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Just published
#ATOTW
506
Practical considerations to access the epidural space
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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Dr Richard Harris from Australia , honoured today by
@ASALifeline
, explains how his anaesthesia and cave diving skills came together to help save the Thai boys football team
#ketaminesaveslives
#leadership
#ANES18
@ASA_Australia
#Amazing
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🚨New tutorial published 🚨- ATOTW 514:
Basics of ECMO - I
First of a 2 part intro into the basics of extracorporeal life support– indications, contraindications, ECMO circuit,
#anaesthesia
& ventilation for patients on ECMO.
#anesthesia
#criticalcare
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Happy
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
Looking forward to everyone sharing their
#resus
pictures and videos .
Just like our good friend Tore
@LaerdalGH
#WorldRestartAHeart
#resuscitation
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Happy
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
2020 !! This year we're want the global
#anaesthesia
family to share their occupational wellbeing strategies
#OurWellbeing
. Please tag us and we'll amplify. Check out this
#WAD2020
msg from our president
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We're pleased to announce the
@wfsaorg
International Standards For A Safe Practice of Anaesthesia have been updated & co-published with
@WHO
for the first time. A great achievement for
#globalanaesthesia
as a key component of
#globalhealth
! Read them here:
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Ventilation Management pocket guidelines
Fantastic helpful resource from our friends
@UCSFAnesthesia
&
#ZuckerbergSanFranciscoGeneral
#COVID19
#anaestheisa
#anesthesia
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2 yrs in the making .... delighted to share w. you Update in
#Anaesthesia
- Vol 36 Special Edition Anaesthetic Education / COVID-19
19 articles - free to download. Kudos to eds & authros🙌🙌
#UIA
#anesthesia
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Member of our
#WHA72
delegation and
@scarecolombia
President shows support for
#HealthForAll
here at the
@WHO
, and will be representing the WFSA at the
@pahowho
70th Regional Committee for the
#Americas
in September.
#SafeAnaesthesiaSavesLives
#LeaveNoOneBehind
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How ready are you to share your
#OurWellbeing
tips for
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
?
If not very, check out this handy
#WAD2020
toolkit for ideas (available in English, French, Portuguese & Spanish)
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
#SAFEOnline
#Obstetrics
and
#Paediatrics
courses now available online as open-access as well as closed courses 🥳
The online courses provide knowledge-based components of SAFE in an open access e-learning format
@safe_courses
@assoc_anaes
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World Anaesthesia Day 2023 is on Monday 16 October - join colleagues the world over by celebrating across social media.
Free
#WAD2023
photobooth -
Register for
#oncoanaesthesia
webinar -
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🚨Just published...Tutorial No. 460🚨
Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing: Viscoelastic Haemostatic Assays
- How they function, what they tell us about our patients' clotting status, comparisons with other coagulation tests.
#ATOTW
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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The evidence is clear. Without access to safe & affordable
#anaesthesia
and surgery there will be no
#UHC
. This
#UHCDay
we urge
@WHO
member states to commit to WHA68.15 and strengthen
#anesthesia
and surgical provision.
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It’s really quite emotional watching these female leaders of
#anaesthesiology
rightly celebrated at
#wca2024
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🚨New tutorial published - ATOTW 517: The Physiologically Difficult Airway Beyond anatomy, this common challenge in ICU, anaesthesiology, and emergency medicine requires insight into complex scenarios not covered by standard algorithms.
#anaesthesia
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A new era of leadership for the world’s anaesthesiologists.
@WFSA
's Presidential duo take charge
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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#COVID19
Surgical Patient Checklist - strategies for performing surgery on COVID-positive patients now available in English, Hindi, French, Spanish and plain text
@wfsaorg
@Smiletrain
@SaferSurgery
#anesthesia
#anaesthesia
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Indeed - "The World Needs More Anaesthesiologists. Here's Why." Great article in
@devex
by
@dbarash
from the
@GE_Foundation
together with one of our anaesthesia champions Dr Mark Newton. We agree!
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Join the
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
2020 campaign on well-being
16 October join with the global anaesthesia family to raise awareness and coping mechanisms to protect the
#wellbeing
of
#anaesthesia
professionals
Download the
#WAD2020
toolkit and poster from
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Delighted that 240 anaesthesiologists from L&LMIC countries received bursaries to attend
#EA20
Product of a fantastic partnership w.
@ESAIC_org
&
@ASA_Australia
If you got a bursary pls share your
#EA20
experiences .
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We're excited to launch our latest short film entitled "Happy Birth Days" which explores the impact of
#SAFEObstetric
#anaesthesia
courses in Tanzania! Learn more and watch:
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Did you know that 16.9 million people every year will die as a result of a lack of access to safe & affordable anaesthesia, & that a lack of appropriate equipment (
#TheRightStuff
) contributes in part to this high number? Join our
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
campaign to raise awareness
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October 16th
#WAD2023
theme is
#oncoanaesthesia
details of a special free webinar to follow.
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The indispensability of anaesthesiologists has been made even more apparent by their prominent role in the global response to COVID-19. And yet 5 out of 7 billion people still do not have access to safe, affordable and quality anaesthesia and surgical care.
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New tutorial published 🚨No 478 - Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block - An Evidence-Based Discussion
topics covered - the anatomical basis for the block’s success, the technique itself & future of the PENG block.
#anesthesia
#anaesthesia
#anesthesiology
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Colombian Coffee! The best way to kick start day 3 of the
#WCA2021
@wfsawca
@clasanews
#UHC2030
#NightShift
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#HappyInternationalWomensDay
from four incredible women in anaesthesia
-
@HaylockLCaro
#WFSA
President-Elect
- Angela Enright WFSA Past President (2008-2012)
- Daniela Filipescu WFSA President
- Jannicke Mellin-Olsen WFSA Past President (2018-2020)
#InspireInclusion
@wfsawca
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Excellent airway management
#COVID19
infographic by
@gaseousXchange
For info &
#anaesthesia
guidelines check out our regularly updated
#coronavirus
resource page
#anesthesia
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Exciting day today as we formally welcome Dr Wayne Morriss as WFSA's new President. 🎊🎉
A short bio of his long-standing support for WFSA &
#globalhealth
.
Looking forward to the next 2 years of
@wwmorriss
#anaesthesia
leadership.
#anesthesia
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Absolutely. 30% of the global burden of disease is amenable to surgical intervention. BUT less than 1% of global health funding is for surgery and anesthesia & almost all of that 1% for just a few conditions rather than for strengthening surgical systems
#UHC
@WHO
@theG4Alliance
The time is right to start changing the numbers in the graph below. Let's keep building the momentum of the Global Surgery discussion from the 72nd WHA.
#GlobalSurgery
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Celebrate your
#TeamAnaesthesia
by adding your photo to the ever growning
#WAD2021
mosaic
Then share online and let us know what you love about your team.
#anesthesia
#anaesthesia
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Happy faces all around at the Scholar's reception where they received certificates and pulse oximeters from
@SaferSurgery
@AAAC2022Kigali
#AAAC2022
#anesthesia
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7
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It was great to meet
@EdnaAdan
at
@wfsaorg
HQ today and discuss obstetric and paediatric
#anaesthesia
care in
#Somaliland
!
#globalhealth
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HE the Minister of Health for Fiji makes it pretty clear. "There can be no UHC without safe surgery, there can be no safe surgery without safe anaesthesia". A packed room agrees.
#WHA72
@JohnMeara
@theG4Alliance
@emakasa
@drwaltjohnson
@jmellinolsen
@AdrianGelb
@wwmorriss
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🙌 2 years late (thank you
#covid
😠 ) our wonderful president
@AdrianGelb
finally gets to wear the presidential chain - beautiful handover from
@jmellinolsen
#EA22mico
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Read now from the new edition of
#UpdateinAnaesthesia
'Paediatric Anaesthesia Outside the Operating Room in Children' 👇
#UIA37
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New
#anaesthesia
tutorial published.
#ATOTW
498 - Management of Accidental Intra-Arterial Injections
examining the aetiology, pathophysiology and management as well as considering steps which can be taken to prevent accidents from happening.
#anesthesia
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Hot off the presses - ATOTW No. 458
An Update on Effective Management of the Postdural Puncture Headache
The pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention & management of PDPH
#ATOTW
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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Inaugural Medical Simulation Education Instructor Course in Uganda, developed as part of the UCSF-Makerere University- WFSA partnership. Great to see anaesthesia providers from across the region practicing and designing simulation scenarios for future
#anaesthesia
#education
.
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17th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 1- 5 Sept 2021 is now entirely online and fully accessible.
Same networking, learning, and opportunities for a fraction of the cost.
Register now for
#WCA21
at
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
@wfsawca
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Postpartum Haemorrhage remains the leading cause of maternal mortality & morbidity with an estimated rate of 140,000 per year or 1 death every 4 minutes. Administering Oxytocic helps both the prevention & treatment of postpartum haemorrhage.
#Anaesthesia
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Mongolia's
#anaesthesia
community celebrating
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
Дэлхийн мэдээгүйжүүлэлтийн өдрийн мэнд хүргэе
Who doesn't love a photo montage? Great stuff.
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In
@TheLancet
4·2m people worldwide die within 30 days of surgery each year & half of these deaths occur in the LMICs where so little of that surgery happens so how we scale up surgical care in LMICs must be about quantity AND quality, access AND safety
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For World Anaesthesia Day
#WAD2021
on Oct 16 join the global
#TeamAnaesthesia
and share what teamwork means to you and your colleagues. Find out more at
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Each year 4.2m people die within 30 days of Surgery....
@janetmartinwho
@BruceBiccard
and 50 to 70% of these in
#LMICs
#RSMSAFET19
#pomr
and increasing risk in
#LIC
where anaesthetic related POMR diverges hugely from
#HIC
#inequity
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New tutorial published - ATOTW 519: Button battery ingestion in children 👉 This tutorial discusses the critical issue of button battery ingestion in children, emphasising the need for timely recognition, potential life-threatening complications,
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New tutorial published
#ATOTW
462 - Peri-partum Neurological Injury
How to evaluate neuraxial
#anaesthesia
in the obstetric patient, including complications, decision making processes eg need/order/timing of investigations.
#anesthesia
#obstetric
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Why are people dying following surgery in Africa? via
@worldbankdata
- Great to see the
@WFSAorg
Global Anaesthesia Workforce Map featured!
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Happy New Year to anaesthesiologists and anaesthesia providers everywhere. Especially to the many of you who worked so hard to keep patients safe over the holidays. May 2019 be another amazing year as we get closer to our goal of safe anaesthesia for all
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🚨New tutorial published 🚨- ATOTW 516: Preoperative assessment of functional capacity
Functional capacity assessment, crucial for evaluating preoperative risk, involves both subjective methods like METs and objective tests such as CPET, with no single
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100 not out! 🎉🎂🎉
Celebrating a century of Anesthesia & Analgesia
Congrats and happy birthday
@IARS_Journals
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Congratulations to the Society of Anaesthesiologists
#Malawi
who just held their 1st National
#Anaesthesia
Conference!
#globalanaesthesia
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Join us on Monday 23 May Safer C-sections - Improving maternal health outcomes.
Leading thinkers discussing practical progs to strengthen obstetric surgery
attend in person -
or via zoom-
With
@MOH_Kenya
@UNFPA
@Jhpiego
@JNJNews
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The WFSA, as a non-state actor in official relations with the
@WHO
, also presented a statement on
#patientsafety
at the
#WHA72
last week, highlighting how anaesthesiologists have a particular focus
#patientsafety
. You can now watch all the proceedings here
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World Anaesthesia Day 2022 – join the global
#anaesthesia
community on 16 October to celebrate
#anesthesia
professionals' leadership of medication safety.
#WAD2022
Tools & resources:
Are you
#MedSafe
?
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For the next 15 months these four doctors from
#Liberia
, a country which has no
#physician
level
#anaesthesia
providers, will be completing a
#postgraduate
diploma in anaesthesia in
#Nigeria
. We wish them luck as they travel today!
#AnaesthesiaEducation
#GlobalHealth
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A true
#legend
in
#medicine
and
#anesthesia
. Wishing Dr Jeanne all the best for a very well-deserved retirement.
Today,we got to celebrate the retirement of our fantastic pioneer Dr
#Jeanne
, who taught Thousands on how to do
#Anesthesia
. She's been the backbone in
#Rwanda
. So many colleagues came from the whole country to give the legend a fitting send-off. Thank you, Dr. for all you did.
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Access to safe anaesthesia and safe surgery is a basic right human.
Happy
#HumanRightsDay2020
everyone. Fight the good fight.
#anaesthesia
#globalhealth
#anesthesia
#UHC
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Just published tutorial- Basics of Face Masks & Respirators
Facemasks are a part of our daily lives, & yet we know little about this seemingly low-tech piece of device. ATOTW 434 reviews this basic but important PPE.
#COVID
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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Great to see
#globalsurgery
and
#globalanaesthesia
in the spotlight in this
@theeconomist
article! Kindest cut: It is wrong to see surgery as an expensive luxury
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Very excited to be joining friends & colleagues in Kigali for
#AAAC2022
. We’ve got loads of resources (and chocolate) at our booth so come over for a chat.
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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ATOTW 488 - Adjuvant Medications for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
This tutorial evaluates the current evidence on perineural (compared to systemic) adjuvant medications in regional anesthesia to improve and prolong analgesia.
#anesthesia
#nerveblocks
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World Anaesthesia Day 2022 – join the global
#anaesthesia
community on 16 October to celebrate
#anesthesia
professionals' leadership of medication safety.
#WAD2022
& resources:
Are you
#MedSafe
?
0
17
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Fantastic to have 25
#anaesthesia
leaders from every corner of the world for a face-to-face council meeting.
An incredible amount knowledge and expertise sat around this table.
#anesthesia
#globalhealth
#UHC
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Good teamwork leads to improved patient outcomes, increased staff satisfaction & less burnout.
This World
#Anaesthesia
Day 16th Oct join with us to celebrate
#teamanaesthesia
.
#WAD2021
Tools and resources available
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Free Essential Pain Management online training now available - Register today and get learning
@ANZCA
@interplastanz
@IASPPAIN
@ASA_Australia
@northernhealth_
#anaesthesia
#anesthesia
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Thank you to the excellent panellists at our
#capnography
session at
#Euroanaesthesia2023
today 🎉💪
#EA23
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Applications Open: Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa (
#PATA
) Fellowship, Uganda
#AssociationofAnesthesiologistsofUganda
#AAU
is offering two 12-month
#PaediatricAnaesthesiaFellowship
positions starting September 2024
Read more:
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Dr Bala Jagannathan representing
#anaesthesiologists
worldwide at special World Health Assembly briefing session. Support & investment into
#anaesthesia
is vital to realise ECO and UHC targets.
#wha77
#anesthesia
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Now launched: WFSA Global Anaesthesia Mentoring Programme 🤩
The programme helps to develop careers, share professional knowledge and build supportive networks globally. Mentorships can be in English, Spanish or French.
Learn more 👉
#WFSAMentoring
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500th !!!
#Anaesthesia
Tutorial of the Week online now -
#Anesthesia
for Patients With Abnormal Placentation
Massive congrats to all the
#ATOTW
authors, editors and readers who have made this invaluable free educational resource the success it is. 🎂🥳🎉
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We are ready for
#AAAC2017
and what a welcome to Abuja from the Nigerian Society
@BisolaObembe
@theG4Alliance
@DiamedicaUK
@GradianHealth
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11
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NEW ATOTW PUBLISHED:
#403
Analgesia for Breast Surgery — A Brief Overview.
This tutorial is a brief overview of the various currently established regional anaesthetic techniques to provide analgesia following breast surgery.
Read it here:
#SafeAnaesthesia
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WCA 2024 begins in
#Singapore
!
Follow the excitement via
@wfsawca
#WCA2024
Keep an eye out for
#WFSA
posters to learn more about how we work with our Member Societies to unite and empower
#anaesthesiologists
around the world ⤵️
1
12
35
To ensure
#anaesthesia
and perioperative care providers remain safe during the outbreak of coronavirus
#COVID19
, WFSA has compiled guidelines which can be found here:
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13
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Thank you to our President for delivering a strong statement in support of
#ECOResolution
and
#medicaloxygen
#WHA76
As always, emphasising role of anaesthesiologists within ECO care
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A very proud moment. Dr Otto Mayrhofer who was President of the WFSA from 1972 to 1976 & who was at the founding World Congress in 1955 together with our current President Dr Jannicke Mellin-Olsen
@jmellinolsen
at the
#EA19
WOW! Leaders and legends of
#anaesthesia
#patientsafety
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REGISTRATION OPEN!
Abstract submission & registration for our
#WorldCongress
Of
#Anaesthesiologists
in
#Prague
next year are now open! For more info on early registration & to register, visit:
@WCAPRAGUE2020
#wcaprague2020
#GlobalAnaesthesia
#RegisterNow
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Applications now open for
@wfsawca
scholarships! 🎉
Successful applicants will receive admission to the congress, as well as funding for round-trip travel, accommodation and daily subsistence
More on WCA and how to apply 👉
#WCA2024
#MedicalScholarships
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We are pleased to share this lovely photo from the Closing Ceremony of the
#NSOAP
meeting in
#Colombia
#GlobalHealth
#GlobalAnaesthesia
#SafeSurgery
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What's required for safe
#anaesthesia
for
#Caesarean
section?
Find out in:
General anaesthesia for elective cesarean section in
resource-limited settings
Article from the
#Obstetrics
Special Edition of Update in Anaesthesia
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Happy
#WorldHealthDay2022
Healthcare is responsible for nearly 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
#Anesthesia
has its part to play. See the Principles of environmentally-sustainable anaesthesia -
@GreeningDoc
@Assoc_Anaes
@AdrianGelb
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The highlight of a fantastic
@theG4Alliance
meeting in Ireland at the
@RCSI_GlobalSurg
must be the election of WFSA's very own
@BisolaObembe
as G4 Alliance's new President. Congratulations Bisola, the
#SOTA
community is in good hands.
#Sotacare4All
#Globalhealth
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ATOTW 485 - Principles of regional anaesthesia in children
an overview of differences in the anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and controversies associated with performing regional anaesthesia in children compared to adults.
#anaethesia
#Pediatrics
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Nine simple steps for increasing women’s participation in
#anaesthesiology
leadership
#IWD2021
#ChooseToChallenge
Let us know your suggestions for advancing gender equality and equity within
#anesthesia
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