Your complete isoflurane revision in one episode. MAC 1.17, blood:gas coefficient: 1.4, only 0.2% metabolism, and more. FRCA Primary candidates - this one's for you.
gasgasgas.uk/isoflurane/ Give it a Repost!
gasgasgas.uk/isoflurane/ Give it a Repost!
Ep.45 – Isoflurane For The FRCA Primary
Everything you need to know about Isoflurane for Exams and Life!
gasgasgas.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Your complete isoflurane revision in one episode. MAC 1.17, blood:gas coefficient: 1.4, only 0.2% metabolism, and more. FRCA Primary candidates - this one's for you.
gasgasgas.uk/isoflurane/ Give it a Repost!
gasgasgas.uk/isoflurane/ Give it a Repost!
🚀 Ace your Primary FRCA (Viva)!
Join FRCA.Ai – SOE Mastery, an online AI-powered course built by UK anaesthetists.
🎯 Mock SOEs, viva-style Q&As & full syllabus coverage.
💻 Flexible, exam-focused learning.
👉 Learn more: bookcpd.com/course/final...
#FRCA #Anaesthesia #MedEd
#FRCA.AI #DrArulJames
Join FRCA.Ai – SOE Mastery, an online AI-powered course built by UK anaesthetists.
🎯 Mock SOEs, viva-style Q&As & full syllabus coverage.
💻 Flexible, exam-focused learning.
👉 Learn more: bookcpd.com/course/final...
#FRCA #Anaesthesia #MedEd
#FRCA.AI #DrArulJames
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🚀 Ace your Primary FRCA (Viva)!
Join FRCA.Ai – SOE Mastery, an online AI-powered course built by UK anaesthetists.
🎯 Mock SOEs, viva-style Q&As & full syllabus coverage.
💻 Flexible, exam-focused learning.
👉 Learn more: bookcpd.com/course/final...
#FRCA #Anaesthesia #MedEd
#FRCA.AI #DrArulJames
Join FRCA.Ai – SOE Mastery, an online AI-powered course built by UK anaesthetists.
🎯 Mock SOEs, viva-style Q&As & full syllabus coverage.
💻 Flexible, exam-focused learning.
👉 Learn more: bookcpd.com/course/final...
#FRCA #Anaesthesia #MedEd
#FRCA.AI #DrArulJames
Journeying through the forged pathways & rhythm of life before the first breath. #FoetalCirculation #medicaleducation #FRCA #viva #fridayteaching #whiteboardteaching #fy #fyp #pov
Can you tell me where the error is in this diagram? #discussion
Can you tell me where the error is in this diagram? #discussion
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Journeying through the forged pathways & rhythm of life before the first breath. #FoetalCirculation #medicaleducation #FRCA #viva #fridayteaching #whiteboardteaching #fy #fyp #pov
Can you tell me where the error is in this diagram? #discussion
Can you tell me where the error is in this diagram? #discussion
In our new blog, Dr Balaji Packianathaswamy & Dr Hasanthi Gooneratne update members on the development of our new Clinical Performance Exam (CPE).
Learn how the CPE will offer an applied, real-world assessment format 👉 https://rcoa.ac.uk/blog/journey-towards-final-frca-clinical-performance-exam
Learn how the CPE will offer an applied, real-world assessment format 👉 https://rcoa.ac.uk/blog/journey-towards-final-frca-clinical-performance-exam
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In our new blog, Dr Balaji Packianathaswamy & Dr Hasanthi Gooneratne update members on the development of our new Clinical Performance Exam (CPE).
Learn how the CPE will offer an applied, real-world assessment format 👉 https://rcoa.ac.uk/blog/journey-towards-final-frca-clinical-performance-exam
Learn how the CPE will offer an applied, real-world assessment format 👉 https://rcoa.ac.uk/blog/journey-towards-final-frca-clinical-performance-exam
New episode 🎧 Does desflurane need electricity? Why does lower blood-gas solubility = faster onset? Episode 44 breaks down volatile anaesthetics with the concepts that matter for the FRCA Primary.
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/introduction-to-volatile-anaesthetic-agents/
#FOAMed #Anaesthesia #FRCA #ansky
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/introduction-to-volatile-anaesthetic-agents/
#FOAMed #Anaesthesia #FRCA #ansky
Ep.44 –Introduction To Volatile Anaesthetic Agents For The FRCA Primary
Volatile anaesthetic agents remain fundamental to modern anaesthetic practice, yet their behaviour is governed by complex physicochemical principles that can
gasgasgas.uk
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New episode 🎧 Does desflurane need electricity? Why does lower blood-gas solubility = faster onset? Episode 44 breaks down volatile anaesthetics with the concepts that matter for the FRCA Primary.
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/introduction-to-volatile-anaesthetic-agents/
#FOAMed #Anaesthesia #FRCA #ansky
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/introduction-to-volatile-anaesthetic-agents/
#FOAMed #Anaesthesia #FRCA #ansky
Exam results are out🙌
We have emailed results to all candidates who sat the Final FRCA Written examination results from September 📆
Please check your inboxes (and your junk folder).
We have emailed results to all candidates who sat the Final FRCA Written examination results from September 📆
Please check your inboxes (and your junk folder).
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Exam results are out🙌
We have emailed results to all candidates who sat the Final FRCA Written examination results from September 📆
Please check your inboxes (and your junk folder).
We have emailed results to all candidates who sat the Final FRCA Written examination results from September 📆
Please check your inboxes (and your junk folder).
Ep.42: Dexmedetomidine pharmacology for FRCA Primary—
Alpha-2 Agonist creating sedation with preserved respiratory drive. Covers mechanism, biphasic CV response, clinical uses and drawing up/ preparing the drug and practical dosing.
gasgasgas.uk/dexmedetomidine
#FOAMed #Anaesthetics #FRCA #medsky
Alpha-2 Agonist creating sedation with preserved respiratory drive. Covers mechanism, biphasic CV response, clinical uses and drawing up/ preparing the drug and practical dosing.
gasgasgas.uk/dexmedetomidine
#FOAMed #Anaesthetics #FRCA #medsky
Ep.42– Dexmedetomidine For The FRCA Primary
Dexmedetomidine unlike traditional sedatives produces a distinctive sleep-like state that preserves patient arousability and respiratory drive. Unlike GABA
gasgasgas.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Ep.42: Dexmedetomidine pharmacology for FRCA Primary—
Alpha-2 Agonist creating sedation with preserved respiratory drive. Covers mechanism, biphasic CV response, clinical uses and drawing up/ preparing the drug and practical dosing.
gasgasgas.uk/dexmedetomidine
#FOAMed #Anaesthetics #FRCA #medsky
Alpha-2 Agonist creating sedation with preserved respiratory drive. Covers mechanism, biphasic CV response, clinical uses and drawing up/ preparing the drug and practical dosing.
gasgasgas.uk/dexmedetomidine
#FOAMed #Anaesthetics #FRCA #medsky
Monday morning means shelving and integrating new books onto our shelves.
Here's our new copy of 'Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA' sitting snugly on the shelves!
#library #librarysky #booksky
Here's our new copy of 'Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA' sitting snugly on the shelves!
#library #librarysky #booksky
September 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Monday morning means shelving and integrating new books onto our shelves.
Here's our new copy of 'Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA' sitting snugly on the shelves!
#library #librarysky #booksky
Here's our new copy of 'Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA' sitting snugly on the shelves!
#library #librarysky #booksky
📢 Primary FRCA OSCE Course
🗓 Sat 4 Oct 2025 | 📍 QEQM Hospital, Margate
💷 £65 | 1-day intensive prep with 2 OSCE circuits + consultant feedback.
Spaces limited – book now!
Registration & bookings: bookcpd.com/course/prima...
@rcoanews.bsky.social
#FRCA #OSCE #Anaesthetics #MedicalEducation
🗓 Sat 4 Oct 2025 | 📍 QEQM Hospital, Margate
💷 £65 | 1-day intensive prep with 2 OSCE circuits + consultant feedback.
Spaces limited – book now!
Registration & bookings: bookcpd.com/course/prima...
@rcoanews.bsky.social
#FRCA #OSCE #Anaesthetics #MedicalEducation
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 Primary FRCA OSCE Course
🗓 Sat 4 Oct 2025 | 📍 QEQM Hospital, Margate
💷 £65 | 1-day intensive prep with 2 OSCE circuits + consultant feedback.
Spaces limited – book now!
Registration & bookings: bookcpd.com/course/prima...
@rcoanews.bsky.social
#FRCA #OSCE #Anaesthetics #MedicalEducation
🗓 Sat 4 Oct 2025 | 📍 QEQM Hospital, Margate
💷 £65 | 1-day intensive prep with 2 OSCE circuits + consultant feedback.
Spaces limited – book now!
Registration & bookings: bookcpd.com/course/prima...
@rcoanews.bsky.social
#FRCA #OSCE #Anaesthetics #MedicalEducation
It’s been a particularly long, arduous, bookish, nerdy, academic and scholastic 4 years!! 🤓 📖
#BPTC #Pupillage #Tenancy #primary #FRCA #finals #viva #law #medicine #barrister #medic #husband #wife #crime #anaesthetist #bar #study #learn #graduation #call #inn #court #royal #college #medicine
#BPTC #Pupillage #Tenancy #primary #FRCA #finals #viva #law #medicine #barrister #medic #husband #wife #crime #anaesthetist #bar #study #learn #graduation #call #inn #court #royal #college #medicine
September 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
✉️ Please check your inboxes for the September issue of President's News, featuring:
▶️ College Council nominations opening
▶️Our new Wales manifesto
▶️Reasonable adjustments for FRCA exams
▶️Innovation Symposium event
▶️ College Council nominations opening
▶️Our new Wales manifesto
▶️Reasonable adjustments for FRCA exams
▶️Innovation Symposium event
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
✉️ Please check your inboxes for the September issue of President's News, featuring:
▶️ College Council nominations opening
▶️Our new Wales manifesto
▶️Reasonable adjustments for FRCA exams
▶️Innovation Symposium event
▶️ College Council nominations opening
▶️Our new Wales manifesto
▶️Reasonable adjustments for FRCA exams
▶️Innovation Symposium event
I think
1) I am just just Idiot On The Internet FRCA, this is not advice
2) after 12 yrs in training watching myriad approaches to positioning (remi/prop TCI/prop bolus/ket/midaz/ketaz/block first/sat up/lateral etc.) I decided I couldn't be arsed and do GAs
1) I am just just Idiot On The Internet FRCA, this is not advice
2) after 12 yrs in training watching myriad approaches to positioning (remi/prop TCI/prop bolus/ket/midaz/ketaz/block first/sat up/lateral etc.) I decided I couldn't be arsed and do GAs
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I think
1) I am just just Idiot On The Internet FRCA, this is not advice
2) after 12 yrs in training watching myriad approaches to positioning (remi/prop TCI/prop bolus/ket/midaz/ketaz/block first/sat up/lateral etc.) I decided I couldn't be arsed and do GAs
1) I am just just Idiot On The Internet FRCA, this is not advice
2) after 12 yrs in training watching myriad approaches to positioning (remi/prop TCI/prop bolus/ket/midaz/ketaz/block first/sat up/lateral etc.) I decided I couldn't be arsed and do GAs
🧠 OneBrain – Scotland is back!
📍 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
📅 11 Nov 2025
A 1-day neuroanaesthetic simulation course (ST4+ trainees)
🌟 Topics: raised ICP, neurosurgical transfer, thrombectomy, SAH
👥 Max 12 places | £75 | CPD applied
🥪 Lunch included
Bookcpd.com
#Anaesthesia #NeurocriticalCare #FRCA
📍 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
📅 11 Nov 2025
A 1-day neuroanaesthetic simulation course (ST4+ trainees)
🌟 Topics: raised ICP, neurosurgical transfer, thrombectomy, SAH
👥 Max 12 places | £75 | CPD applied
🥪 Lunch included
Bookcpd.com
#Anaesthesia #NeurocriticalCare #FRCA
September 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🧠 OneBrain – Scotland is back!
📍 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
📅 11 Nov 2025
A 1-day neuroanaesthetic simulation course (ST4+ trainees)
🌟 Topics: raised ICP, neurosurgical transfer, thrombectomy, SAH
👥 Max 12 places | £75 | CPD applied
🥪 Lunch included
Bookcpd.com
#Anaesthesia #NeurocriticalCare #FRCA
📍 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
📅 11 Nov 2025
A 1-day neuroanaesthetic simulation course (ST4+ trainees)
🌟 Topics: raised ICP, neurosurgical transfer, thrombectomy, SAH
👥 Max 12 places | £75 | CPD applied
🥪 Lunch included
Bookcpd.com
#Anaesthesia #NeurocriticalCare #FRCA
Final FRCA written resit done. Time to relax. Here’s hoping for a pass and not another £660 wasted 🤞
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Final FRCA written resit done. Time to relax. Here’s hoping for a pass and not another £660 wasted 🤞
That’s up there with FRCA
September 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
That’s up there with FRCA
As the landlord of the Square Pig in Holborn can attest, many of his successors aren’t, particularly on FRCA viva day.
August 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
As the landlord of the Square Pig in Holborn can attest, many of his successors aren’t, particularly on FRCA viva day.
I think this is certainly historically what was in my Primary FRCA books and it's clearly just incorrect. I strongly suspect this is still the "correct" answer. (Another win for standard setting in postgraduate examinations.)
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I think this is certainly historically what was in my Primary FRCA books and it's clearly just incorrect. I strongly suspect this is still the "correct" answer. (Another win for standard setting in postgraduate examinations.)
Can we just have a #shit #good rating system - it really doesn't need much more than that! Which kit was used, who did it, what you'd do differently next time if it was tricky... (perhaps I should write that up and get a system named after me for poor FRCA candidates to struggle to remember)
Still using Cormack-Lehane grading for VL? Why?!
Out today a new @bjaeducation.bsky.social article by @naomi-gostelow.bsky.social Bhavesh Patel and me looking at grading systems for VL.
#AnSky #MedSky
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Out today a new @bjaeducation.bsky.social article by @naomi-gostelow.bsky.social Bhavesh Patel and me looking at grading systems for VL.
#AnSky #MedSky
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Grading systems for tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy
The first videolaryngoscopes were marketed in 2001. In the two decades since, the
number of models available, diversity in design and popularity have all significantly
increased.1 Designs can be class...
www.bjaed.org
August 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are you planning to take your Primary or Final #FRCA exams this academic year?
Join us for an excellent joint webinar with @assocanaes.bsky.social - FRCA exams: Road to Success 2025
🗓️Tuesday 26th August 6-8pm (login from 5.50pm)
🎟️Tickets at anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati...
Join us for an excellent joint webinar with @assocanaes.bsky.social - FRCA exams: Road to Success 2025
🗓️Tuesday 26th August 6-8pm (login from 5.50pm)
🎟️Tickets at anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati...
Association of Anaesthetists > Home > Education & events > Find an event > Event Details
We represent the life-changing, life-saving profession of anaesthesia – by supporting, informing and inspiring a worldwide community of over 10,000 members.
anaesthetists.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Are you planning to take your Primary or Final #FRCA exams this academic year?
Join us for an excellent joint webinar with @assocanaes.bsky.social - FRCA exams: Road to Success 2025
🗓️Tuesday 26th August 6-8pm (login from 5.50pm)
🎟️Tickets at anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati...
Join us for an excellent joint webinar with @assocanaes.bsky.social - FRCA exams: Road to Success 2025
🗓️Tuesday 26th August 6-8pm (login from 5.50pm)
🎟️Tickets at anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati...
I’ve been loving the show, you cover the content in a really unique and engaging way, which is particularly impressive for the episodes recorded solo. Think the mix of vivacast and the essential FRCA episodes work very well, thank you for producing them!
August 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’ve been loving the show, you cover the content in a really unique and engaging way, which is particularly impressive for the episodes recorded solo. Think the mix of vivacast and the essential FRCA episodes work very well, thank you for producing them!
Would fail Primary FRCA and be permanently banished from Anaesthesia:
August 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Would fail Primary FRCA and be permanently banished from Anaesthesia:
Ropivacaine!!
A complete guide to the S-enantiomer LA that's less cardiotoxic than bupivacaine!
Facts:
Differential block (sens> motor)
3mg/kg max dose
Plus: The Woolley & Roe case of post spinal paraplegia
Perfect for revision on-the-go!
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/ropivacaine
#FRCA
A complete guide to the S-enantiomer LA that's less cardiotoxic than bupivacaine!
Facts:
Differential block (sens> motor)
3mg/kg max dose
Plus: The Woolley & Roe case of post spinal paraplegia
Perfect for revision on-the-go!
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/ropivacaine
#FRCA
Ep.35 – Ropivacaine For The FRCA Primary
Welcome to another essential episode of Gas Gas Gas, where we dive deep into the pharmacology that could make or break your FRCA primary exam. Today we're
gasgasgas.uk
August 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Ropivacaine!!
A complete guide to the S-enantiomer LA that's less cardiotoxic than bupivacaine!
Facts:
Differential block (sens> motor)
3mg/kg max dose
Plus: The Woolley & Roe case of post spinal paraplegia
Perfect for revision on-the-go!
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/ropivacaine
#FRCA
A complete guide to the S-enantiomer LA that's less cardiotoxic than bupivacaine!
Facts:
Differential block (sens> motor)
3mg/kg max dose
Plus: The Woolley & Roe case of post spinal paraplegia
Perfect for revision on-the-go!
Listen: gasgasgas.uk/ropivacaine
#FRCA
Clinical gold: wondering about IV lidocaine for postop pain?
or how to sneak and NG tube into schnoze (nose) 'delightful' the co-phenylcaine trick for NGT 💊
Learn AAGBI IV dosing protocols and whether spinal cords like it!
gasgasgas.uk/lidocaine/
#Ansky #FRCA #MedEd #foamed
or how to sneak and NG tube into schnoze (nose) 'delightful' the co-phenylcaine trick for NGT 💊
Learn AAGBI IV dosing protocols and whether spinal cords like it!
gasgasgas.uk/lidocaine/
#Ansky #FRCA #MedEd #foamed
Episode 34 - Lidocaine
Welcome to lidocaine - the ubiquitous local anaesthetic that's everywhere in clinical practice but comes with some important caveats. Whether you're preparing
gasgasgas.uk
July 31, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Clinical gold: wondering about IV lidocaine for postop pain?
or how to sneak and NG tube into schnoze (nose) 'delightful' the co-phenylcaine trick for NGT 💊
Learn AAGBI IV dosing protocols and whether spinal cords like it!
gasgasgas.uk/lidocaine/
#Ansky #FRCA #MedEd #foamed
or how to sneak and NG tube into schnoze (nose) 'delightful' the co-phenylcaine trick for NGT 💊
Learn AAGBI IV dosing protocols and whether spinal cords like it!
gasgasgas.uk/lidocaine/
#Ansky #FRCA #MedEd #foamed