Hip Fracture Anaesthesia
Important: Please could all who have sent in audit data please try and get the mortality data to Richard ASAP
Please keep any audit data coming in, either in an electronic form or hardcopy. Any ideas on a minimum data set for hip fracture anaesthesia please forward them to Richard Griffiths at richard@wothorpe.com
Aims:
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To promote evidence based practice for hip fracture anaesthesia
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To promote consistent opinion between professionals across the NHS
A resource for anaesthetists in the NHS to discuss topics related to hip fracture anaesthesia.
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To ensure that all patients get a high quality, consultant based anaesthetic service.
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To encourage audit and research amongst the hip fracture anaesthesia community
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To promote the concept of an 'anaesthesia champion' in each acute Trust, with responsibility for hip fracture anaesthesia
Presentations and documents
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National Hip Fracture Anaesthesia Network: The First Year (ppt, 3.8MB)
Presentation by Richard Griffiths (Peterborough), Kirsty Forrest (Leeds) and John Holloway (Poole) -
Best Clinical Practice – perioperative care for the older patient with a hip fracture (ppt, 611KB)
Presentation by Dr Richard Griffiths -
Can the anaesthetist influence morbidity and mortality? (ppt, 157KB)
Presentation by Dr Richard Griffiths at WSM London, 17 January 2008 -
Optimum Hip Fracture Management (ppt, 725KB)
Presentation by Martyn Parker -
Hip fracture: is there a best anaesthetic technique? (ppt, 166KB)
Presentation by Dr Richard Griffiths, given at the Age Anaesthesia Association meeting in Manchester, May 2007 -
Regional anaesthesia for hip surgery - should it be the automatic choice? (ppt, 275KB)
Presentation by Dr Richard Griffiths MD FRCA, Peterborough Hospitals -
Presentations from the 7th Peterborough hip meeting, held in Stamford on 27 April 2007:
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To ECHO or not? (ppt, 171KB)
Presentation by Dr Richard Griffiths on echocardiography and aortic stenosis -
General or spinal anaesthesia or nerve blocks (ppt, 202KB)
Presentation by Dr Richard Griffiths on which type of anaesthesia to use
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All interested gasmen please contact...
Network contact: Richard Griffiths, richard@wothorpe.com, tel. 01733 874327
(Please register your institution and indicate whether are you preared to be the Hip Fracture Champion in your Trust.)