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We had a fantastic afternoon of collaboration between GAIN-WM (Green Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Network West Midlands) and YGAS with our first ever joint event on Thursday 24th February. There were a great number of trainees from across both regions to listen to the 6 presentations that had been shortlisted for the sustainable anaesthesia and …

YGAS and Gain-WM Joint Sustainable Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Project Competition Read More »

In case you missed it, here is a copy of our December newsletter. View it online here: https://mailchi.mp/cec077da4ebc/ygas-december-newsletter-8670785

The overarching themes of sustainability are: using what you already have, reducing what you waste and minimizing what you receive. I have divided this into five sections based on what I think the most important things are at Christmas! Food Being sustainable is all about minimizing or eliminating meat (and dairy!) There are a lot …

How to have A Sustainable Christmas Read More »

You can now find YGAS via the Health Education Yorkshire and Humber School of Anaesthesia website homepage.

  Introduction The COVID-19 global pandemic required a change in practice for most areas of healthcare. A range of new challenges were presented for which solutions were required at very short notice. One of these issues was how to reduce waste in theatre, whilst complying with infection prevention regulations. One of the areas in which …

Reducing waste by creating emergency drug boxes during COVID-19 Read More »

As CT1 at Airedale General hospital I was new to anaesthesia. I was just getting to grips with the basics but one thing stood out to me – as a department a lot of people were using desflurane on a regular basis and it wasn’t really clear to me why. With the help of a …

Reducing desflurane use at Airedale General Hospital Read More »

We hope that one day this page will be full of ideas. For that to happen we are going to need some help! Let us know what you have been up to, any comments on the projects above, or ideas for new projects to get stuck in to.