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Editorial<br />
Contents<br />
07<br />
03 Editorial<br />
05 President's Report<br />
07 The BIG Anaesthetics and<br />
Smartphone Survey<br />
10 Advice for NICE from specialists<br />
– not just from enthusiasts<br />
13 <strong>Anaesthesia</strong> Digested<br />
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We seem to live in ever more turbulent times (or do they just seem so<br />
with advancing age?). In the week I am writing this, MPs voted to involve<br />
the UK in airstrikes over Syria, yet another massacre is reported from<br />
the USA and the junior doctors’ strike, mandated by a staggering 98% is<br />
avoided/delayed at the 11th hour. By the time you read this the outcome<br />
of the negotiations with NHS Employers and the Department of Health<br />
should be known. I am very proud of our trainees: uniting when it comes<br />
to a question of patient safety and quality of care and the future of our<br />
profession.<br />
Also this week, the Council of the AAGBI has been discussing fatigue<br />
among our junior and senior colleagues. There is good evidence that<br />
even very short periods of rest under appropriate conditions reduces<br />
fatigue. Reducing fatigue would mean delivering safer clinical care<br />
for our patients and safer journeys home for us. I urge you look at the<br />
Association Guidelines on fatigue – the most authoritative publication on<br />
the subject I have come across – http://www.aagbi.org/fatigueguideline.<br />
Before I use up all my allocated space, I hope you agree there is<br />
something for everyone in this issue of <strong>Anaesthesia</strong> <strong>News</strong>. We have<br />
the results of a survey of what mobile phones apps are most popular<br />
among anaesthetists. As an obstetric friend remarked – it must be the<br />
ones with the most flashing lights that go ‘ping’. The National Institute<br />
for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) explains why specialist input into<br />
their guidelines is so important and invites you to get involved.<br />
Many years ago I spent six months in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.<br />
While there I developed a fascination with the island of East Timor but<br />
was unable to visit due to the political situation following its invasion by<br />
Indonesia ten years before. In this issue we have a fascinating account<br />
by an intrepid colleague who not just visited the island but undertook<br />
a mountain bike race there. For those of you interested in practising<br />
in austere environments we have an account of the latest piece of<br />
equipment designed for resource poor settings Continuous positive<br />
airway pressure for low income countries.<br />
We always welcome your feedback on our contents or your thoughts<br />
about unrelated subjects! So please put pen to paper or fingers to<br />
keyboard.<br />
I hope you enjoy this issue of <strong>Anaesthesia</strong> <strong>News</strong> as much as I have<br />
enjoyed putting it together.<br />
Felicity Plaat<br />
Immediate Past Honorary<br />
Membership Secretary, AAGBI<br />
or correctness of products or services offered in advertisements.<br />
<strong>Anaesthesia</strong> <strong>News</strong> February 2016 • Issue 343 3<br />
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17 Developing trainee management<br />
roles<br />
19 Affordable CPAP in<br />
low income countries<br />
23 LTFT training matters<br />
24 Tour de Timor<br />
26 Particles<br />
28 Your letters<br />
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<strong>Anaesthesia</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
Managing Editor: Upma Misra<br />
Editors: Phil Bewley (GAT), Nancy Redfern, Richard Griffiths, Sean Tighe,<br />
Mike Nathanson, Rachel Collis, Felicity Platt, Gerry Keenan and Elizabeth McGrady<br />
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