Please note that deliveries of the handbook to new members is taking longer than usual at the moment. This is because the Association of Anaesthetists (who manage our membership services) are largely remote working at the moment. Handbooks are sent out in bulk when they go into the London office. This situation will improve as the Tier restrictions ease. Amazon deliveries of handbooks ordered online are unaffected. Thanks
New for 2021, members can join RAUK and ESRA using our new online membership service. This will be a (hopefully) seamless process now, getting rid of the old paper applications.
We are using GoCardless to process our direct debits. When signing up, you will be directed to a GoCardless page where you can securely enter your bank details. Your bank details are not passed onto us, and GoCardless uses the highest levels of encryption to prevent fraud. This method is used by a number of other specialist societies under the umbrella of the Association of Anaesthetists, so is tried and tested.
New members wanting to send direct debit authorisation by paper can still do so via the membership email at the association, but please note that this will be slower.
Finally, we have uploaded a chunk of the RA-UK handbook online as a member benefit. You will receive an email in the coming weeks with instructions how to access this, and we will endeavour to put the remaining chapters online in due course.
RAUK
Sign up for the next RA-UK Webinar on the 27th January 2021.
This time in conjunction with the Association of Anaesthetists, this webinar sets out to answer questions about failed blocks, nerve injury, anticoagulation, picking up complications and outcomes.
With leading experts in the field, it promises to be an excellent source of education.
Sign up at the AoA website. £70 for AoA or RAUK consultant members, £35 for trainee members.
We are proud to present our new Plan A blocks poster, high resolution PDFs are downloadable by clicking on each poster.
Our highly successful ambulatory spinal webinar run on August 4th is now available for repeat viewing (no registration needed).
You can view the videos here.
Slides are available to view here
Our excellent Joint RCoA/RAUK Webinar on Plan A blocks is also available for repeat viewing here
We owe great thanks to the companies and people that have made this year such a successful one for online education for RA-UK. High quality, free education has never been more available.
After our annual board meeting yesterday, we are happy to announce that we have 2 new board members: Maria Sebastian and Jonathan Womack. We also welcome back Ashwani Gupta for a second term, and have a new trainee representative, Dr Toby Ashken.
In other changes, firstly, we say a fond farewell to Dr Morne Wolmarans, possibly the longest serving, and certainly one of our very best board members. He will continue to look after our UK RA interests within ESRA, and we expect to see him at the new improved Covid free ASM next year. We also say goodbye to our trainee rep Jim Parry, who, having gained a substantive post at Stanmore last year, is now replaced by Toby. We thank him for his hard work on the board, and again, will catch up soon at the many meetings and courses up and down the country. Finally, we give great thanks to Tim Moll who was coopted onto council for the last year to organise the ASM in Sheffield 2020. His hard work will not be in vain, however, as we have a special announcement soon about RA-UK 2021.
Secondly, we have a few position changes, Lloyd Turbitt has become our new treasurer, as Alan Macfarlane was unanimously voted our new president elect. He will take up his term of office when Amit Pawa steps down in 2021. Nat Haslam continues as honorary secretary, and we intend to co-opt Simeon West as webmaster/comms (to be ratified at the next AGM).
And finally, in view of our ASM in Sheffield unfortunately being cancelled, we have elected to run our Annual General Meeting virtually. This will be at 7:30 on the evening of 26th May. It will be held as a Zoom meeting (surprise, surprise). Any ordinary member who wishes to join, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we will send you the secure link.
Two fantastic RA resources have been put together by Cochrane and the team at BJA Education.
These both bring together a themed collection of the work done by these fantastic groups.
The Cochrane resource can be found here, along with a permanent link in our education section.
The BJA Education resource can be found here, along with a permanent link too.
Many thanks to Cochrane for putting this together.
Looking for regional anaesthesia courses or events to attend? Look at our Meetings Section which contains a list of forthcoming events, RA-UK Official courses are run by current or previous board members and part of the profit goes towards benefitting the society, RA-UK approved courses meet educational standards set by RA-UK, and we also advertise other courses internationaly for our members benefit.
Check out the RA-UK You-Tube channel - high quality video demonstrations of US guided blocks (videos available - Interscalene , Supraclavicular,Axillary,Radial, Median, Ulnar, Femoral,Proximal Sciatic, Popliteal, Tibial, Rectus, Ilioinguinal, TAP,and Epidural).
This second edition of the handbook covers the principles of ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia and the technique to perform all commonly used ultrasound-guided upper limb, lower limb, trunk and neuraxial blocks. It has been updated with all new images and sections on Quadratus Lumborum, Fascia Iliaca, Adductor Canal and Erector Spinae Block.
It is now available to order on Amazon at the bargain price of £22 inc p&p.
Courses can order in bulk (>15 copies) by emailing support@ra-uk.org.
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