BJA Education Podcasts

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In this podcast, Pooja Shah speaks to William Malins about chemical warfare agents. Dr Malins provides an overview of the history, clinical features and medical management of nerve agents, blistering agents and choking agents. Readiness and preparedness are key, and clinicians should remember that casualty decontamination is a crucial first step before treatment.

This month Alex speaks to Prof de Carvhalo about his recent article on anaesthesia and analgesia for total knee arthroplasty.Related Article

This month Alex speaks to Prof Neeraj Saxena about his recent articles on pain after lower limb amputation.Related Article

In this podcast Stuart talks to Dr Thearina de Beer and Dr Nick Plummer about their recent article on consent and assessing capacity in perioperative and intensive care.Related article

This month Sam speaks to Dr Lynne Barrass and Dr Priyanka Jain about their article "Diagnosis of death using neurological criteria". They explore how to progress through the formal testing process and where updates have occured to some of the thresholds. We also cover some complex scenarios and discuss when ancillary testing is needed.Related Article

As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations, Professor Jonathan Thompson, Editor-in-Chief of BJA Education, reflects on the journal’s evolution over the past 25 years. We discuss the growth of anaesthetic CPD worldwide and explore the expanding educational outputs of the journal.Related article

In the April 2026 episode of the BJA Education, Pooja Shah speaks to Lauren Crosby Zawierucha about liver disease in pregnancy. The episode features common and life-threatening liver diseases in pregnancy as well as those which have implications for anaesthesia and anaesthetists. We discuss key clinical considerations and practical insights to support safe care for mother and baby.Related Article

In this podcast Stuart talks to Dr John Summers and Dr Tom Lawerence about their recent article on anaesthesia for elective cervical spine surgery.Related Article

This month Sam Fosker speaks to Dr Victoria Prabhu about her article, co-authored with Dr Julia Niewiarowski and Dr Paolo Polzella, on "Perioperative care of patients who decline blood products". They discus how to differentiate between different blood products, how to document this appropriately and ways we can mitigate blood loss in these patients. Related Article