Some days #Wordle is really annoying. Got there in the end though. Phew. 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Excited to launch NZSA’s first ever podcast, connecting Aotearoa anaesthetists with activities across the motu and beyond. Hosted by NZSA VP Dr Morgan Edwards with three guest speakers. nzanaesthesia.podbean.com or listen on Apple podcasts or Spotify searching New Zealand Anaesethesia.

Dear #BreastCancer survivors who have had axillary procedures- it is SAFE to have blood taken, and blood pressure measurements done, on that arm. It does not increase lymphoedema and it makes me cranky to see pts scared unnecessarily into painful leg/foot procedures. 1/2

🆕📘 Abstracts of the Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting, 27–30 October 2021, Christchurch, New Zealand 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Honoured to be part of the first ⁦RACSurgeons⁩ Pacific Island Program since COVID (sponsored by ⁦Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺⁩ ) . Thankfully I have Dr Maea with me to give me a few tips on how to give an anaesthetic in the Cook Islands.

RIP Internet explorer? Not in the NZ public health system.

A little audit of sevo & N2O use in kids. doi.org/10.1111/anae.1…. Take home for me is that the few minutes of N2O for induction is 60% of the CO2e for the entire case. Time to nix the nitrous? Ben van der Griend Jess Davies TRA2SH Collaboration

Exciting day today as we formally welcome Dr Wayne Morriss as WFSA's new President. 🎊🎉 wfsahq.org/news/latest-ne… A short bio of his long-standing support for WFSA & #globalhealth. Looking forward to the next 2 years of Wayne Morriss #anaesthesia leadership. #anesthesia

I feel the ABC is trolling NZ with this piece….

My daughter got her free HPV vaccine today. So happy and relieved that her generation can benefit from this amazing work #stopHPVcancer Ian Frazer

Fantastic trip to Fiji. Lovely to meet friends old and new and strengthen our gynae pathology team in the Pacific. LVB Nanise Sikiti

Why does NZ need a public holiday to mourn someone that has absolutely no relevance to us. The public holiday doesn’t even coincide with the actual funeral. I’d be pissed off if I had my operation canceled because of this.

Applications close this Friday 14 October for the BWT Ritchie Scholarship. Find out more and apply now via the ANZAEC website: anaesthesiaeducation.org.nz/application-pr…

NEW BOOK at #ANZCALibrary for our hardworking #trainees: ‘Study Less and Still Blitz Your Exams’, by Kell & Patsy Tremayne. Learn to study smarter, not longer, leaving time for the things in life that make you happy #DoctorWellbeing Reserve a copy: bit.ly/3ggXOVH

Junior doctors, medical students or anyone considering a role in Anaesthesia are invited to join us for this webinar with a panel of speakers offering insight from across Aotearoa anaesthesia.nz/events/webinar…

Farewell and thanks for all the cats.