Bruce Young
@bruceyoung.bsky.social
Anaesthetist in south east 🇬🇧 regional anaesthesia enthusiast 💉 sports fan 🏉⚽️🏈🏏 and father to 👦 🧒 👦 . Join us at the 2nd KRAFT (Kent Regional Anaesthesia Focused Teaching) Plan A blocks course - May 2026! #RAsky
Really glad that QoR-15 is starting to be used in regional anaesthesia studies as the primary outcome. Ditch ‘oral morphine equivalent’ and measure what is actually important to patients!
The #QoR-15 is a reliable patient-reported outcome measure for postoperative #recovery, highlighting that greater surgical insult and complications correlate with prolonged recovery and reduced days at home within 30 days
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
October 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Really glad that QoR-15 is starting to be used in regional anaesthesia studies as the primary outcome. Ditch ‘oral morphine equivalent’ and measure what is actually important to patients!
Reposted by Bruce Young
The #QoR-15 is a reliable patient-reported outcome measure for postoperative #recovery, highlighting that greater surgical insult and complications correlate with prolonged recovery and reduced days at home within 30 days
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The #QoR-15 is a reliable patient-reported outcome measure for postoperative #recovery, highlighting that greater surgical insult and complications correlate with prolonged recovery and reduced days at home within 30 days
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
Join us at the first Plan A Blocks course at Tunbridge Wells Hospital on the 24th May
Registration now open at: bookcpd.com/course/KRAFT
Only 40 places available
2:1 delegate to faculty ratio
Scanning workshops in groups of 4 and then the chance to practice each block on Valkyrie phantoms
Registration now open at: bookcpd.com/course/KRAFT
Only 40 places available
2:1 delegate to faculty ratio
Scanning workshops in groups of 4 and then the chance to practice each block on Valkyrie phantoms
February 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Join us at the first Plan A Blocks course at Tunbridge Wells Hospital on the 24th May
Registration now open at: bookcpd.com/course/KRAFT
Only 40 places available
2:1 delegate to faculty ratio
Scanning workshops in groups of 4 and then the chance to practice each block on Valkyrie phantoms
Registration now open at: bookcpd.com/course/KRAFT
Only 40 places available
2:1 delegate to faculty ratio
Scanning workshops in groups of 4 and then the chance to practice each block on Valkyrie phantoms
February 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by Bruce Young
Check out the January issue of the BJA #miniflipbook
FREE articles on #heartfailure #hypotension #stroke #sugammadex #etomidate #pain #anxiety #gastricemptying #paediatrics #blood #nociception #multimorbidity #Ansky
bja134-1.elsevierdigitaledition.com
FREE articles on #heartfailure #hypotension #stroke #sugammadex #etomidate #pain #anxiety #gastricemptying #paediatrics #blood #nociception #multimorbidity #Ansky
bja134-1.elsevierdigitaledition.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Check out the January issue of the BJA #miniflipbook
FREE articles on #heartfailure #hypotension #stroke #sugammadex #etomidate #pain #anxiety #gastricemptying #paediatrics #blood #nociception #multimorbidity #Ansky
bja134-1.elsevierdigitaledition.com
FREE articles on #heartfailure #hypotension #stroke #sugammadex #etomidate #pain #anxiety #gastricemptying #paediatrics #blood #nociception #multimorbidity #Ansky
bja134-1.elsevierdigitaledition.com
Very nice simple algorithm
Here is a suggested algorithm for peri-operative management of directly acting anticoagulants.
You can read about the use of blood components & their alternatives in these new Association of Anaesthetists guidelines!
#AnSky #HaemSky #MedSky
https://buff.ly/4hbI4O6
You can read about the use of blood components & their alternatives in these new Association of Anaesthetists guidelines!
#AnSky #HaemSky #MedSky
https://buff.ly/4hbI4O6
January 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very nice simple algorithm
I have previously thought people bang on too much about how amazing the Neonatal ICU teams are - turns out that isn’t the case, they deserve this praise and more ❤️
January 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I have previously thought people bang on too much about how amazing the Neonatal ICU teams are - turns out that isn’t the case, they deserve this praise and more ❤️
Reposted by Bruce Young
I am delighted to share our latest work on motor sparing Knee Blocks
Credit goes to @leighwhite.bsky.social Dr Chris Thang @mick-kerr.bsky.social for an incredible amount of work
Free download till Feb 21st from @bjajournals.bsky.social
#RAsky
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Credit goes to @leighwhite.bsky.social Dr Chris Thang @mick-kerr.bsky.social for an incredible amount of work
Free download till Feb 21st from @bjajournals.bsky.social
#RAsky
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
January 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I am delighted to share our latest work on motor sparing Knee Blocks
Credit goes to @leighwhite.bsky.social Dr Chris Thang @mick-kerr.bsky.social for an incredible amount of work
Free download till Feb 21st from @bjajournals.bsky.social
#RAsky
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Credit goes to @leighwhite.bsky.social Dr Chris Thang @mick-kerr.bsky.social for an incredible amount of work
Free download till Feb 21st from @bjajournals.bsky.social
#RAsky
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Reposted by Bruce Young
Happy 2025 = 45², the first “square” year since 1936, the next being 2116. Its digit sum is also a square: 2+0+2+5 = 9 = 3². This last happened in 1681 and next occurs in 2304. And not since 900 has the year divided by the digit sum been a square too: 900/9=100 = 10² & 2025/9=225 = 15² QED. 👀🎉😁
January 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy 2025 = 45², the first “square” year since 1936, the next being 2116. Its digit sum is also a square: 2+0+2+5 = 9 = 3². This last happened in 1681 and next occurs in 2304. And not since 900 has the year divided by the digit sum been a square too: 900/9=100 = 10² & 2025/9=225 = 15² QED. 👀🎉😁
Reposted by Bruce Young
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
Lovely bit of trivia for an FRCA viva!
December 22, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Lovely bit of trivia for an FRCA viva!
How are people managing sedation for patients on GLP-1 agonists?
December 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
How are people managing sedation for patients on GLP-1 agonists?
Damn you preassessment clinic!!
a person standing on top of a wooden fence covered in snow
ALT: a person standing on top of a wooden fence covered in snow
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Damn you preassessment clinic!!
Reposted by Bruce Young
Some of the topics discussed
-Tourniquet Pain
-Blocks & Compartment Syndrome
-When we wouldn’t Block!
-Investigating Nerve Injury
-complications/mistakes in RA
-Motor-Sparing blocks in ED
-Rebound Pain
-Paed Blocks
Shoutouts to lots including @ra-uk.org & @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social #NAP8
-Tourniquet Pain
-Blocks & Compartment Syndrome
-When we wouldn’t Block!
-Investigating Nerve Injury
-complications/mistakes in RA
-Motor-Sparing blocks in ED
-Rebound Pain
-Paed Blocks
Shoutouts to lots including @ra-uk.org & @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social #NAP8
Join @jeffgadsden.bsky.social & @dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social as they answer lots of questions from the last year, tell some jokes and generally get into the festive mood…
Oh, and a warning- there may be some singing!
Enjoy!
Here is the Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/44vZ...
Oh, and a warning- there may be some singing!
Enjoy!
Here is the Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/44vZ...
December 15, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Some of the topics discussed
-Tourniquet Pain
-Blocks & Compartment Syndrome
-When we wouldn’t Block!
-Investigating Nerve Injury
-complications/mistakes in RA
-Motor-Sparing blocks in ED
-Rebound Pain
-Paed Blocks
Shoutouts to lots including @ra-uk.org & @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social #NAP8
-Tourniquet Pain
-Blocks & Compartment Syndrome
-When we wouldn’t Block!
-Investigating Nerve Injury
-complications/mistakes in RA
-Motor-Sparing blocks in ED
-Rebound Pain
-Paed Blocks
Shoutouts to lots including @ra-uk.org & @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social #NAP8
Reposted by Bruce Young
New meta-analysis: Perineural dexamethasone slightly extends analgesia duration after peripheral nerve block in lower limb surgery compared to IV (22h vs 20h). Statistically significant, but clinically limited impact. Please stick with the iv route. #Analgesia #Research #EJA2024
December 15, 2024 at 10:08 AM
New meta-analysis: Perineural dexamethasone slightly extends analgesia duration after peripheral nerve block in lower limb surgery compared to IV (22h vs 20h). Statistically significant, but clinically limited impact. Please stick with the iv route. #Analgesia #Research #EJA2024
Reposted by Bruce Young
Routine peri-operative cessation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists has unintended consequences
These include:
• risk of further delays to surgery due to deranged pre-operative glucose
• harm from peri-operative hyperglycaemia
#AnSky #MedSky
https://buff.ly/4gsCyWW
These include:
• risk of further delays to surgery due to deranged pre-operative glucose
• harm from peri-operative hyperglycaemia
#AnSky #MedSky
https://buff.ly/4gsCyWW
December 11, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Routine peri-operative cessation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists has unintended consequences
These include:
• risk of further delays to surgery due to deranged pre-operative glucose
• harm from peri-operative hyperglycaemia
#AnSky #MedSky
https://buff.ly/4gsCyWW
These include:
• risk of further delays to surgery due to deranged pre-operative glucose
• harm from peri-operative hyperglycaemia
#AnSky #MedSky
https://buff.ly/4gsCyWW
Nothing screams on call more than butter balancing
December 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Nothing screams on call more than butter balancing
Reposted by Bruce Young
Yay
Perfect day.
Spinals & Blocks
Happy Patients
Happy Team
No Controlled Drugs to sign for!
#RegionalAnaesthesia #RegionalAnesthesia #OrthopaedicAnaesthesia
#RAsky #AnSky
#IYKYK
Perfect day.
Spinals & Blocks
Happy Patients
Happy Team
No Controlled Drugs to sign for!
#RegionalAnaesthesia #RegionalAnesthesia #OrthopaedicAnaesthesia
#RAsky #AnSky
#IYKYK
a cartoon chef is holding a toothpick in his mouth and the word perfection is on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon chef is holding a toothpick in his mouth and the word perfection is on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Yay
Perfect day.
Spinals & Blocks
Happy Patients
Happy Team
No Controlled Drugs to sign for!
#RegionalAnaesthesia #RegionalAnesthesia #OrthopaedicAnaesthesia
#RAsky #AnSky
#IYKYK
Perfect day.
Spinals & Blocks
Happy Patients
Happy Team
No Controlled Drugs to sign for!
#RegionalAnaesthesia #RegionalAnesthesia #OrthopaedicAnaesthesia
#RAsky #AnSky
#IYKYK
Reposted by Bruce Young
My favourite anaesthesia procedure:
attaining one-lung-ventilation (OLV) in my patient.
Here is an excellent article on the matter ✅
@bjajournals.bsky.social
#OneLungVentilation
#DoubleLumenTube #DLT
#EZBlocker #bronchialblocker
#ThoracicAnesthesia#ThoracicAnaesthesia
🧵👇🏻
t.co/RDGwXogXZj
attaining one-lung-ventilation (OLV) in my patient.
Here is an excellent article on the matter ✅
@bjajournals.bsky.social
#OneLungVentilation
#DoubleLumenTube #DLT
#EZBlocker #bronchialblocker
#ThoracicAnesthesia#ThoracicAnaesthesia
🧵👇🏻
t.co/RDGwXogXZj
https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(23)00106-3/fulltext
t.co
December 2, 2024 at 11:22 AM
My favourite anaesthesia procedure:
attaining one-lung-ventilation (OLV) in my patient.
Here is an excellent article on the matter ✅
@bjajournals.bsky.social
#OneLungVentilation
#DoubleLumenTube #DLT
#EZBlocker #bronchialblocker
#ThoracicAnesthesia#ThoracicAnaesthesia
🧵👇🏻
t.co/RDGwXogXZj
attaining one-lung-ventilation (OLV) in my patient.
Here is an excellent article on the matter ✅
@bjajournals.bsky.social
#OneLungVentilation
#DoubleLumenTube #DLT
#EZBlocker #bronchialblocker
#ThoracicAnesthesia#ThoracicAnaesthesia
🧵👇🏻
t.co/RDGwXogXZj
Reposted by Bruce Young
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗞?
#𝟮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
From supporting NIAA & @nihr.bsky.social to @ra-uk.org research projects - it’s happening at RA-UK!
❤️ 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲
↗️ 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄
💻 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻: ra-uk.org
#RASky #AnSky #MedSky
#𝟮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
From supporting NIAA & @nihr.bsky.social to @ra-uk.org research projects - it’s happening at RA-UK!
❤️ 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲
↗️ 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄
💻 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻: ra-uk.org
#RASky #AnSky #MedSky
December 2, 2024 at 7:22 AM
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗞?
#𝟮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
From supporting NIAA & @nihr.bsky.social to @ra-uk.org research projects - it’s happening at RA-UK!
❤️ 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲
↗️ 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄
💻 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻: ra-uk.org
#RASky #AnSky #MedSky
#𝟮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
From supporting NIAA & @nihr.bsky.social to @ra-uk.org research projects - it’s happening at RA-UK!
❤️ 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲
↗️ 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄
💻 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻: ra-uk.org
#RASky #AnSky #MedSky
Reposted by Bruce Young
Hello BlueSky! Follow us here for the latest updates from BJA Education. #AnSky #Anaesthesia
November 30, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Hello BlueSky! Follow us here for the latest updates from BJA Education. #AnSky #Anaesthesia
Reposted by Bruce Young
For part of the @ra-uk.org webinar series I gave a short lecture on our favourite (😂) block, the ESP!
You can watch it here!
#RAsky #AnSky #PainSky
youtu.be/EJDBnzOfmms?...
You can watch it here!
#RAsky #AnSky #PainSky
youtu.be/EJDBnzOfmms?...
Erector Spinae Plane Block - RA-UK Webinar version
YouTube video by Dr Amit Pawa
youtu.be
November 29, 2024 at 6:53 AM
For part of the @ra-uk.org webinar series I gave a short lecture on our favourite (😂) block, the ESP!
You can watch it here!
#RAsky #AnSky #PainSky
youtu.be/EJDBnzOfmms?...
You can watch it here!
#RAsky #AnSky #PainSky
youtu.be/EJDBnzOfmms?...
Reposted by Bruce Young
On @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot, @jeffgadsden.bsky.social and I decided we wanted to cover abdominal wall blocks, but as we got into it, we realised we were gonna need a bigger pod!
Here is part 1
#RAsky #AnSky #MedSky
Who loves a TAP block?!🚰🚫
open.spotify.com/episode/1oWG...
Here is part 1
#RAsky #AnSky #MedSky
Who loves a TAP block?!🚰🚫
open.spotify.com/episode/1oWG...
Top Tap Tips for Tums: Abdominal Wall Blocks (Part 1)
Block It Like It’s Hot · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:10 PM
On @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot, @jeffgadsden.bsky.social and I decided we wanted to cover abdominal wall blocks, but as we got into it, we realised we were gonna need a bigger pod!
Here is part 1
#RAsky #AnSky #MedSky
Who loves a TAP block?!🚰🚫
open.spotify.com/episode/1oWG...
Here is part 1
#RAsky #AnSky #MedSky
Who loves a TAP block?!🚰🚫
open.spotify.com/episode/1oWG...