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COVID-19 patients 26% more likely to die after emergency bowel surgery, but mortality rates improved for COVID negative patients, RCoA
Research led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) focusing on the care of over 10,500 NHS patients before, during and after emergency bowel surgery has been released today. Results have shown that patients with COVID-19 were 26% more likely to die within 30 days of their surgery than would have been expected if they did not have COVID-19. The Interim Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit covers patients undergoing surgery between 23 March and 30 September 2020, with data being compared with the same time period in 2019. It captured the impact of the first wave of the pandemic on emergency bowel surgery....
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Staffing models for long-distance and inter-regional transfer services, Intensive Care Society/Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine/Association of Anaesthetists/Royal College of Anaesthetists
Statement from the Intensive Care Society (ICS), Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM), Association of Anaesthetists and Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) on staffing models for long-distance and inter- regional transfer services. The ICS, FICM, Association and RCoA support the criteria listed that outline the minimum skills, knowledge and experience required of the transfer team members who would conduct inter- regional or long-distance transfer of Level 3 (intensive care) patients. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Coronavirus infection and pregnancy Information for pregnant women and their families, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
These Q&As were updated on 30 December 2020 and relate to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and pregnancy – guidance for healthcare professionals: Version 12 – 14 October 2020 published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, with input from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Obstetric Anaesthetists ' Association, Public Health England and Public Health Scotland. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Airway guidance for the endemic phase of COVID-19, FICM (published 11th August 2020)
Consensus airway guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society (DAS), Association of Anaesthetists, Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) were published on the 2 External 0 0 0 Anaesthesia-Intensive Care Medicine hub false https://icmanaesthesiacovid-19.org/covid-19-airway-management-principles true false%> website in April 2020 and subsequently 2 External 0 0 0 in the journal Anaesthesia false https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.15054 true false%>. These focus mainly on management of critically ill patients with confirmed or suspected COVI...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Updates and advice on drug usage in anaesthesia, RCoA
The Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Intensive Care Society worked with the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at NHS England and his team to issue guidance on how to rationalise the use of drugs in anaesthesia and intensive care to manage the demand for key drugs. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Restarting planned surgery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A strategy document from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Association of Anaesthetists, Intensive Care Society and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, FICM
As the UK and Ireland move beyond the current peak (or ' surge ' ) in the COVID-19 pandemic, national (state) health systems are looking to resume non-emergency and some elective surgery. Clinicians will rightly have concerns about what this means for their patients and for themselves. The ICM and anaesthesia COVID-19 collaborative in the UK has published a document describing when anaesthetic departments can start to move towards planned surgery, based on an assessment of their readiness. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

View from the frontline of anaesthesia during COVID-19, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Key findings ■ 17% of respondents have or are currently taking time off work because of suspected COVID-19, rising to nearly a quarter when including confirmed cases of COVID-19. ■ Nearly 40% of respondents are unable to access the testing they need for themselves, while over 50% don ' t have the testing they need for household members, and one in five are unable to access the testing they need for their patients. ■ Over two thirds of respondents 73% told us they feel concerned for their health because of a lack of adequate PPE, with nearly one third 28% very concerned, while over one quarter feel pressurised to tr...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Advice for pregnant members of the anaesthesia and intensive care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, FCIM
Throughout the pandemic, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, the Intensive Care Society, the Association of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists have referred to guidance published by the RCOG. We recommend that pregnant members, their clinical managers and College tutors read this guidance document. What follows is not meant to replace this guidance but to interpret it for those working in anaesthesia and intensive care settings. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Special Collection - Coronavirus (COVID-19): regional anaesthesia to reduce drug use in anaesthesia and avoid aerosol generation
Cochrane has released a Coronavirus (COVID-19) Special Collection: regional anaesthesia to reduce drug use in anaesthesia and avoid aerosol generationRegional anaesthesia is the term given to a variety of techniques where an anaesthetist injects local anaesthetic around peripheral nerves or the spinal cord to create temporary paraesthesia or paralysis in that part of the body. These techniques can be so effective that they can allow surgery in awake patients, and they provide excellent analgesia allowing for the avoidance of strong opiates and anaesthetic options for patients in whom general anaesthesia may be particula...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 23, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Prehabilitation for people with cancer: principles and guidance for prehabilitation within the management and support of people with cancer
This document published byThe Royal College of Anaesthetists, Macmillan Cancer Support, and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cancer and Nutrition Collaboration calls for changes to the delivery of cancer care across the UK, with a greater focus on prehabilitation including nutrition, physical activity and psychological support. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Delivering perioperative medicine in integrated care systems
A report from the Royal College of Anaesthetists showcases programmes in hospitals across England that are improving patient care before, during and after surgery. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 22, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Prehab is the new rehab! Why getting fit before an operation could speed-up your recovery
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is calling for prehabilitation to become routine in NHS hospitals. The 12-week programme includes physiotherapy and help to quit smoking. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Don't penalise trusts for reducing surgical activity', says royal college
Patients should be offered clinical alternatives to surgery, including “no surgery”, to ease pressure on the health service, the new head of the Royal College of Anaesthetists has told HSJ. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 1, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Anaesthesia, Surgery and Life-Threatening Allergic Reactions: Report and findings of the Royal College of Anaesthetists' 6th National Audit Project
The study has taken three years and included identifying and investigating every case of life-threatening anaphylaxis that occurred in NHS hospitals during one year – from three million anaesthetics. The findings are wide-ranging and often unexpected, highlighting new trends in the drugs causing anaphylaxis and the need for changes to hospital procedures and training, combined with better reporting and investigation of incidents. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news