Highlights recommendations from the NAP7 report to anaesthetise high-risk patients directly in the operating theatre rather than anaesthetic rooms to improve safety.
NAP7) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists examining peri-operative cardiac arrest, has shone fresh light on the use of anaesthetic rooms in UK practice, with a whole chapter dedicated to the topic [1-3].Key recommendations are made around the practice of anaesthetising patients who are high-risk and deteriorating in the operating theatre, and ensuring monitoring of patients being transferred is uninterrupted and meets existing Association of Anaesthetists' standards [4].
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