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The Health Literacy Initiative will be launched on the 18th of January 2024. Patients for Patient Safety will post an open letter to ministers Stephen Donnelly, Norma Foley, Simon Harris and Ann Rabbitte on Thursday the 18th of January, calling for a joined-up national approach to health literacy to empower everybody in Ireland with the knowledge, skills and confidence to be active partners and advocates for their own care. We want to see an integrated approach across healthcare, education, and in our communities to enable, encourage, and educate people to

The HSE have issued a safety critical national patient safety alert for action by everyone using Olympus High Flow Insufflation Unit UHI-4. UHI – 4 is used to facilitate laparoscopic and endoscopic observation, diagnosis, and treatment. It is used to insufflate the abdominal cavity and colon and provides automatic suction and smoke evacuation. What is the issue? This alert highlights a field safety notice that the medical device company Olympus has issued after it became aware of patients experiencing complications from over insufflation where UHI-4s were used, including arrythmias, gas embolism and

Colleen Harnett1, Terry Tan2  1Fellow in High Risk Obstetric Anaesthesia, and Quality & Patient Safety, Coombe Hospital. 2Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Coombe Hospital Introduction The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) annual report on Severe Maternal Morbidity  (SMM) 2021 identified 5 cases requiring ICU/CCU admission categorised under the term “anaesthetic complication” (Leitao et al., 2022).  All 5 cases were related to neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section.  There were 21,523 caesarean sections carried out in Ireland in 2021 giving an SMM incidence of 1:500,000 (0.0002%) due to anaesthesia complications.  Although these incidents are extremely rare, it can be

KP Moore Medal Competition 2022   CALL FOR ABSTRACTS  In association with National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference   Friday 11th November 2022   Anaesthesiologists in training are invited to submit abstracts on a topic related to Patient Safety in Anaesthesia, for consideration as a presentation at the KP Moore Medal Competition 2022. The KP Moore medal will be presented to best trainee presentation at the National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference on Friday 11th November 2022. Submissions not selected to give an oral presentation will be invited to submit a 6 minute podcast on their work. There will

KP Moore Medal Competition 2021 Competition is now closed for new abstracts   In association with National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference  Friday 12th November 2021   Anaesthetists in training are invited to submit abstracts on a topic related to Patient Safety in Anaesthesia, for consideration as a presentation at the KP Moore Medal Competition 2021. The KP Moore medal will be presented to best trainee presentation at the National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference on Friday 12th November 2021. Submissions not selected to give an oral presentation will be invited to submit a 6 minute podcast on

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is delighted to announce that the forthcoming National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference will take place on Friday 12th November 2021. Date & Time: Friday 12th November 2021, 8.50AM – 5.15PM Venue: Online event CPD Points: 7 CPD Points Awarded Programme can be viewed here  [PDF] Registrations will open in coming days. If you wish to register your interest please fill in your details below. (function(t,e,s,n){var o,a,c;t.SMCX=t.SMCX||[],e.getElementById(n)||(o=e.getElementsByTagName(s),a=o[o.length-1],c=e.createElement(s),c.type="text/javascript",c.async=!0,c.id=n,c.src="https://widget.surveymonkey.com/collect/website/js/tRaiETqnLgj758hTBazgd36CitCEEwoE44pTCPBWttdi7hUStRYopiH5ThdXtnZW.js",a.parentNode.insertBefore(c,a))})(window,document,"script","smcx-sdk"); Create your own user feedback survey

This is a consensus document produced by expert members of a Working Party established by the Association of Anaesthetists in 2019. It has been seen and approved by the Association of Anaesthetists’ Board of Directors. It has been endorsed by the Defence Medical Services, the Intensive Care Society, Health Education England, NHS Practitioner Health, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, and the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Summary Anaesthetists are thought to be at increased risk of suicide amongst the medical profession. The aims of the following guidelines are: increase awareness of suicide and associated vulnerabilities, risk