Guidelines

The Association of Anaesthetists produces guidelines on issues affecting anaesthetists or anaesthesia. The guidelines are usually the end product of a working party that is established to discuss a specific subject. The working party, consisting of representatives from the Association together with experts from related agencies, meets regularly and then publishes its recommendations/findings in an Association publication. A hard copy of a new publication is posted to all Association members but the full text can also be accessed by anyone on the website.

The current active guidelines are listed alphabetically below, simply click on the publication you would like to download. All guidelines are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. In order to read them you must have Acrobat reader installed on your computer. If you do not have this programme already then please install the free version below.

For older publications (circa 2000) and previous editions of current guidelines please click on the Archive section on the right hand menu. For guidelines produced by the Irish Standing Committee and the GAT Committee please choose the link from the right hand menu.

All current active publications are available by post and are free to members of the Association and £5.00 per copy to non-members. To order copies please contact Julie Gallagher on +44 (0) 20 7631 1650, Email: juliegallagher@aagbi.org

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A

Anaesthesia Team (2005) WEBSITE ONLY

Anaphylactic reactions associated with Anaesthesia 3 (2003) (Being reviewed) WEBSITE ONLY

Assistance for the Anaesthetist 2007 (An Irish Standing Committee Publication)

Other Irish Standing Committee Publications

B

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist - Blood Component Therapy (2005)

Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist - Red Cell Transfusion (2008)

C

Care of the Elderly (2001) (Review date 2010) WEBSITE ONLY

Care of the critically ill child in Irish Hospitals (2005) (An Irish Standing Committee Publication)

Other Irish Standing Committee Publications

Catastrophes in Anaesthetic Practice (2005) (Review date 2010)

Checking anaesthetic equipment 3 (2004) (Review date 2009)

Checklist for anaesthetic equipment (2004) A4 Laminated Sheet

Consent for Anaesthesia (2006) (Review date 2011)

Consultant trainee relationships – a guide for consultants (2001)
(Review date 2010) WEBSITE ONLY

Contract and Job Planning for Consultant Anaesthetists. (2005)

Controlled Drugs in Perioperative Care (2006)

Additional Notes for practitioners in the Republic of Ireland from The Irish Standing Committee.

D

Day surgery 2 (2005) (Review date 2010) WEBSITE ONLY

NEW DNAR Decisions in the Perioperative Period (2009)

F

Fatigue and Anaesthetists (2004) WEBSITE ONLY

Fatigue and Anaesthetists (Extended Web Version 2004)

G

Good practice in the management of continuous epidural analgesia in the hospital setting (2004)

Good practice - A guide for departments of anaesthesia, critical care and pain management (2006)

Guidelines for the Management of Severe Local Anaesthetic Toxicity (2007) A4 Laminated Sheet

I

Immediate postanaesthetic recovery (2002) WEBSITE ONLY

Independent Practice (2008)

Infection Control in Anaesthesia 2 (2008)

Information Management (2008)

NEW Interhospital Transfer (2009) AAGBI Safety Guideline

Inter - hospital transfer of the critically - ill patient in the Republic of Ireland (2006) (An Irish Standing Committee Publication) Other Irish Standing Committee Publications

J

Jehovah's Witnesses 2nd Edition (2005)

M

Management of a Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis (2007)

A4 Laminated Sheet

MRI - Provision Of Anaesthetic Services In Magnetic Resonance Units (2002) WEBSITE ONLY

(This guideline was reviewed in 2008 and is still current. Next review date: 2009)

o

Obstetric anaesthesia services 2 (2005)

P

Peri-operative Management of the Morbidly Obese Patient (2007)

Pre-operative Assessment - The role of the Anaesthetist (2001) (Being reviewed) WEBSITE ONLY

NEW Pre-Hospital Anaesthesia (2009) AAGBI Safety Guideline

S

Standards of Monitoring During Anaesthesia and Recovery 4th Edition (2007)

Syringe labelling in critical care area June 2004 Update (2004) WEBSITE ONLY

Syringe labelling in critical care areas (2003) WEBSITE ONLY

T

Theatre Efficiency (2003) (Review date: 2009) WEBSITE ONLY

Transfer of patients with Brain Injury (2006)

U

V

Voluntary Code of Practice for Billing Private Patients (2008)

W

Welfare Resource Pack (2008)