The purpose of this statement is to address ethical considerations and advocate for strategies around ‘workplace shielding' for clinically vulnerable anesthesiologists and healthcare teams providing clinical care during a pandemic.
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CAS strongly advocates for anesthesiologists to be considered early in physician prioritization to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Anesthesiologists are the most experienced airway managers and as such, often lead COVID airway teams in acute care settings in performing intubations in severely ill COVID-19 patients who require breathing support.
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Two CAS members – Drs. Adrienne Carr and Dolores McKeen – made a bit of history recently as part of Nova Scotia’s first all-female transplant surgery team.
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The World Health Organization recognises the climate crisis as the major threat to human health in the 21st century and growing scientific evidence points towards a need to address the contribution of humanity to the climate change.
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The Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society asks that the government of Canada prioritize the expansion of PPE production – most importantly N95 masks – as well as testing materials for COVID-19.
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CAS is actively monitoring the coronavirus 2019-nCoV situation as it spreads globally and within Canada. In partnership with Health Canada and our members, we continue to examine its impact on members, patients, our organization and our staff.
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CAS has become concerned over the last several years with the increasing number of positions for anesthesiologists that are being advertised but remain unfilled, and we believe that these shortages of anesthesiologists are not anecdotal, isolated, nor do they reflect a temporary shortfall.
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The Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia is reviewed annually and revised periodically—its recommendations are aimed at providing basic guidelines to anesthetic practice and as a framework for reasonable and acceptable patient care.
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