Safe working hours and fatigue (Australian Anaesthetist, March 2019)
The March 2019 issue of Australian Anaesthetist (Australian Society of Anaesthetists) features a “Safe working hours and fatigue” section bringing together three perspectives on fatigue in anaesthesia:
- It’s time to talk about fatigue (p10) — Dr Suzi Nou introduces the issue and the work of the Joint Fatigue Working Group.
- Fatal fatigue: trainee perspective (p14–19) — Dr Richard Seglenieks provides an overview of fatigue and its systemic management from a trainee perspective.
- Fatigue – a specialist perspective (p20) — Dr Jim Bradley considers the issue of fatigue amongst specialist anaesthetists.