Weekly update 13 May - 19 May

Highlights

No birthdays listed this week

Mother's Day highlight for the previous Sunday, 12 May 2024

A huge thank you for all our mothers, Anaesthetic mothers and mothers in the department alike.

Gentle reminder to everyone to please thank our "anaesthetic parental figures" for their daily input of blood, sweat and tears into our developments. May we flourish into young sentient beings that will now be able to finally correct surgically dried biltong physiology.

13 May 2024 Monday

We are having suspicious amounts of electricity lately. Today... (Newsletter written on Sunday) marks day 47 of continuous load-shedding free days. Don't feel depressed if you just installed solar, "with immediate effect" might take place in 16 days SHARP.

Sorrows, prayers

For everyone allocated to T15 on Mondays (just kidding)

232 days remain until the end of the year

14 May 2024 Tuesday

"So, when's the best time to have that cuppa? There's no scientific evidence that supports a “best time.” But a mid- to late-morning cup between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. may help you reap the most coffee benefits. That's when cortisol levels start to dip, and you'll get the biggest bang from the effect of caffeine." - Cleveland Clinic

But please don't let them tell you what to do. Also see above picture for alternatives to coffee so that we can deprive ourselves of more joy. #NotTheAsianPushingGreenTea

15 May 2024 Wednesday

230 days remain until end of the year

This week marks 3 weeks fire free on level 6 theatre complex. May I suggest some alternatives to microwaving food?

If you look at these reviews however, Radha clearly wanted something smaller despite having the sizes listed out. None-the-less an interesting product.

16 May 2024 Thursday

The MMed process in a nutshell

• Generate idea
• Start PICO one pager to Prof (Patient/Population; Intervention; Control/Comparison ; Outcome)
• Start Protocol
• Apply and attend TNM, find a statistician
• Submit completed protocol to MMed Committee
• Post MMed Committee - submission for Ethics Committee
• Post Ethics Committee - submission to NHRD
• Collect data
• Interpret data and complete write up
• Submission, Mark & maybe publish

17 May 2024 Friday

Friday academics

18 May 2024 Saturday

Please be on the lookout for social events this week.

#WhineAndDine

19 May 2024 Sunday

"Please commit to your premeds"

Also... Sam Smith's birthday. If you enjoy him here's a Spotify playlist

Reminder

MMed highlights:

• Dr Vieira - Obstetric outcomes peri-operatively.
• Dr Tempel - Questionnaire user attitude surrounding Centricity. Please ask to partake in her study.
• Dr Mabe - LMA insertion with size 3 MAC blade and surrounding airway trauma
• Dr Morosi - Questionnaire regarding labour epidural service. Please ask to partake in her study
• Dr van Dyk - Conventional blood pressure measurement in obese patients in different sites versus validated BP measurement techniques.
• Dr Wong - the use of virtual reality on patients undergoing regional techniques as anaesthetic technique.