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Safety & advocacy hub: Information & resources

This hub brings together resources related to safety, standards of practice - including anaesthetic incident reporting (webAIRS), critical incident debriefing, advocacy, and indigenous and global health, including those resources available through the ANZCA library.

Anaesthetic allergy

Explore information and resources for medical professionals interested the area of perioperative drug allergy. Resources linked from this guide are intended to support the documents available from the Australian & New Zealand Anaesthetic Allergy Group (ANZAAG).


Airway management

Explore information and resources relevant to Airway Management, including those available through the ANZCA library. Includes numerous CICO-related documents and resources.


The Airway Management SIG was set up to advance all aspects of airway management through the exchange of experience and knowledge.

COVID-19

The college has compiled a list of resources to support preparation for high risk and or sero-positive COVID-19 patients.


Critical incident debriefing (CID) toolkit

Understanding and acknowledging the importance of preparing for and delivering critical incident debriefing (CID), the college together with the Trainee Wellbeing Project Group (TWPG) has undertaken to develop a suite of informed, accessible and diverse training resources for fellows and trainees during and following critical incidents.


Drug information

Drug information about medications, anaesthetics and analgesics. It is intended to assist you in locating relevant information on this topic.


Environmental sustainability

Explore information and resources supporting the colleges environmental sustainability work. Includes information on climate change and its impact upon health, health waste, and advocacy.


The Environmental Sustainability Working Group was established to to promote sustainability by evaluating the current practices within the college and to gather information about sustainability activities in anaesthesia departments.

Global health

The Asia-Pacific resources guide promotes key anaesthesia and pain medicine books and journals available online to local doctors in areas supported by the ANZCA Global Development committee such as Papua New Guinea and Fiji.


We're committed to improving education and training capacity in anaesthesia and pain medicine in response to the needs expressed by low and middle income countries (LMIC).

Indigenous health

Explore information and resources related to indigenous health in Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand):


Find out what we're doing to address the inequities in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Patient information for physicians

Medical professionals can use this guide to find high quality, current and authoritative patient information hand-outs and education resources, written for the health consumer.


Safety & advocacy

Explore information and resources supporting the colleges safety & advocacy work.



webAIRS

webAIRS is a web-based anaesthetic incident reporting system available to all anaesthetic departments in Australia and New Zealand. The system was developed by the Australian and New Zealand Tripartite Anaesthetic Data Committee (ANZTADC).


Wellbeing

Explore information and resources relevant to the general wellbeing of medical practitioners, including those resources available through the ANZCA library.


Healthy doctors ensure a sustainable workforce that provides best patient care. Find out what we're doing to support our doctors' health and wellbeing, and the services and resources available to our fellows, trainees, specialist international medical graduates and immediate family members.

Talk to us

We rely on your feedback to further develop and support the ANZCA library. Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as to make recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback.


It is now possible to chat direct with library staff using our new chat service.

The college acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.

The college acknowledges and respects Māori as the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa and is committed to upholding the principles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, fostering the college’s relationship with Māori, supporting Māori fellows and trainees, and striving to improve the health of Māori.

The college recognises the special relationship between the Pacific peoples of New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, and is committed to supporting those fellows and trainees of ANZCA, and improving the health of Pacific peoples.