Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Established to look after the interests of the speciality and to go on improving education to both its professional members and patients alike
- The RCOA website provides a whole host of training material and advice on training matters
- The RCoA Novice guide can be accessed at:
www.rcoa.ac.uk/training-careers/training-anaesthesia/novice-guide
Association of Anaesthetists (formerly ‘AAGBI’)
- Excellent sections on Wellbeing and Support – we strongly recommend you visit this section on their website
- The AAGBI have also published a useful guide for the first 2 years of anaesthetic training, ‘The Core Survival Guide’ which you can access at:
anaesthetists.org/Home/Resources-publications/Guidelines/Core-survival-guide - While not compulsory, there are many benefits to this membership, including insuring you for inter-hospital transfers
e-LA (Anaesthesia)
- Accessed via https://www.e-lfh.org.uk (free for registered users)
- Comprehensive set of useful modules for all stages of anaesthesia training, particularly the novice period as well as exam preparation – we strongly recommend that you complete the modules in the ‘Introduction to Clinical Anaesthesia’ section
Anaesthetic Drug Cribsheet
imperialnovice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/anaesthetic-drug-cribsheet.pdf
Difficult Airway Society guidelines
Resuscitation Council UK guidelines
https://www.resus.org.uk/library/2021-resuscitation-guidelines
Wellbeing and Support
- If you ever feel that you need help, there are always people you can turn to for help and support
- NEVER feel that you are on your own
Who can help within your anaesthetic department?
- Your Educational Supervisor
- Your College Tutor
Who can help external to your anaesthetic department?
- Your Trainee Rep
- Your Training Programme Director
- Your Regional Advisor
- Practitioner Health Programme
www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/trainee-doctor-and-dentist-s-support-ser
Useful Apps
Suggested further reading
How to Survive in Anaesthesia: A Guide for Trainees, 5th ed
Neville Robinson, George Hall, William Fawcett
Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia, 4th ed
Keith Allman, Iain Wilson
Oxford Handbook of Critical Care, 3rd ed
Mervyn Singer, Andrew Webb
Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , 5th ed
Edward Scarth, Susan Smith
Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 4th ed
Tom Peck, S. Hill
Essentials of Equipment in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine, 5th ed
Baha Al-Shaikh, Simon Stacey
Basic Physics & Measurement in Anaesthesia, 5th ed
Paul D. Davis, Gavin N. C. Kenny
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care A-Z, 6th ed
Steve M. Yentis, Nicholas P. Hirsch
Fundamentals of Anaesthesia 4th ed
Ted Lin , Tim Smith, Colin Pinnock
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