Argument AGAINST the Motion "Anaesthetic Rooms are No Longer Needed"

This video is taken from a Pro-Con Debate that Dr Pawa took part in at the Association of Anaesthetists Winter Scientific Meeting In London In January 2024.
After the NAP 7 project looking at peri-operative cardiac arrests - one view held was that Anaesthetic Rooms are no longer needed. Dr Pawa argued AGAINST this motion, and the motion was PROPOSED by Dr Jan Hansel.
There were paired editorials that were released with this debate available on the Anaesthesia Journal Website.
Dr Pawa would Like to acknowledge and thanks Drs Charlotte Cobain and Gideon (Sam) Wong with whom he co-wrote the editorial.
Enjoy!

[@samgideonk]

Great to be able to watch this for those of us who couldn't attend. Very impressed you read the NHS Estates document! Clearly no stone was unturned when you were doing your prep work.

[@DrAmitPawa]

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video!

[@daviddenman1438]

Anaesthetic rooms are a bastion of education and efficiency. In Australia we rarely use them to actually anaesthetise the patient but they’re incredibly useful for blocking, assessing, lining echoing patients etc, whilst your other case is still ongoing. I now work in a hospital that considered them ‘wasted real estate’ and it has to be the most inefficient and costly to run hospital on the planet. I miss them terribly

[@DrAmitPawa]

Thank you for sharing your experiences

[@paulrobinson4870]

Where would you eat your sandwich?! 😂

[@DrAmitPawa]

Exactly!

[@ZzzzZz-pk2yq]

Good talk but AMAZING thumbnail!

[@DrAmitPawa]

Thank you! I uploaded it as a few folks missed it at the conference. Wasn’t sure if anyone would actually watch it!