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drnavbahal.bsky.social
Anaesthetist, Guardian of Safe Working Hours, regional anaesthesia and pain doctor. Liverpool FC supporter. RAUK Board Member - @ra-uk.org Course Director BucksUSGRA #RASky
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Itโ€™s a week to go till our 3rd BucksUSGRA ASM - Iโ€™ve been tasked with debating my colleague, friend & mentor Dr Kumar Panikkarโ€ฆ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ* *Except one indication - which I will reveal next week! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Looking forward to this fantastic Updates event from @rcoanews.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜ณ Speaking just before the legendary Prof Harrop-Griffiths!! Join us this June! Full programme: ow.ly/LKuB50VITmC

My #RAUK25 confessionโ€ฆ Iโ€™m an avid #LFC fan & made up weโ€™ve won our 20th League Title ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ”ด๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™ll all be in Leeds next week, so Iโ€™ve also been following #LUFC - & want them to join us as Champions before we travel up! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Leeds, May 8-9th 2025 โžก๏ธ ra-ukmeetings.com

Another account I am highlighting for a #BlueskyBoost & must follow is @drnavbahal.bsky.social Canโ€™t believe he doesnโ€™t have 100,000 followers. Do it! Click to follow

Has your dept removed Oxycodone MR drugs from your practice? If so, what have you replaced it with. If not, what info is being provided to patients about using off license?

Really looking forward to it Nav! See you there ๐Ÿ˜

This is shaping up to be a really good updates event. Anaesthetic updates Weds 19 March Online Check out the full programme ๐Ÿ‘‡ ow.ly/Z3YU50VhWtx

Building works in my house so lots of noise and dust - but an opportunity to work on my presentation for @rcoanews.bsky.social AiT Updates Course next week Itโ€™s on Zoom and the lineup looks great so donโ€™t miss out! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wednesday 19th March 2025 Full programme โžก๏ธ ow.ly/Z3YU50VhWtx #RASky

๐Ÿ‘ A good day for the Faculty of Pain Medicine as well as the myriad of stakeholders, authors, clinicians and laypeople saying the same for so long There is no place for MR opioids in the routine treatment of postoperative pain www.gov.uk/drug-safety-...

Weโ€™re live! Dr Naomi Freeman starts our #IWD2025 morning โ˜บ๏ธ 64% of medical students are female ๐Ÿ˜• But only 38% of Consultants in anaesthesia ๐Ÿค” Whatโ€™s happening? If theyโ€™re not getting the same experience how can they progress at the same rate? #AccelerateAction

Working at a remote site, and asked for an ultrasound machine to come overโ€ฆ I donโ€™t deserve this! ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜‹๐˜—๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ!

Meet Dr. @deepakattail.bsky.social, pediatric anesthesiologist from @sickkidsto.bsky.social! While she didnโ€™t choose the path of a classical Indian dancer, she brings the same grace & precision to the OR. Register now!: bit.ly/PedsAnesthes... #MSKpedsanesCME #babyblocksRA

Link now available for this FREE (thanks @octopus.energy ) webinar A group of awesome women speaking ahead of #IWD2025 I can't wait!

๐Ÿคฉ Excited to announce our special guest speakerโ€ฆ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ @mariellafrostrup.bsky.social Join @ra-uk.org and @octopus.energy this #IWD2025! Registration details to follow soonโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Friday 7th March 2025 โŒš๏ธ 09:45-12:30 GMT ๐Ÿ’ป Online

Weโ€™ve partnered with @octopus.energy this #IWD2025 to create a webinar free for everyone! Join inspirational speakers Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, Stella Vig & Naomi Freeman Chaired by our EDI Lead @jennyferry.bsky.social & Resident Rep @manibahra.bsky.social ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Friday 7th March 2025 โŒš๏ธ 09:45 GMT ๐Ÿ’ป Online

Excited to co-chair this free webinar featuring a host of inspirational speakers in celebration of #IWD2025! Stay tuned for registration detailsโ€ฆ

Looking forward to co-chairing this one with you too @manibahra.bsky.social More details to follow!! #IWD2025

Be like Amit and book your ticket early for the UKโ€™s biggest and best regional anaesthesia meeting! โžก๏ธ www.ra-ukmeetings.com โณ Early Bird Rates end 23rd February!

Can everyone tell me about their institutional use of lidocaine infusions for analgesia? Either intra or postop. @bobfunn.bsky.social @nathaslam.bsky.social @houthoff.bsky.social @jeffgadsden.bsky.social @jennyferry.bsky.social @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social @dr-rajgupta.bsky.social

As we approach Leeds #RAUK25โ€ฆ Letโ€™s meet the faculty ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ-๐—๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ RA Program Director (Toronto Western) ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ YouTube Star ๐Ÿ™Œ Dual-certified in RA & Neuroanaesthesia โžก๏ธ ra-ukmeetings.com โณ Early Bird Rates end 23rd February!

Weโ€™re excited to announce that #RAUK25 tickets are selling fast to doctors across the UK & the rest of the world! To celebrate we are giving away a FREE workshop place to ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ #๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ Book today and grab that spot! โณEarly bird closes soon โžก๏ธ www.ra-ukmeetings.com

T-1 month to IWD!! Very excited to see what @drnavbahal.bsky.social's side hustle in computer wizardry has produced!

#IWD2025

So excited to be a part of this project! Stay tunedโ€ฆ. #IWD2025

Looking forward to this! More details to follow... #IWD2025

It was great fun to be involved in this yesterday! Thanks @assocanaes.bsky.social for inviting me to talk and @gehealthcare.bsky.social for making it free! Always learning something new (or relearning something old in a better way!)

Thank you @assocanaes.bsky.social & @gehealthcare.bsky.social for arranging last nightโ€™s RA webinar. Great to speak alongside Narcis Ungureanu, James Bowness & @jennyferry.bsky.social - brilliantly chaired by @rosiehogg.bsky.social To all who joined, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! #RASky

When you can't find the images you want when preparing a presentation, so end up drawing your own! (Procrastination level = high) I bet @drnavbahal.bsky.social isn't having this trouble! See you on Wednesday for the @assocanaes.bsky.social webinar! #RAsky #AnaesSky

Looking forward to supporting this in February @drnavbahal.bsky.social courses are always informative and well attended, and the coffee is good!

๐ŸŽถ โ€œConsider yourself part of the family..โ€ Join #RAUK25 as Associate Faculty. Deliver teaching on workshops alongside faculty members & international experts. We cover travel, accommodation & faculty meals of successful applicants. Click here to apply: tinyurl.com/2kj8v39r

Thank you @assocanaes.bsky.social for hosting me and my @rauk.org colleagues - it was a great conference! I guess weโ€™ll see eachother soon - join us at the FREE #regionalanaesthesia webinar with @gehealthcare.bsky.social ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wednesday 29th January 2025 ๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/3ZG6kk6

Faculty spotlight ๐Ÿ”ฆ for #ASRASPRING25 Dr Steve Coppens from Leuven, Belgium โญ๏ธ #spinalanesthesia for lower limb surgeries โญ๏ธ #epidural for thoracic surgeries โ˜€๏ธ Do not miss & register at asra.com/raapm โ˜€๏ธ Orlando, FL, USA in May 1-3, 2025 @ropivacaine.bsky.social @dr-rajgupta.bsky.social #RAsky #Anesky