Anaesthetics Knowledge Library

Scenario-by-scenario guides with a management focus — the decisions and the evidence behind them, mapped to the CT1 clinical judgement station.

Perioperative Emergencies

Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Recognition, Adrenaline and What NAP6 Changed

Suspect anaphylaxis when cardiovascular collapse, bronchospasm or a rash appears after induction; give IV adrenaline 50 micrograms and repeat, stop the trigger, and take tryptase as soon as the patient is stable.

Airway

The Unanticipated Difficult Airway: The DAS Plans and Calling It

Work the DAS plans in order — laryngoscopy, supraglottic device, face mask, then front-of-neck access — and declare each failure out loud rather than repeating an attempt that has already failed.

Critical Care

The Deteriorating Patient in Recovery: Assessment, Causes and Escalation

Assess A–E at the bedside, and work the short list of things that actually go wrong in recovery — airway obstruction, hypoventilation from opioid or residual block, bleeding, and pain.

Professionalism

Consent and Capacity for Anaesthesia: What You Must Discuss and When

Consent for anaesthesia is a conversation about material risks, held with enough time to consider them — and Montgomery makes what matters to this patient the test, not what a reasonable anaesthetist would mention.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Knowledge library?

A free, evidence-based reference covering the orthopaedic conditions that matter for the ST3 interview and day-to-day practice — management-focused, anchored to the current BOAST and NICE standards, and reviewed against the live guideline text.

How is each article kept accurate?

Every guideline claim is checked against the current published standard (BOAST, NICE, GIRFT) and each article lists its key evidence. The last-reviewed date is shown on every article.

How does this help with the ST3 interview?

Each condition links to how it comes up at interview — the station vignette and opening questions — and the question bank turns the same topics into full station practice with model answers.