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Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia

During this term you will be trained in several techniques including:

• Use of epidural analgesia for labour
• Anaesthesia for obstetric surgery:
  • Spinal anaesthesia.
  • Epidural anaesthesia.
  • General anaesthesia.
• Use of epidurals for post operative pain.
• Management of obstetric illness in anaesthesia.

Acute Pain Service (APS)

You will also be attached to the acute pain service at Westmead hospital.  During this attachment you will learn:

• Techniques for management of post operative pain.
  • Major systemic techniques for pain:
    • Patient Controlled Analgesia
    • Opiate Infusions
• Minor techniques for pain.

• Use of  regional techniques for pain:
  • Epidural analgesia.
  • Regional catheter techniques.
• APS techniques for non surgical pain
• APS techniques for cancer pain.