Episodes
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Season 3 Episode 3
Better late than never, this episode was recorded a few weeks ago but remains nearly as relevant today, as it was then. In somewhat of Tramadol haze, Mark navigates his way through the main medical journals and poses some interesting questions concerning speciality guest appearances in ED and...
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Season 3 Episode 2
There's loads in the news this month as we whizz through the big medical journals learning that most research findings are in fact false, and insisting on gown and gloves in ICU reduces the number of room entries, just not the spread of resistant organisms. Bex dodges her rant and instead…
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Season 3 Episode 1
We're back after a brief hiatus with the same old presenters, same old theme music but a brand new format. In this episode you can look forward to cheap Nandos, instructions on how to donate your body to medical science, zombie ants and a search engine that makes the internet more palatable....
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Season 2 Episode 11
After three months of conferences and guest presenters we're back to our usual format with Frank, Bex, Mark and Rik talking about all things anaesthesia related. This month that includes live pets on ICU, dead pets in resuscitation science, US military agony rays and the brown note. Bex is back...
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GAT 2013 ASM Special
We're back with a GasCast GATcast special. In this podcast we attempt to distil down three days of excellent lectures, workshops and social events into a 90 minute podcast with varying degrees of success. We've got live interviews from the floor and post-match analysis featuring some old…
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Season 2 Episode 9
We're back to our usual format this month with Sibs Anwar standing in for a holidaying Frank. Gastric ultrasound once again rears its head to provoke a contrary Dr. Salmon, priming him for this month's rant. We also look at the latest AAGBI post-anaesthesia recovery guidelines and a case report…
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Season 2 Episode 8
It's time for plan B as we all get together for the first time in over a year and attempt to record an episode around Frank's kitchen table, with variable results. Amongst quite a few uneditable mistakes, we muddle through the MHRA safety update on post-surgical codeine prescription in children,...
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Season 2 Episode 7
You say lignocaine, I say lidocaine. Whatever your persuasion of pronunciation, it's all about this humble local anaesthetic in January as we proclaim it to be the 'Ketamine of 2013'. We look at some fascinating results in prehospital advanced airway management from Japan, and Frank presents some...
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Season 2 Epsiode 6
For our Christmas special we're delighted to be joined by numbers guru and journal editor John Carlisle. John helps us look at the latest from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, interpret the recent guidance from NICE regarding depth of anaesthesia monitoring and teaches us all how to make the…
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Season 2 Episode 5
Focused TTE ultrasound improving long term outcomes in NOF patients? Electrically stimulating epidural catheters? It's all here this month's episode, along with achondroplastic epidurals, what to wear in birthing pools and a surprising number of 80s & 90s music references for a podcast on...
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Season 2 Episode 4
This month we use science and research to classify a range of everyday anaesthetic items as either good or bad. We review the important and impressive EuSOS study, discuss opioid-induced hyperalgesia and look at what might the nail in the coffin for hetastarches. Mark gets excited about some more...
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Season 2 Episode 3
In this bumper episode, Bex interviews legend of thoracic anaesthesia Professor Peter Slinger and Frank brings us the first news from the emergency laparotomy network. Rik learns some valuable lessons in bariatric ventilation and Mark revisits the evidence and use of hyperosmolar therapy in...
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Season 2 Episode 2
This month we're mythbusting as we try to put to bed some of the more dubious, less evidence based anaesthetic practices. In this episode we take on uncuffed ET tubes in paediatrics, lateralisation for epidurals, CVP for fluid balance and cricoid pressure. We have the second attempt at Mark's...
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Season 2 Episode 1
It's our second year of podcasting and in this episode, it's business as usual as we review the latest on lung protective ventilation from the BMJ and learn about the UK National Tracheostomy Safety Project. We hold the inaugural meeting of epidurals anonymous and discuss the most recent NCEPOD...
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GATcast
It's our one year anniversary and we've recorded a special episode from the GAT Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow. Co-hosted by June Rahman and Lucy Evans, we distil down the best lectures and learning points from the conference and interview some of the excellent speakers, organisers and...
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Episode 11
We're keeping it clinical this episode as we present novel uses for ultrasound in anaesthesia and intensive care. Discoveries include the thinking behind needle stylets, Mark on TV and why you should run if you meet Rik in an anaesthetic room. We've got the rest of our usual features plus a…
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Episode 10
Grab your slide rule for this maths, stats and intrigue episode. In addition to probably the most significant anaesthetic research scandal to date, we have gigantic limbs, immensely clever statistics and a correct answer to Mark's question of the month. Bex makes us (and our patients) feel good…
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WCA Special
It's our World Congress of Anaesthesiologists special from Buenos Aires! Co-hosted by June Rahman and Rosel Tallach, this special episode features interviews with the President Elect of the AAGBI, the new editor of the BJA and Professor Pierre Foex. We give you the low down from the planet's...
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Episode 9
It's the ANTS episode as we look at the how your brain tries to ruin your anaesthetic. We discover gasclass - the new twitter medical education tool, FFP that takes its inspiration from Smash and find a new forum to troll. Frank reviews the latest research into drugs that might make surgeons...
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Episode 8
Regular listeners beware - we now have theme music! Plus, we interview Andrew Morley about anaesthesia at the Science Museum, how to get the best out of your labour epidurals and newfangled resuscitation robots. We look at the potential pitfalls of using the landmark technique for TAP blocks, Rik...
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Episode 7
Separated by 17,500 miles but still podcasting – in this international episode we discuss the timing of TPN, the future of airway research and some stuff about genetics that it turns out no one really understands. In addition to our discoveries and Biology or Bunkum, we introduce our new feature...
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Episode 6
Extreme vagal manoeuvres, Star Trek style translator apps and lignocaine magic all feature in this month's discoveries. Bex whips through the latest CMACE report, Frank reviews the evidence for ECMO and Mark tells us which drugs he'll be using for RSIs in 2012. Rik uses the new alcohol AUDIT tool...
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Episode 5
In this episode we debate the wisdom of giving anaesthetics at home, review fluids in trauma and Frank tells us why nobody likes Xigris anymore. Bex reveals a secret med school crush and Rik fails to impress with this month's Biology or Bunkum.
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Episode 4
Bex, drugs and the AAGBI draft guidelines for the management of proximal femoral fractures. All of this excitement plus the FEAST trial, anaesthetic chart honesty and why acupuncture isn't crap. Maybe.
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Episode 3
iPhone apps, post-op delirium and the new DAS extubation guidelines. Bex finds out how to land a consultant post and we evaluate the plausibility of a new hacking scandal.
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Episode 2
Reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia through food supplementation, NAP4, a new interview feature plus what to do in a zombie apocalypse.
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Episode 1
Our pilot episode. Twitter at the RCoA, newfangled spinal equipment, discovery of the month and our new favourite game.
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