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Ben
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Anaesthetic registrar ST6 (PGY9) in SE London. Bartsman. Ex-Maxfacs
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New paper just dropped today, a secondary analysis using data from my PhD! Hard work spearheaded by Eimear Lusby.

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Social deprivation and morbidity and mortality after surgery: a UK national observational cohort study
Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with poor surgical outcomes. We assessed associations between deprivation and postoperative morbidity and mort…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Radiation safety for anaesthetists - we need to know to be able to protect ourselves at work. Free access @bjaeducation.bsky.social
Read this new #BJAEd article by Lalabekyan & colleagues for an excellent overview of the principles of radiation safety for anaesthetists:
www.bjaed.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
And Mattel giving Barbie a chatGPT brains…
June 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Read the latest research, explore new multimedia, and earn journal CME with the July 2025 issue—out today!

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June 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’ve only ever seen something like this in textbooks! Can you guess what was given between these two consequential TEG traces in the context of liver transplantation?😉
May 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So, from near zero experience in coding to full stack development and deployment of an anaesthetic project in 3 days!!!! LLM are something!!!! #ansky #llm
a man in a suit and tie is dancing .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing .
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May 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#Cosmos482 Here what’s really happened…
May 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our paper on radiation safety for anaesthetists has been published in the May edition of BJA Education. As the Editor’s Choice, it is free to access for everyone. #AnSky
Principles of radiation safety for anaesthetists
Anaesthetists (and operating department staff) are at high risk of occupational radiation exposure because of their involvement in procedures performed under radiological guidance. They often work nea...
www.bjaed.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Huge respect to @anzca.bsky.social for leaving Twitter behind. Time for other health related organisations to do the same.

You have the power to bring the conversation to BlueSky.

@safeairwaysociety.org @rcoanews.bsky.social @anaesjournal.bsky.social
@bjajournals.bsky.social

#ASM25CNS
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It seems Etomidate experiencing a comeback as recreational drug used in vapes. With crazy sequlia. academic.oup.com/jcemcr/artic...
Acquired 11β-hydroxylase Deficiency by Inhaled Etomidate and its Analogues: A Mimic of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Abstract. The increase in popularity of electronic cigarettes arouses great health concern. We describe a case of a 35-year-old female with chronic use of
academic.oup.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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April 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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This seems like a good time to announce that for the past three years I've been seconded to the Department of Teeth to lead a £5 million transformation project to digitise Form TF-230, allowing you to claim reimbursement for swallowed teeth online

tf230.matteason.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Hello my name is…..needs rebooting with name, title & role

: badges & introductions

Without it
-too much confusion
-too much uncertainty
-too much rom for obfuscation

I like to think Dr Kate Grainger would agree
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
“Hello, my name is” introductions and badges need updating to include full name, title, and role
Staff should introduce themselves with their title, name, and role and have badges clearly detailing this to avoid confusion and misdirection, writes Tim Cook The “Hello, my name is” campaign, set up...
www.bmj.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The madness of the £100,000 childcare tax trap - on.ft.com/4bJ7LnB
The madness of the £100,000 childcare tax trap
With some parents requiring a 50 per cent pay rise to mitigate the effects of the threshold, the trap is zapping productivity
on.ft.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Motion to rename antibacterials in honour of Marcus Junius Brutus?
auch hierüber kann ich lange lachen! 🤣
March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Any #Severance fans here?

Ether factories, sweet vitriol, windows of amnesia...

We are loving the links to anaesthesia in Apple TV's Severance 📺
March 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I was thinking NASA will be safe. But inwas wrong. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline
Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.
www.nature.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I didn’t realise that Das Vinci surgical robot was around in 50s.
"Magic hands" technology for atomic workers on display in West Berlin, 1954.
March 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The UK is facing a critical failure in medical workforce planning.

Thousands of doctors are trapped in a bottleneck, blocked from progressing due to a shortage of training posts.

This has been a crisis that was foreseeable and entirely preventable. www.ft.com/content/ddb5...
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Wow, anaesthesia for liver transplant is so cool! And I have done my first cardiac bypass cannulae! Loving it!
a man applauds in front of a sign that says schitts creek yes on it
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March 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#AnSky we are looking into manufacturers of airway devices used in the UK. Could you please reply with the brands of ETTs and SADs used in your hospitals?
For example my trust uses: Teleflex, Portex ETTs, and i-gels.
Thank you.! #anaesthesia
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM