APA Podcasts

Dr Lisa Dewar (APAGBI Trainee Representative and ST7 Anaesthetist) and Dr Matthew Tang (ST4 Anaesthetist) speak with Dr Éireann Allen and Dr Julia Parnell, two UK-trained post-CCT anaesthetists undertaking paediatric anaesthesia fellowships in Canada. Dr Allen has completed a Paediatric Pain Fellowship and is now undertaking a Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children (Si...

Dr Amy Norrington talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about the APA Best Practice Guidance on Preoperative Care Services for Children and Young People.    Dr Norrington is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at South Tees NHS Foundation Trust and the Chair of the APA Paediatric Perioperative Care Subcommittee. In this podcast we talk about why paediatric...

Dr Sam Black talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about the new patient advice resource: Ready, Steady Recover – 10 things young people can do to prepare for surgery  Dr Black is a Consultant Paediatric and Perioperative Anaesthetist at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. She is a member of the APA’s Perioperative Care Committee and also the Patient Information Le...

Dr Simon Courtman talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about the APA Best Practice Guidance on the Preparation and Management of Children and Young People with Individual Needs requiring Surgery or Procedures    Dr Courtman is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and the Immediate Past President of the APA. In this...

Dr Hugo Wellesley talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about risk discussions in paediatric anaesthesia - in particular about discussing very rare but serious risks including the risk of death.  Hugo is consultant paediatric anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital with a special interest in Medical Ethics and Law.  He holds a Masters in Medical Ethics...

Dr Hugo Wellesley talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about consent in paediatric anaesthesia. Hugo is consultant paediatric anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital with a special interest in Medical Ethics and Law.  He holds a Masters in Medical Ethics and Law; is a member of the Great Ormond Street Clinical Ethics Committee and also sits on the Roya...

Dr Phil Carullo talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about how to get the most out of face and scalp blocks in paediatric anaesthetic practice. Phil is pediatric anesthesiologist for the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and affiliated with the Emory University School of Medicine.  His academic interests include educational program building and his clinical...

Dr Mari Roberts, Dr Gethin Pugh and Dr Julia Parnell talk with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth about the APAGBI-RCoA Guidance on How to evidence paediatric key capabilities in the 2021 curriculum.  You can find the guidance here: https://www.apagbi.org.uk/trainee-hub/overview   Mari is a Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Cardiff and member of the APAGBI Educati...

Dr Rishi Diwan talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about his favourite approach to block the brachial plexus in children. Dr Diwan is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and the Acute Pain Lead at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. He tells us about his favourite paediatric block, why he likes it, and shares some top tips for upper limb regional anaesthe...

Dr Steve Roberts and Dr Anisa Bhettay talk with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about their favourite regional anaesthetic blocks in children. Dr Roberts is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Alder Hey Children's Hospital - he talks about how he developed his paediatric regional anaesthesia skills and shares his favourite block. Dr Bhettay is a Speciali...

Dr Annabel Pearson and Dr Catalina Stendall talk with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about the development of the Paediatric Plan A blocks for regional anaesthesia in children. Dr Pearson is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist in Bristol - she tells us about the inception of the Plan A paediatric blocks and tells us about her favourite block to use in children....

Sarah Barclay and Dr Esse Menson talk with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth about the impact of conflict in healthcare. Sarah (Founder and Director) and Esse (Mediator and Trainer) from the medical mediation foundation ( www.medicalmediation.org.uk ) describe how to recognise and manage conflict and highlight some of the available training that can help.

Dr Jonathan Smith talks with Dr Laurence Hulatt, Paediatric Anaesthetic Consultant in Plymouth, about the results of the RCoA NAP7 study investigating peri-operative cardiac arrest.  RCoA NAP7 Perioperative Cardiac Arrest Pages Dr Smith is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street with an interest in paediatric airway and ENT, and was the APA representative on the NAP7 Steering G...

Dr Nicola Disma talks with Dr Sumit Das, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford about the Nectarine Study. Dr Disma is a Senior Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Director of Clinical Research at Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy. He obtained a grant from the European Society of Anesthesia for the Nectarine Study.

Dr Simon Steel talks with Dr Sumit Das Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford about the challenges of approaching paediatric organ donation. Dr Steel is a Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care and Anaesthesia in Sheffield Children's Hospital and is the Clinical Lead in Paediatric Organ Donation.

Dr Mark Thomas talks with Dr Sumit Das, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist Oxford about NAP6. Dr Thomas is a Consultant Paediatric anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street and has research interests in pre-operative fasting, anaphylaxis and ENT anaesthesia.

Dr Nicola Jay, Consultant Paediatric Allergist talks with Dr Sumit Das, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist Oxford, about allergies and asthma. Having worked as a paediatric allergist at Sheffield Children’s for a decade, Dr Jay has developed research interests in the prevention of food allergy as part of the BEEP study, looking at minority population to improve health, moving allergy services into...

Dr Chris Evans (UCL PhD student, NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow) talks with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford) regarding strategies for helping children cope with surgery.

Dr Kevin McCarthy (Consultant Anaesthetist, Dublin) talks with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford) about managing visceral pain in children

Dr Richard Craig (Consultant Anaesthetist, Liverpool) talks with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford) about new techniques in paediatric airway management. 

Mr Bertie Leigh, Hempsons, London discusses avoiding legal landmines in anaesthesia with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford)

Dr Steve Bolsin (Geelong, Australia) discusses the lessons learned from the Bristol Inquiry with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford)

Professor Laszlo Vutskits discusses the neonatal brain and anaesthesia with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford)

Dr Liam Brennan (President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists) discusses the ageing paediatric anaesthetist with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford)

Dr Chris Gildersleve, (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Cardiff) discusses intravenous fluid therapy in children, and the NICE guidelines with Dr Sumit Das (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford).