Useful Links
Other Societies
These correspond with the WFSA but are not officially liaised with us:
- Obstetric Anaesthesia Association
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Anaesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
- The Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Recommended Practice Advisory and guidelines
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
- Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
- ANZCA Professional Standards
- Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists
- Patient Safety (Information, Tools and support – NHS UK)
Recommended Crisis links
- The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland guidelines
- The ESA/EBA Patient Safety Task Force Patient Safety Starter Kit
- The Anaesthetic Crisis Manual by Dr David Borshoff
- Stanford School of Medicine Department of Anaesthesia
- Manual Crisis en Anestesia y Pacientes Críticos SENSAR
- AriadneLabs at the Harvard School of Public Health
Recommended Information Regarding the Surgical Checklist:
- BBC news – “Surgical checklist saves lives”
- NEJM – “A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population”
- WHO – Starter Kit for Surgical Checklist Implementation
- WHO – Safe Surgery Saves Lives (videos)
NPSA alerts:
- Guide to the labelling and packaging of injectable medicines
- Problems with infusions and sampling from arterial lines
- Risks with intravenous heparin flush solutions
- Using vinca alkaloid minibags
- Reducing risk of overdose with midazolam injection in adults
Education Websites
- Committee for European Education in Anaesthesiology (CEEA)
- Center for Simulation Advanced Learning and Technology
- European Virtual Anaesthesia
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Webinars