1183 - Ultrasound imaging in the practice of anaesthesia.
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Assessment No | 1183 |
| Application Name | Ultrasound imaging in the practice of anaesthesia |
| To be advised by Applicant | |
| Description Of Medical Service | Ultrasound imaging is used in a variety of clinical situations, to improve patient safety during anaesthesia for a wide range of surgical procedures. In particular it is used to assist vascular access procedures, and local anaesthetic nerve blockade. |
| Description Of Medical Condition | Ultrasound scanning has two main applications in anaesthesia practice. It is used to accurately localise major blood vessels, for the purpose of vascular catheterisation, and to localise individual nerves, for the purpose of local anaesthetic blockade. The ability to view the target vessel/nerve in real time, as opposed to blind injection based on knowledge of anatomy (which can vary), improves the safety of such procedures, by decreasing the probability of inadvertent damage to the vessel/nerve, and other nearby anatomical structures. These complications of inadvertent needle placement can be life-threatening. Ultrasound also provides benefits by increasing the success rate of such procedures, in comparison to blind techniques. |
| Pre Assessment Meeting | 21 July 2011 |
| Stage 2 – Suitability for Assessment | 12 January 2012 |
| Lodgment of Proposed DAP | 17 January 2012 |
| Stage 3 - 1st PASC (Draft DAP considered) | 16-17 August 2012 |
| Stage 3 – Release for Public Comment (Consultation DAP) | 2 October - 9 November 2012 Consultation Decision Analytic Protocol (DAP) |
| Stage 3 - 2nd PASC (Final DAP) | 13 – 14 December 2012 Final Decision Analytic Protocol (Accessible Word document 1397 KB) Final Decision Analytic Protocol (PDF 1138 KB) |
| Stage 4 - Submission of Collated Evidence |  |
| Stage 5 - ESC evaluation | |
| Stage 6 - MSAC Appraisal | |
| Stage 6 - MSAC advice | |
| Stage 7 - Noting by Minister | |
| Stage 8 - Implementation | |
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