December to save up to £305.
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Look forward to two incredible days of hands-on learning, vital updates, and new perspectives for every stage of your career.
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Irish Standing Committee Annual Symposium in Dublin on Saturday! It was a great morning of CPD and prize presentations. Congratulations to the winners of the oral presentation prize: Dr Evelyn Scott, Dr Andrew Kelly and Dr Yulia Gamper
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The Irish Standing Committee Symposium is coming soon. Join us in November for this "must make event" to hear the latest updates in block assessment in C-sections, national airway leads and rescue trolley and much more.
📆 Saturday 15 November
📍 Dublin Royal Convention Centre
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🚨 One month to go!
Join us for the Irish Standing Committee Annual Symposium 2025 – a key day of learning for anaesthetists across Ireland and beyond.
📆 Saturday 15 November 2025
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📍 Dublin Royal Convention Centre
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Don’t miss our new guideline launching at #AC2025 today!
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The deadline for the Winter Scientific Meeting 2026 abstract submissions is 23:59 on Wednesday 3 September. Selected abstracts will be chosen for ePoster presentation during the conference in London and will be eligible for cash prizes.
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The deadline to submit your 500-word synopsis to the ISC has been extended. Submit before midnight on 10 September for your chance to win.
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Did you know, anaesthetists in training are eligible for FREE membership of @iars360.bsky.social for the duration of their training?
Just select an ‘in training’ category when you go to join on the International Anaesthesia Research Society website 👇
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Just one month to go until Resident Doctors Conference 2025!
Organised by residents for residents, look forward interactive career-focused workshops built just for you.
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🌍 WFSA Launches Declaration on Labour Analgesia
Pain relief during childbirth is a right, not a privilege.
The ASA & ESAIC Presidents have endorsed this call. Will you stand with us?
📄 More about the Declaration: shorturl.at/y4JJ6
📩 To endorse, contact: comms@wfsahq.org
In the context of the pain and exhaustion of labour, inadequate and untimely information provision and dialogue between women and their anaesthetists can undermine the implementation of lawful consent.
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Getting a paper published is hard work & so too is gaining the skills, knowledge and experience to become an Editor. This exciting fellowship programme from @anaesjournal.bsky.social & @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social aims to provide all this and much more 👉 buff.ly/JJnaS1N
You've been meaning to get around to reading about the differences between adult TCI models for propofol? On the to do list for .... ever??
Listen to this to get you warmed up, and check out the references in the show notes for the in depth excitement you're desperate to have!
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“TIVA where possible” Go Dutch! #tiva
