Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia

Revised Edition 2019
As recommended by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Appendices to the Guidelines of the Practice of Anesthesia

Appendix 1: Canadian Standards Association—Standards for Equipment

Appendix 2: American Society of Anesthesiologists' Classification of Physical Status

Appendix 3: Preanesthetic checklist

Appendix 4: Guidelines, Standards and Other Official Statements Available on the Internet

Appendix 5: Position Paper on Anesthesia Assistants: An Official Position Paper of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Appendix 6: Procedural Sedation: A Position Paper of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Other documents

Standards Queries document (compiled June 2015)

Commentary to Society position statement (CCS/CAS Pacemaker information request form can be found under Electronic Supplementary material) (January 2013)

Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society joint position statement on the perioperative management of patients with implanted pacemakers, defibrillators, and neurostimulating devices  (April 2012)

Peri-Operative Status of "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR)* Orders and Other Directives Regarding Treatment (2002 Edition)

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Research Ethics Guidelines

Peri-Operative Status of “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR)* Orders and Other Directives that Limit Interventions (November 2019)
 

Guidelines on the Ethics of Clinical Research in Anesthesia (2011 Edition)

As prepared by the Ethics Committee of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society