Dr Gavin Sullivan A.N.A.E.S.T.H.E.T.I.S.T 🇳🇿🇦🇺🇬🇧
@lotusgav.bsky.social
Generalist anaesthetist. Fingers in many pies.
Stoic/humanist
Memento mori/carpe diem. 2000 years old and still true…
Livinginthepause on instagram
Stoic/humanist
Memento mori/carpe diem. 2000 years old and still true…
Livinginthepause on instagram
#ansky downloaded this book in 2023 (!) but still haven’t read it yet - altho I’ve got some knowledge already but @bilih.bsky.social reminded me to get on with it. www.amazon.com/Patient-Seda...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#ansky downloaded this book in 2023 (!) but still haven’t read it yet - altho I’ve got some knowledge already but @bilih.bsky.social reminded me to get on with it. www.amazon.com/Patient-Seda...
@bilih.bsky.social another interesting chat. Lidocaine is now more dangerous than bupivacaine (link in show notes) the way you speak and your body language has profound effects on patient communication (if you haven’t worked that out yet time for some education!)
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Podcast Episode · Block It Like It’s Hot: Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine & POCUS · 04/11/2025 · 48m
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@bilih.bsky.social another interesting chat. Lidocaine is now more dangerous than bupivacaine (link in show notes) the way you speak and your body language has profound effects on patient communication (if you haven’t worked that out yet time for some education!)
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From a humanist perspective, we can't fault this sage logic.
And of course: Party on! Dudes 🎸 #WorldKindessDay
And of course: Party on! Dudes 🎸 #WorldKindessDay
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
From a humanist perspective, we can't fault this sage logic.
And of course: Party on! Dudes 🎸 #WorldKindessDay
And of course: Party on! Dudes 🎸 #WorldKindessDay
Just to emphasise this…
The chance of having an allergic reaction to a neuromuscular blocking drug is:
• suxamethonium: ~1 in 1500 people
• rocuronium: ~1 in 3300 people
• atracurium: ~1 in 15,000 people
Women were up to eight times more likely to have a reaction than men.
#AnSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
• suxamethonium: ~1 in 1500 people
• rocuronium: ~1 in 3300 people
• atracurium: ~1 in 15,000 people
Women were up to eight times more likely to have a reaction than men.
#AnSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Just to emphasise this…
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Thank you so much to those who have emailed us their audio questions for @jeffgadsden.bsky.social & I to answer on #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot @bilih.bsky.social
We’d love some more questions- so email us at BlockItLikeItsHotPodcast@gmail.com
Don’t be shy- hoping to hear from more of you!
We’d love some more questions- so email us at BlockItLikeItsHotPodcast@gmail.com
Don’t be shy- hoping to hear from more of you!
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you so much to those who have emailed us their audio questions for @jeffgadsden.bsky.social & I to answer on #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot @bilih.bsky.social
We’d love some more questions- so email us at BlockItLikeItsHotPodcast@gmail.com
Don’t be shy- hoping to hear from more of you!
We’d love some more questions- so email us at BlockItLikeItsHotPodcast@gmail.com
Don’t be shy- hoping to hear from more of you!
And yet we (and I include me) use a lot of rocuronium… #ansky
• There is a significant difference between the rates of peri-operative hypersensitivity reactions with rocuronium and suxamethonium vs. atracurium.
• Females may be higher risk than males of reacting to neuromuscular blocking drugs.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
• Females may be higher risk than males of reacting to neuromuscular blocking drugs.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
And yet we (and I include me) use a lot of rocuronium… #ansky
#Movember coming along nicely what-o! au.movember.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
#Movember coming along nicely what-o! au.movember.com
I found this useful when I did recently…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I found this useful when I did recently…
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Next week, we'll be talking all things EEG with a brand new bootcamp. Understand the application of pEEG in anaesthetic practice, its role in delirium prevention, and hear about common pEEG artefacts by leading industry experts.
📆 Wednesday 19 November
📍 21 Portland Place, London
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📆 Wednesday 19 November
📍 21 Portland Place, London
🎫 buff.ly/qZr2LI1
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Next week, we'll be talking all things EEG with a brand new bootcamp. Understand the application of pEEG in anaesthetic practice, its role in delirium prevention, and hear about common pEEG artefacts by leading industry experts.
📆 Wednesday 19 November
📍 21 Portland Place, London
🎫 buff.ly/qZr2LI1
📆 Wednesday 19 November
📍 21 Portland Place, London
🎫 buff.ly/qZr2LI1
Let the commentary commence! (Only read the infographic so far - it’s what I train to so I ageee!)
2025 DAS guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway published today in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. #airway #difficultairway #intubation #anaesthesia #anesthesia
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(25)00693-2/fulltext
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(25)00693-2/fulltext
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Let the commentary commence! (Only read the infographic so far - it’s what I train to so I ageee!)
Very good, happens to be a topic of conversation in my household at the moment…
Why saying no is harder than it should be.
Why We’re Wired to Obey—And How to Reclaim Your Voice
Why saying no is harder than it should be.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Very good, happens to be a topic of conversation in my household at the moment…
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The Cook Islands are looking for Anaesthetic locum cover for Rarotonga Hospital asap or in a weeks time.
If you or someone you know is available and interested please contact the NZSA at nzsa@anaesthesia.nz and we’ll put you in touch.
If you or someone you know is available and interested please contact the NZSA at nzsa@anaesthesia.nz and we’ll put you in touch.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Cook Islands are looking for Anaesthetic locum cover for Rarotonga Hospital asap or in a weeks time.
If you or someone you know is available and interested please contact the NZSA at nzsa@anaesthesia.nz and we’ll put you in touch.
If you or someone you know is available and interested please contact the NZSA at nzsa@anaesthesia.nz and we’ll put you in touch.
Reposted by Dr Gavin Sullivan A.N.A.E.S.T.H.E.T.I.S.T 🇳🇿🇦🇺🇬🇧
As promised, It’s #TooHotTuesday!
Have you listened to our latest episode of @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH from the #ESRA2025 Block Box with GEHC?!
Check out the full episode at
www.blockitlikeitshot.com/s3-e18-block...
Featuring Dr Guy Weinberg & Dr Barbara Breebaart
You can see video pod too!
Have you listened to our latest episode of @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH from the #ESRA2025 Block Box with GEHC?!
Check out the full episode at
www.blockitlikeitshot.com/s3-e18-block...
Featuring Dr Guy Weinberg & Dr Barbara Breebaart
You can see video pod too!
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As promised, It’s #TooHotTuesday!
Have you listened to our latest episode of @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH from the #ESRA2025 Block Box with GEHC?!
Check out the full episode at
www.blockitlikeitshot.com/s3-e18-block...
Featuring Dr Guy Weinberg & Dr Barbara Breebaart
You can see video pod too!
Have you listened to our latest episode of @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH from the #ESRA2025 Block Box with GEHC?!
Check out the full episode at
www.blockitlikeitshot.com/s3-e18-block...
Featuring Dr Guy Weinberg & Dr Barbara Breebaart
You can see video pod too!
Thoughts on having a 20-30 min GA in the morning and needing a “responsible person” for the next 24 hours to stay with you? Otherwise you win a night in hospital? #ansky
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Thoughts on having a 20-30 min GA in the morning and needing a “responsible person” for the next 24 hours to stay with you? Otherwise you win a night in hospital? #ansky
I think he’s suggesting anaesthetists are stuck in their ways 🤔
📢 Calling all anaesthesia professionals and trainees!
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Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?
Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I think he’s suggesting anaesthetists are stuck in their ways 🤔
Heath Robinson ophthalmic anaesthesia! Subtenon FTW
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Heath Robinson ophthalmic anaesthesia! Subtenon FTW
The ultimate red herring. Gave me a decisional dilemma once…
Sustained, exhaled carbon dioxide by waveform capnography is an essential component of tracheal intubation.
But what if there is bronchospasm?
Tracheal intubation can be confirmed using flexible bronchoscopy.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1002/anr3...
But what if there is bronchospasm?
Tracheal intubation can be confirmed using flexible bronchoscopy.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1002/anr3...
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The ultimate red herring. Gave me a decisional dilemma once…
Does anybody’s cannula really just “fall out”…
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Does anybody’s cannula really just “fall out”…
Schroedingers on call. Am I going to get hammered, is it going to be civilised 🤷
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Schroedingers on call. Am I going to get hammered, is it going to be civilised 🤷
I see this but while they’re still transporting bunker oil in massive ships I find it a bit hard to feel guilty about a bit of sevo every now and then (acknowledging that small differences add up yes, yes)
TIVA vs sevoflurane
Interested in the contributions of the drugs, single use items, energy consumption and sevoflurane to the total carbon footprint at 0 min, 30 min, 60 min and 360 min?
#AnSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Interested in the contributions of the drugs, single use items, energy consumption and sevoflurane to the total carbon footprint at 0 min, 30 min, 60 min and 360 min?
#AnSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
October 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I see this but while they’re still transporting bunker oil in massive ships I find it a bit hard to feel guilty about a bit of sevo every now and then (acknowledging that small differences add up yes, yes)
Gasman… or these days gasser.
Here is Dr Tanya Selak with a handy guide on how to pronounce “anaesthetist” – after all, it can be a tricky one! Happy National Anaesthesia Day everyone!
#NAD25 #InSafeHands
#NAD25 #InSafeHands
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Gasman… or these days gasser.
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Anaesthesia is not sleep, it’s so much deeper. Today is ANZCA National Anaesthesia Day #NAD25 where each year on 16 October we celebrate the anniversary of the day in 1846 that ether anaesthetic was first demonstrated in Boston, Massachusetts. #InSafeHands @gonggasgirl.bsky.social
Ask an anaesthetist | How do you explain what an anaesthetist does?
YouTube video by Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
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October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Anaesthesia is not sleep, it’s so much deeper. Today is ANZCA National Anaesthesia Day #NAD25 where each year on 16 October we celebrate the anniversary of the day in 1846 that ether anaesthetic was first demonstrated in Boston, Massachusetts. #InSafeHands @gonggasgirl.bsky.social
Nice read - I think I need to do more with my life!
“Looking back, I realise that I never planned for retirement, but I did make sure as far as possible that I would be financially secure”
Read ‘From anaesthetics and aeroplanes to narrowboats and autogyros’ in Anaesthesia News September buff.ly/dfOfH5W
Read ‘From anaesthetics and aeroplanes to narrowboats and autogyros’ in Anaesthesia News September buff.ly/dfOfH5W
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Nice read - I think I need to do more with my life!
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October 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Interesting premise. Always wondered about this…
In >1,100 high-risk surgical patients, individualized periop BP targets based on pre-op nocturnal MAP were not associated with ↓ kidney or cardiac injury vs routine MAP ≥65 mm Hg
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October 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Interesting premise. Always wondered about this…