Curriculum Reference
13.9.9 Recognises, mitigates against risks and manages complications relating to patient positioning during surgery, including reference to the obese patient.
13.9.14 Provides safe anaesthetic care to ASA 1-3 adults for simple elective and emergency intracranial, spinal and neuroradiology procedures under local supervision.
HiLLO 7: Specialists in Intensive Care Medicine can provide pre-operative resuscitation and optimisation of patients, deliver post-operative clinical care including optimising their physiological status, provide advanced organ system support and manage their pain relief.
Publications
Anaesthetic care for surgical management of idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. BJA Education 19(7) 232-237 (2019)
Anaesthesia for major spinal surgery CEACCP 14(4) 147-152 (2014)
Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence
https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15807
Systematic review period pain management after complex spinal surgery
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8373453/
National Guidance/Standards
British association of spine surgeons – NICE guidelines for spinal conditions
e-learning
SNACC Neuroanaesthesia classroom – Anaesthesia for spine surgery
NACCS Webinars & Video
Upcoming events
Anaesthesia for spinal surgery – update. May 9th NACCS ASM Birmingham