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Excited to share our research:
What are the barriers to RA?
- Fear of complications
- Organisational culture
- Lack of MDT support
Huge thanks to @uclhregional, Eoin Harty, @rjvanstone & @LloydTurbitt for their support. Very grateful to the participants for their insights 🙏🏼
How confident are anaesthetists to perform Plan A blocks? New mixed-methods analysis by Zhang et al #regional #RA #PlanA
bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0…
@xiaoxi_6
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🗳️ RA-UK Council Elections are now open — have your say
6 candidates. Vote for up to 4.
Deadline: 12pm, 8th April
🔹 Dr Toby Ashken
🔹 Dr Boyne Bellew
🔹 Dr Bis Das
🔹 Dr Jenny Ferry
🔹 Dr Kiran Koneti
🔹 Dr Xiaoxi Zhang
Members: check your inbox for your voting link 📩
Can’t recommend this enough! It’s an experience that gives back more than you expect.
ST6+ residents/CESR/fellows with a passion for RA education – join the #RAUK26 Associate Faculty!
Teach RA. Learn from experts. Connect with like-minded colleagues.
Apply. It’s a good move.🤝
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Join the #RAUK26 Associate Faculty Programme — teach alongside experts & build your regional anaesthesia education portfolio!
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Thank you @Anaes_Journal for the incredible opportunity to share our work! Grateful to the GRAITE-USRA steering group, all Delphi experts & endorsing societies for their invaluable contributions, insights & support. A true multidisciplinary effort to improve AI reporting in RA 🙏🏼
Guidance for reporting AI technology evaluations for ultrasound scanning in regional anaesthesia
@xiaoxi_6 @Jennythatcanbl1 @davidwhewson @STHJournalClub @bowness_james
#anaesthesia #regionalanaesthesia #regionalanesthesia #AI #MedTwitter
doi.org/10.1111/anae.16733
Thank you @BJAJournals & @WAMM2025 for this great opportunity to share our work and highlight an important yet under-recognised airway risk: the impact of betel nut chewing on tracheal intubation & airway assessment.
Link to paper (free until 9 Oct 25):
authors.elsevier.com/a/1le2I…
Massive thank you to @oldandbaffled, @AnaesthetiSingh, Mr Bhavin Visavadia and Dr Heather Morris for your insights, support and mentorship.
Grateful to all the @LNWH_NHS colleagues who took part - this project wouldn’t exist without you. 🙏🏼
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Join #RAUK25 as Associate Faculty. Deliver teaching on workshops alongside faculty members & international experts.
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So excited to launch the GRAITE-USRA study today!
Guidelines for Reporting AI Technology Evaluations – Ultrasound Scanning in Regional Anaesthesia
Stay tuned for updates!
#UGRA #AI #POCUS
@bowness_james @Jennythatcanbl1 @davidwhewson @STHJournalClub @GSCollins
This Delphi project will create standardised guidelines for reporting #AI in ultrasound imaging for #RegionalAnaesthesia. Bringing together:
- Anaesthetists
- Academics
- Journal editors
- Professional membership societies
- Industry experts
#UGRA
@ESRA_Society @RegionalAnaesUK
With input of experts from 14 countries 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇦🇪🇨🇦🇸🇬🇺🇬🇨🇱🇪🇬🇬🇷🇿🇦🇳🇿🇩🇪🇹🇷, we hope this truly multidisciplinary and global effort can inform clinicians, engage industry, and ultimately improve patient care.
Results coming next year!
#RegionalAnaesthesia #AI #POCUS #UGRA
@Assoc_Anaes
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It was an absolute pleasure meeting and teaching alongside these fantastic anaesthetists at #RAUK24
The Associate Faculty programme continues to be a success and the future of #regionalanaesthesia is in good hands
Amazing couple of days at the #RAUK24 conference! 🤩 Learned tons, met so many inspiring people, and cherished every moment catching up with old friends. A heartfelt thank you to @RegionalAnaesUK for this incredible opportunity to join the Associate Faculty. Truly grateful! 🙏
Amazing couple of days at the #RAUK24 conference! 🤩 Learned tons, met so many inspiring people, and cherished every moment catching up with old friends. A heartfelt thank you to @RegionalAnaesUK for this incredible opportunity to join the Associate Faculty. Truly grateful! 🙏
Fear of complications is a major barrier to learning and practising RA. A better understanding of RA complications will help anaesthetists and patients decide on the most suitable anaesthetic technique. Really looking forward to insights from NAP8. @RCoANews @RegionalAnaesUK
NAP8 REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA will include
Complications of
PNB - around 200K
CNB - around 500K
There is an intent to also capture Neurological Compliations of all forms of anaesthesia in the activity phase of the project
Looks out for the advert to lead it
rcoa.ac.uk/news/nap8-complic…
@RCoANews @RCoA_CRI @RegionalAnaesUK @OAAinfo
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This illustrates why the curriculum change is so important for RA if only to stop the RA v GA debate at grass roots level. In the future RA should not be an “add on” or “special” or indeed “to be feared” but part of a continuum.
Mentoring of colleagues is also so important – at East Midlands, England
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Excellent paper with a huge amount of work by panel
Xiaoxi Zhang on RA proficiency and perceptions in >10 year experienced SAS/Consultants proving real food for thought:
Regional anaesthesia education for consultants and specialists in the ... sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at East Midlands, England
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Are you confident performing & teaching Plan A regional blocks?
UK survey found only 22% confident performing all Plan A blocks
@xiaoxi_6 @rjvanstone @LloydTurbitt @uclhregional @RegionalAnaesUK @Assoc_Anaes @RCoANews @ASRA_Society
Please RT 🌎👇
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Consultants & specialists. Are you confident performing all plan A blocks? Our survey found only 22% expressed confidence in performing all Plan A blocks. Great work
@xiaoxi_6 et al👏. Paper is free for 50 days @LloydTurbitt @uclhregional. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
RA education for trainers:
📊Only 22% confident in all Plan A blocks
💉Senior consultants (>10yr) & SAS drs less confident
🤝Peer-led teaching = effective
🚫Barriers: organisational culture, lack of MDT support, fear of complications & lack of inclusivity
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…