Anaesthesia on Air is the Podcast from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the speciality throughout the UK. We are the third largest Medical Royal College in the UK by membership. With a combined membership of 23,000 fellows and members, we ensure the quality of patient care by safeguarding standards in the three specialities of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine. We are always looking for new content, so if you have any ideas, or would like to get involved, please contact us at: podcast@rcoa.ac.uk (mailto:podcast@rcoa.ac.uk) .
Hypnotherapy and the anxious patient
In this episode of Anaesthesia on Air Jenny Westaway, Chair of Patient Voices at RCoA, hosts a fascinating discussion with Dr Jane Boissiere, Dr Samantha Black, and Dr Paul Slater about Hypnotherapy in Anaesthesia. They discuss misunderstanding and misinformation around Clinical Hypnosis and the benefits of its use to help patient anxiety.
2/5/2024 • 44 minutes, 30 seconds
The History of Military Anaesthesia Part 2
In Part 2 of the podcast Peter and Jag talk about the emerging threats from Iraq and Afghanistan which demanded a completely different approach and considerable clinical agility and innovation. Peter was the first UK Defence Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care (2008-16) and the conversation turns to the support he received from the RCoA, the Association of Anaesthetists and the Deaneries.
Because of the nature of warfare the experience of the anaesthetists involved recorded here may sometimes be disturbing.
The episode is chaired by Dr Anna Maria Rollin, Chair of the RCoA Heritage & Archives Committee
2/2/2024 • 32 minutes, 58 seconds
The History of Military Anaesthesia Part 1
In this episode retired Colonel Soundararajan ‘Jag’ Jagdish talks to Professor Peter Mahoney about the early development of military anaesthesia, their lived experiences as deployed military personnel and what went on behind the scenes.
The episode is chaired by Dr Anna Maria Rollin, Chair of the RCoA Heritage and Archives Committee
1/26/2024 • 36 minutes, 47 seconds
Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 4, Capacity Building in Surgical Care on Mercy Ships
In this final part of our Global Anaesthesia podcast miniseries, Jan and Fi have the privilege to speak with Dr Michelle White who is a long-term volunteer for Mercy Ships.
Michelle talks about her experience working in capacity Building on the ship and the delivery of surgical services in surgical care.
1/5/2024 • 18 minutes, 53 seconds
Anaesthetists and Aerospace Medicine
In this episode of Anaesthesia on Air, Dr Mike Grocott hosts a fascinating discussion with Prof Thomas Smith, recently awarded the RCoA Macintosh Professorship, given 'in recognition of outstanding contributions to the wider field of anaesthesia in a senior academic or clinician' for his work in aerospace medicine.
12/19/2023 • 25 minutes, 49 seconds
Wellbeing and the anaesthetic trainer-trainee relationship
In this episode of Anaesthesia on Air, Dr Deidre Conway hosts a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with Drs Nancy Redfern and Eoin Dore about wellbeing in the anaesthetic workplace and the particular dynamic between trainees and trainers. Amongst many other things Nancy, Eoin, and Deirdre discuss generational differences in work values, communication and honesty, self-care, and building a great environment for learning, drawing on their own experiences and the latest research and practices.
12/15/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 13 seconds
Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 3, The building of GADP (ZADP/ EADP)
In this third part of out Global Anaesthesia podcast miniseries, Jan and Fi talk to Dr Emma Coley and Dr Anna Janowicz about their experiences in Zambia and Ethiopia on the Global Anaesthesia Development Programme (GADP), and its Zambian offshoot, ZADP.
From applying low resource-setting solutions back in the UK and appreciating the dedication of local clinical teams to the world's largest fruit bat migration, Emma and Anna bring some rich insights from their experiences in global anaesthesia to the conversation.
