Samantha Black

Launching today at the preoperative association conference, Manchester

Hope you find this useful in your preassessment clinics! Launching at #preop2026 today

Happy International Women’s Day 2026.

Happy International Women’s Day 2026! 🎉

This year’s theme is “Give to Gain”—let’s celebrate, uplift, and empower women in anaesthesia worldwide.

#IWD2026 #GiveToGain #Ansky #Medsky

A new study in The Lancet Public Health shows perioperative care reduces post-surgery deaths in high-risk patients.

Learn more 👉https://ow.ly/vcbk50YpxcB

#Ansky #Medsky

Enhanced recovery after Caesarean delivery. Part 1: preoperative and intraoperative considerations Caesarean delivery is the most performed inpatient surgical operation worldwide. Given that the number of Caesarean deliveries is predicted to increase globally, the enhancement and improvement of…

🤰 Caesarean delivery is now the most common inpatient surgical procedure worldwide. As rates rise globally, optimising maternal and neonatal outcomes becomes even more important.
Read more in the #BJAEd: www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
#ObstetricAnaesthesia #PerioperativeMedicine #MedEd

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📢 Paediatric Fluid Fasting Survey - your help needed!
We are mapping current practice. Your input will inform the update to our National Position Statement on Clear Fluid Fasting
✅ Don’t delay - take the survey today
#PaediatricAnaesthesia #PreoperativeCare #PPOC

Fab networking at the Oval today! Trying to get paediatric prehabilitation on the map and talked about 💪🏾 @rcoanews.bsky.social @apagbi.org.uk @cpoc.bsky.social

NHS England » Harnessing the benefits of physical activity NHS England » Harnessing the benefits of physical activity

Physical activity should be a crucial component of NHS care but how can this be embedded across the NHS?

Sarah Price, Director of Public Health for NHS England, and Sasha Karikusevic, Director for NHS Horizons, discuss this and more in new podcast and blog.

🔗 shorturl.at/bgNuK

Cefalu- beautiful, drive east to the port of milazzo or get a boat to vulcano….. fabulous place

Great to see CPOC partner @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social President Tim Mitchell speaking to Healthcare Today on the future of surgery, including turning waiting lists into preparation lists.

Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%.

Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ

RCoA's flagship conference, Anaesthesia 2026

"I can’t wait. We’ve worked hard to build a programme that’s relevant, engaging, and genuinely useful for day-to-day practice" - Dr Gunjeet Dua, Consultant Anaesthetist, Guys and St Thomas’s.

Early Bird discount ends 28 Feb—use code ‘EARLY10’ for 10% off.

Book 👉 ow.ly/hxWx50XWacU

#Ansky #Medsky

Emergency Airway | South Thames Paediatric Network Surgery in Children Emergency Airway The STPN Emergency Airway Guidance is now available to support the safe and effective management of paediatric airways across all STPN acute sites. Designed for th...

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Looking forwards to the @dasairway.bsky.social roadshow in Brighton- presenting the STPN paediatric emergency airway guidance our fab team created- key takeaways: red flag airways, ENT and cons anaesthetist early, VL firstline, oxygenation/basic airway manoeuvres, plan to fail @rcoanews.bsky.social

So much snow!

Updated guidance: Safe drug management in anaesthetic practice

We’re pleased to share the updated Safe Drug Management in Anaesthetic Practice guidance 2026, created with The Association of Anaesthetists.

It reflects best practice & supports safe, high-quality care across anaesthetic services 🙌

Read the guidance: https://ow.ly/zHaH50Yecwt

#Ansky #Medsky

Postoperative Sleep Dynamics Across Surgical Risk Using Wearable Device Technology This cohort study among participants in the All of Us Research Program database characterizes postoperative alterations in sleep stages and determines how these trajectories vary across different surg...

Unable to sleep in hospital? It's not just a horrible zombie feeling- it increases postop complication rates. 😱

'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'

#MedSky

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@rcoanews.bsky.social @apagbi.org.uk @assocanaes.bsky.social @anaesresidents.bsky.social Our second day of our hypnosis in anaesthesia course - fabulous and engaged delegates!

Do you know an anaesthetic colleague who goes the extra mile in paediatric anaesthesia ⭐
Nominations are now open for the APAGBI Extra Mile Award in memory of Dr Mark Thomas.
Deadline: 30 March 2026
🔗 www.apagbi.org.uk/news/latest-...
#APAGBI #ExtraMileAward #PaediatricAnaesthesia #healthcareheroesُ

Semaglutide, fasting and gastric ultrasound

Nearly 50% of patients receiving semaglutide treatment had a full stomach on pre-operative gastric ultrasound, regardless of dose, duration, route of administration or withholding time.

#AnSky

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Don't forget about this handy flowchart for the management of adult blood pressure in the peri-operative period!

#AnSky #MedSky #SurgSky

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'Surgical pause' has no penalty for older pts even in emergencies 🤯. This could really up-end current management.

'delayed surgery was associated with worse outcomes for younger but not older adults. These findings challenge the prevailing urgency... preop optimization may mitigate risks'.
#MedSky

The Evidence - Anaesthesia - BBC Sounds What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?

Everything you ever wanted to know about anaesthesia but were too afraid to ask. Presented by the always amazing @claudiahammond.bsky.social feat. @brucebiccard.bsky.social @estamatakis.bsky.social, Jennifer Hunter & me!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Do children, carers and clinicians all want the same thing when it comes to paediatric research in perioperative medicine?

#AnSky #MedSky #PedsSky

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Check out the difference in priorities between children and carers in paediatric peri-operative research!

#AnSky #MedSky #PedsSky

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What do the kids want?

Here are the top 10 research priorities for paediatric peri-operative medicine, as identified by children and young people in Australia.

#AnSky #MedSky #PedSky

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Research priorities for paediatric peri‐operative medicine identified by Australian children and young people Introduction Parents and caregivers play a critical role in the care of their child peri-operatively. Our team undertook previous research with parents/carers, which identified Australian parents'…

What are the top research priorities for Australian children and young people for paediatric anaesthesia and peri-operative medicine?

#AnSky #MedSky #PedsSky

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The new CPOC Patient Charter

Our Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) have published a new charter to improve patients' health before and after surgery.

Read all the info here 👉 https://ow.ly/6CGM50Y4Itq

#Ansky #Medsky

Hypnosis can be used to aid your clinical practice.

Anaesthetists, discover the power of words to reduce anxiety, build rapport and manage pain. Join our dynamic two-day course from the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH).

➡️ buff.ly/EcfmClK

📅 11-12 February

Perioperative Care Patient Charter The CPOC Perioperative Care Patient Charter sets out what patients can expect from good perioperative care

📢 We are delighted to launch the Perioperative Care Patient Charter setting out what every patient should expect before, during and after surgery.

We are committed to empowering patients, improving outcomes and supporting shared decision making throughout the periop pathway.

🔗 shorturl.at/dMAXV