British Columbia Anesthesiologists' Society (BCAS)

Attention Anesthesiologists & FPAs! Looking to enhance your periop skills & improve patient outcomes? Join us for our 1-day “BCAS Periop Emergencies Workshop: A simulation-based approach to resuscitation” on April 16th, 2023. For more info, click 👇 bcanesthesiologists.ca/memberpages/bc…

Such a treat to present with @DrLucieFilteau, President of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society at the joint @WSSA / @BC_Anesthesia meeting today in Washington State!

Attention Anesthesiologists & FPAs! Looking to enhance your periop skills & improve patient outcomes? Join us for our 1-day “BCAS Periop Emergencies Workshop: A simulation-based approach to resuscitation” on April 16th, 2023. For more info, click 👇 bcanesthesiologists.ca/memberpages/bc…

Save the Date! @CASUpdate @AnesthesiaGR @SAGAnesthesia @RohitKumarRKV @ON_Anesthesia @QueensPeriopMed @MacAnesthesia @UofTanesthesia @drlauraduggan @DrFCampbell @Dolores_McKeen @VarshneyMD @colinjmccartney @canibagthat @SalSpadafora1 @AlanaFlex @glbryson @Ropivacaine @jaymcv

Colleagues (FPA & specialists) from across Canada! You are cordially invited to join @BC_Anesthesia in Vancouver on Nov 11 to 13. Earn up to 31 MOC credits in 3 days at the 56th Annual BCAS/WSSA Scientific Meeting. Info and register - ow.ly/njVx50LejAX

If you are in Canada and expecting to go into labour anytime soon, please do NOT buy your own epidural catheters online! These kits are not authorized by Health Canada and will NOT be used, so don't waste your money. Anesthesia colleagues please retweet 🙏

The role of anesthesiologists in reducing opioid harm | #CJA #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology buff.ly/3NPcV3K

And to top it off, our department head Jim Kim was the recipient of the @CASUpdate Outstanding Volunteer Award at #CASAM2022! So proud of him and his leadership being recognized on the national stage!

Thank you to our speakers, moderators, delegates, volunteers, sponsors and staff for contributing to #CASAM2022. Stay tuned to our feed and cas.ca/annual-meeting for materials, recordings, abstracts and more. See you next year in Quebec City, June 9-12, for #CASAM2023

Our statement in response to comments by @adriandix that nurse practitioners provide better care than doctors. doctorsofbc.ca/news/statement…

"Just an anesthesiologist" should be a rally cry for our specialty I am proud to be a physician who specializes in anesthesiology. I am proud of my colleagues who provide critical care and pain medicine, who fight for patient safety, who don't seek the limelight.

This article captures the zeitgeist for mindfulness during anesthesia induction (and extubation) Focus & only relevant communication during pivotal times, for nursing, surgery or anesthesia, is an inexpensive initiative for patient safety & care

In honor of physician anesthesiologists week, I am resharing my “letter to medical students from an anesthesiologist”. We are anesthesiologists because we care. pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology… @ASALifeline @ASAMonitor @_Anesthesiology @CincyPedsAnes #PhysAnesWk22 #Anesthesiology

Anesthesiologists are leaders in patient safety who play a critical role in ensuring high quality care before, during and after surgery. We also play significant roles in nearly every field of acute healthcare. #PhysAnesWk22 @ASALifeline @CASUpdate

How do you handle your opioids in the O.R.? Lock them up or leave them lying around, unattended? Is your controlled substance disposal secure or retrievable? So much local variability! Read about our QI journey to do better: rdcu.be/cFkyv @CJA_Journal @CASUpdate

🔐In search of the perfect outcome in neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care. @AlanaFlex calls on all researchers to use PROMS as well patient perspectives from LMICs. The tools are available, we just have to use them! 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Wishing all BC anesthesiologists and their colleagues a Happy New Year. We are so grateful for everything you have done to maintain access to surgical care in 2021. The challenge next year will not be less but we will meet it together.

Randomized clinical trial found regional anesthesia compared with general anesthesia did not significantly reduce the incidence and severity of postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing fragility hip fracture repair. ja.ma/3pdXYzb

📢Today is your last chance to register for #WAS2022 at the early bird rate!! Rates go up at midnight (PT) tonight. Full agenda + registration: bit.ly/WAS2022

Thanks to all the speakers who shared their expertise at the BCAS/WSSA Academic Meeting! And thanks to the participants for their involvement and support. We hope to see you again next year! #bcaswssa2021 @ChrisPrabhakar @Ecosurgeon @DocPAinsley @BC_Anesthesia @OReillyShah