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APAGBI Link Network Meeting Sheffield!
Highlights:
💧 “Sip ’til Send” & “Fitter, Better, Sooner”
🧸 RA & pain management updates
❤️ Cardiac anaesthesia
🏥 Daycase tonsillectomy
🖥️ Gastric US demos
📊 NAP7 & paeds trauma lessons
Huge thanks to Dr Zoe Burton for organising! 👏
#APAGBI #PaedsAnaes #MedEd
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Thank you Dr Jonathan Smith and Dr Sophie Liu for your incredible talks….lessons from NAP 7 and Paediatric Trauma Management.
If you feel like you missed out? Join us at our ASM June 2026!
For now our podcast on NAP 7 & paediatric trauma manual are available on our website #linknetwork #paedianaes
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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High yield Research Update! Thank you so much Dr Nellie Divani…
• Esketamine ⬇️ postop delirium in tonsillectomy
• Pre-op paracetamol: IV prior KTS (PO 30–60 mins)
• NSAIDs safe at appropriate dosing – no ⬆️ bleeding risk
Gastric US, airway safety, Polytrauma update + dexmedetomidine highlights!
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🚀 Our first APA Link Network meeting in Sheffield!
We start strong with the new APAGBI fasting guidelines for children undergoing GA.
Clear, simplified, and child-centred guidance to improve safety and comfort — ‘sip til send to theatre’ for clear fluids💧
#APAGBI #PaedAnaes #LinkNetwork #Sheffield
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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APAGBI Link-Network Meeting 2026
There’s still time! Sheffield is the place to be for paediatric anaesthesia updates, insights, and some honestly amazing speakers 🙌
#PaedsAnaes #MedEd #Network
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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🎤 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT – APAGBI Link-Network 2025
Join us for an inspiring day of innovation & collaboration!
🩺 Dr Jonathan Smith – Lessons from NAP7
🩺 Dr Ravi Thevasagayam & 🩺 Dr Simon Courtman – Daycase Paediatric Adenotonsillectomy
Register Now (see link in comments)
#APAGBI #PaediatricAnaesthesia
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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📣 Final call for abstracts! Got a great project or idea to share? Submit by 17th October for the APAGBI LINK Network Meeting — 28 Nov, Sheffield
Don’t miss out!

#PaediatricAnaesthesia #APAGBI #medicaleducation #anaesthesia
October 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Another brilliant Little Lecture coming you way this Monday! ✨
Topic: Managing Burns in the Paediatric Patient
⏰ 7pm | Follow the link to join
💡 Practical strategies & key insights for real-life scenarios.
#LittleLecture #Paediatrics #FOAMed
October 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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📢 Call for Abstracts!
The APA Link Network Meeting is coming to Sheffield on Friday 28th Nov at The Victoria.
Submit your work and be part of shaping the future of paediatric anaesthesia ✨
🔗 Abstract submission & registration link in the comments
#APALinkNetwork #Sheffield #PaediatricAnaesthesia
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Registration is now open for the 2025 Link Network Meeting!
📍 This year we’re in Sheffield — just a stone’s throw from the stunning Peak District National Park.
Don’t miss out!
👉 www.apagbievents.co.uk/link-network...
#PaedsAnaes #LinkNetwork2025 #Sheffield #PaediatricAnaesthesia
July 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🧠✨ TOMORROW! Don’t miss the next Little Lecture….
🎙️ Anaesthetic Perspectives in Paediatric Neurosurgery
A fantastic session for anyone interested in the challenges of paediatric neuroanaesthesia.
📲 Scan the QR code to join
#PaediatricAnaesthesia #Neurosurgery#Paediatrics #MedicalEducation
June 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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📢 Webinar: Navigating Paediatric Spinal Surgery
🗓️ 4 June | 🕡 18:30–20:30 | 💻 Online
Essential updates for anaesthetists at all levels. Don’t miss out!
🎓 Expert panel, CPD, discounted for APAGBI/Association members.
🔗 anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati...
#PaedsAnaes #SpinalSurgery #Anaesthesia #CPD
May 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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APA members – please check your emails and complete the swift surveys you’ve received!
They only take a few minutes, and your input is vital to building consensus on key topics in paediatric anaesthesia.
Let’s shape the future together!
#PaedsAnaes #ResearchMatters #Consensus #PATRN
May 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Who's put #APAGBI2026 #Plymouth in their calendar 📅🙋‍♂️
Re-live #APAGBI2025 with this clip from our conference partners @eventmanagementdirect
What was your favourite bit?
🎺Piped band
📹Live Regional Scanning
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 pro-con
🥐 Breakfast sessions
🫁 Airway workshops
🍲Lunch!
#pedsanes #cpd
May 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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#APAGBI2025 marks the handing over of presidential🏅and duties 📜 from Dr Simon Courtman to Dr Karen Bartholomew
😇Dr Courtman has 💪advocating for #paediatric #anaesthesia improving care we deliver to children.
✅ We have no doubt that Dr Bartholomew will excel as president👸
#APAGBI2026 #pedsanes
May 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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We can't believe #APAGBI2025 is nearly over 😭
To finish off a Q&A to tie up all those burning questions 🚒
❓Should IV access prior to induction for an emergency airway
❓Airway Guidelines:Are they any good
May 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Not only does #APAGBI2025 have 2️⃣lecture streams we have experts running workshops:
🧠 pEEG in #PaediatricAnaesthesia @chronotrope.bsky.social
💉Regional Anaesthesia
💤TIVA for Tots
🌬️Advanced airway management

It's impossible not to be inspired by the passion and knowledge of these #pedsanes experts
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Back from ☕️ #APAGBI2025 delegates have a choice 😵‍💫 of two super streams.
🔥Hot Topics in #Paediatric Medicine
🌍Sustainability

Favourite bit of the morning: hearing about dog 🐶 Bailey accompanying his owner👦to the anaesthetic room and licking their face as they had a inhlational induction 💤
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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🌱 Sustainability Spotlight at ASM 2025 🌱
Today’s sustainability sessions full of energy, insight, and action 💡
🌬️ Phasing out nitrous oxide
🌲 Project Spruce
♻️ Reducing single-use equipment
Inspiring change!
#SustainableAnaesthesia #GreenTheatres #ProjectSpruce #NetZeroNHS #AnaesthesiaForTheFuture
May 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Possibly the most important session of the #APAGBI2025 day!
Oral Poster #ResidentDoctor presentations showcasing the hard #pedsanes work delegates have put into the many abstract submissions. Abstracts👇
drive.google.com/file/d/17bR5...
#anaesthesia
May 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Kudos to all the #APAGBI2025 delegates who have brushed off the 💤 after last nights 💃 Ceilidh and made it to the breakfast session 🥐
#AI Intelligent Ultrasound NRFit @SurgicalScience @BbraunMedical @RegionalAnaesUK @AMEPearson
May 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The prestigious #APAGBI2025 Jackson Rees Lecture: Suicide - How could I possibly save a Life is humbled to have Professor John Gibson from
www.thecanmoretrust.co.uk working with people to find a safe space encouraging them to stay in this world #suicide #cameron
May 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Truly fantastic and humbling to see honorary membership of the @APAGBI awarded to Dr Chris Gildersleve #PaediatricAnaesthesia 👏👏👏
He has given so much to #paediatric #anaesthesia #wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
#pedsanes @Welshanaesthes @CGildersleve @CV_UHB #APAGBI2025
May 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Thankfully the afternoon talks at #APAGBI2025 are as enthralling as the mornings, so no chances of 😴 after a fab lunch 🍽️🥗
Paediatric Trauma from @SheffChildrens Fellow Dr Jennifer Coe 🚁
Takeaway : Given the right care Children are surprisingly resilient 💪
May 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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We're getting technical now #APAGBI2025 @JerryChaoMD kicking off the @PediAnesthesia session
🧠Pediatric Anesthesia and Sedation as a Tool to Probe Neural Circuit Development: Advancing the Field 🧠

Super interesting & amazing images
#PedaAnaes #Anaesthesia
May 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM