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Best of luck to everyone sitting their Primary FRCA OSCEs and SOEs this week.

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It's a brutal time having your life taken over by these exams - just wanted to acknowledge that I haven't forgotten what it felt like.

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BJA Education is out for January - with recent review of misconduct in theatres, there is an article 'Psychological safety in the operating theatre environment'. It looks at the effects of psychological safety can contribute to improve performance, staff wellbeing and patient safety!

Happy 2026! Good luck to all those approaching exams.

To those receiving results leading up to Xmas, we hope the news was great. For those that didn’t quite get through, please remember all the hard work counts, lots of seniors were in your position once and it will come good!

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Nominate a colleague for a college award

It's nomination time! 🏆

Have you worked with an exceptional colleague or team whose talents have yet to be recognised & celebrated?

We have College Awards to suit all kinds of contributions to our specialty, & any member can nominate.

Find out how 👉 ow.ly/WGUE50XAOgy

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Have you registered for the 2025 SALG Patient Safety Conference?

This year’s themes are 👇
▶️ Local Anaesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST)
▶️ Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI)
▶️ Plus poster competition for anaesthetists in training

Book 👉 ow.ly/YAvo50WXl9v

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Happy Diplomates Day 🎉

Today, we celebrate our members who passed the Final FRCA exam in the year to May 2025 🙌

Congratulations on your success and achievements. We hope you have a lovely day at the ceremony and are feeling proud! 👨‍🎓🎓👩‍🎓

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Airway management in critically ill patients Airway management in the critically ill patient is a challenging task, with an estimated 45% risk of adverse events. Cardiovascular collapse (defined in most studies as a systolic pressure <65 mmHg at least once, or 90 mmHg for >30 min; or the need to start or increase vasopressor drugs or treat with rescue i.v. fluids) is observed in up to 43% of procedures. Severe hypoxaemia (Spo2 <80%) is reported in 9%, and cardiac arrest reported in 3% of procedures.1 Failure to achieve first-pass tracheal intubation significantly increases the risks after intubation, and patients who sustain a major adverse event after intubation are at higher risk of both intensive care unit (ICU) (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.52, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.26–1.83); and 28-day mortality (aOR 1.44, 95% CI 1.19–1.74).

@bjajournals.bsky.social education article from Sept 25 - the airway in the critically ill patient

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COPD should be considered in smokers over the age of 35 presenting with exertional SOB, chronic cough, 👆 sputum production, frequent winter bronchitis or wheeze. Links to gene FAM13A (which also links to CF). What are the anaesthetic considerations and risks?

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Anaesthesia for cancer surgery is a one-day seminar that provides an in-depth insight into the perioperative care of patients undergoing cancer surgery.

📆 Wednesday 8 October
📍 21 Portland Place, London
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World Airway Management Meeting 2025 | WAMM 2025 Register Today Download Brochure 10 years after the inaugural WAMM congress in Dublin and building upon the tremendous success of WAMM 2019, the collaboration between the Difficult Airway Society…

Just a quick shout out for the WAM conference, this November in beautiful Florence. For those with airway interest!

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Welcome to all those taking in anaesthetic roles and good luck to those rotating Trusts! 🤞wishing you all the very best

📣Exam results are out

We have emailed results to all candidates who sat the Primary FRCA OSCE/SOE in June 2025.

Please check your inboxes (and your junk folder).

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That’s great to hear. For the full syllabus then any option will work currently.

The new site is being finalised currently - likely launching in a month or so.

A patient coughs when approaching extubation. Saturations drop from 100% to 78% over 45 seconds. How do you manage acute bronchospasm (not laryngospasm) on extubation? What are your best tips?

Summaries at Finalpush.co.uk

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TIVA in the high BMI patient cohort. @sobauk.co.uk has a useful app - propofol currently modelled on adj40 BW for cont infusion.

Has anyone had issues with this? Is there any updates regarding Elveld?

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An important reminder for those taking the
Primary FRCA OSCE SOE next week.

This exam is being held at:
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
30 Euston Square
London NW1 2FB

Your exact date & time is on your admission notice email.
Any questions: exams@rcoa.ac.uk

12% of operations have complications.

Periop care can reduce postoperative complications by up to 50%.

@scarlettmcnally.bsky.social talks to the audience at #Anaesthesia2025 on CPOC and the importance of preop optimisation in periop care.

View more on our website: cpoc.org.uk

#Diuretics play a key role in critical care management of fluid overload. This narrative review provides an overview of their mechanisms of action, indications during critical illness and side effects #CritCare

Potential content for primary and final... the oxygen cascade. Do you know and understand the steps, the numbers and what the cause of decreases are?

Image from @bjajournals.bsky.social Education

Just a few spots left on this course if you’re interesting in prep for the #FFICM SBA! 📟 ⚕️#intensivecarw

Calling all doctors, allied health professionals and patients with an interest in the developments of perioperative care.

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Thoroughly recommend this #FinalFRCA course run by some of my lovely colleagues!

Bookings are now OPEN for Anaesthesia Research 2025.

"A must attend for anyone involved in anaesthesia research"

📆 27 - 28 November 2025
🗺️ Birmingham

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Calorific measurement?
ICU nutrition... what are the key study areas, normal daily requirements and how does re-feeding syndrome manifest?

You are asked to review a 28yr old woman with a 9 day hx of progressive weakness. What is the differential diagnosis and what is your approach?

What is Guillain-Barré syndrome and what are it's features?

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What principle is being shown.. full chapters on physics at finalpush plus 450 other summaries for anaesthetists.

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What are the key groups of antibiotics. How do they work?

What are the key considerations in a theatre environment…

How do you give vancomycin and what are its potential side effects?