Other Useful Links

360 degree Tours – Anglia Ruskin University – The Operating Theatre
Chelmsford Operating Theatre. The operating theatre is used to train our Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs). ODPs are an important part of the operating department team, working with surgeons, anesthetists' and theatre nurses providing high standards of patient care. They help to ensure every operation is carried out as safely and effectively as possible. They work as part of a team in one of three roles – Anaesthetic role, Surgical role – scrub & circulating and Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU).
This state-of-the-art operating theatre was built in collaboration with the NHS to ensure that students have hands on practical experience whilst learning in the University.

Acute & Chronic Pain Management Discussion Forum
The National discussion forum for UK Nurses, Doctors, and Allied Professionals working in (or with a specific interest in) both acute and chronic Pain Management.

Advanced Life Support Group
The Advanced Life Support Group began life in 1990 and became a registered medical education charity in 1993. The organisation exists to "preserve life by providing training and education to the general public and in particular but not exclusively to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession, in life saving techniques".

Anaesthesia Risk
This site provides you with a free anesthesia evaluation and a personalized comprehensive printout with questions you can discuss with your anesthesiologist and surgeon before your surgery day.

Association of British Healthcare Industries
ABHI's purpose is to promote the rapid adoption of medical technologies to ensure optimum patient outcomes throughout the UK and in key global markets.

BioMedSearch
BioMedSearch is a biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications not found anywhere else for free, making it the most comprehensive free search on the web.
BioMedSearch also provides advanced account features that allow saved searches, alerts, saving documents to portfolios, commenting on documents and portfolios, and sharing documents with other registered users. Registering for BioMedSearch is free.

British Anaesthetic & Respiratory Equipment Manufacturers Association
The Barema Website has been created to facilitate communication with and within its membership and also to provide a convenient search mechanism for potential customers seeking suppliers of specific products manufactured or marketed by Barema member Companies.

BVMed – German Medical Technology Association
BVMed, the German Medical Technology Association, represents about 220 manufacturers and service providers of medical devices. The medical technology industry in Germany amounts to 23 billion Euro and employs about 170,000 people.
BVMed represents the entire range of medical technologies, including wound management products, technical aids such as ostomy and incontinence products or bandages, plastic disposable items such as syringes, catheters and cannulae, as well as the implant field of intraocular lenses, hip, knee, shoulder and spinal implants, pacemakers and defibrillators and even artificial hearts. Homecare services and biotechnology procedures, such as tissue engineering, are further fields of activity.

Certified Surgical Technologist Jobs
There are many things you need to know before committing to become a certified surgical technologist. We will discuss how you can become one, the training you need and the salary you can expect to receive from surgical tech jobs once you graduate from one of the accredited surgical tech schools.

Cogent Healthcare
Cogent is the premier hospitalist company, offering jobs, patient care programs, and free CME.

Electro Bio Medical Engineering (EBME)
Medical engineering jobs & discussion forum.

Environmental Enclosures and Rooms
This site features two systems for environmental controlled rooms and enclosures.

Health and Safety Executive
HSE is the national independent watchdog for work-related health, safety and illness.

Health First Europe
Health First Europe is a non-profit, non-commercial alliance of patients, healthcare workers, academics and healthcare experts and the medical technology industry.

Health Improvement & Innovation Resource Centre
The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre is the web based resource that will provide the tools, knowledge and latest information that will support the health and disability sector as it works to improve service delivery, implement innovations and increase productivity. The HIIRC is sponsored by the Ministry of Health, with the guidance of the sector to promote sector engagement, identify and serve as a central repository of best practices innovations, new evidence and learning and to make New Zealand related research more accessible to clinicians, providers and researchers.

Health in Wales
The gateway to information on health and NHS services in Wales.

Health on the Net Foundation
HON's Surveys are conducted only via the Web. Participants respond to questionnaires posted at the HON Foundation Web site.

Healthcare Supplies Association
The Association's purpose is to provide a professional network that encourages shared learning and promotes the commercial profession within healthcare.

Healthcentre.org.uk
An index of UK healthcare resources online.

Howard Wright : Medical And Surgical Beds
Howard Wright in New Zealand are manufacturers and suppliers of medical and surgical beds, equipment & accessories, their product range includes electric hospital beds, ICU & Ward beds along with Stryker medical & hospital stretchers.

IVTEAM: Intravenous Therapy News and Updates
IVTEAM provide free IV news and updates to the whole of the world via the world wide web. We offer a central web based resource for practitioners involved in IV care.

International Sharps Injury Prevention Society
The International Sharps Injury Prevention Society, ISIPS, was formed to reduce the number of accidental needlestick and other sharps injuries that occur globally by promoting the use of safety-engineered products and services.

www.Kchern.com Information Distribution System
My name is Kevin T. Chernesky, CRNA, MS and I am staff nurse anesthetist in Scranton Pennsylvania. The purpose of this website is to collect and distribute information relevant to my practice and education. Also, I would like to provide an opportunity for other professionals to display information they find useful and would like to share with others.

Latex Allergy
It has been estimated that up to 30% of the population has atopic allergy and 43% of NHS staff suffer from some sort of skin irritation. Within these groups a latex sensitivity of 10% has been calculated – which is 3% or 1.5 million of the British population who are at risk.

Medic Direct
medicdirect provides a complete health information resource for both consumers and medical practitioners. The site is hosted by 26 leading NHS specialists in the field of medicine in the United Kingdom; these consultants also comprise the majority shareholders in the privately-owned company.

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
We enhance and safeguard the health of the public by ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe. No product is risk free. Underpinning all our work lie robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits to patients and the public justify the risks.

Medroc
MedRoc are a private medical organisation, providing medical cover to a wide range of NHS and private contracts across the UK and Europe.
MedRoc provides all client medical needs from 999 support/response services to site hospital provision.

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.

Needle Stick Forum

NHS Discounts
NHS discounts, real benefits and savings for NHS staff. Money-saving shopping, printable vouchers and dedicated staff helpline services.

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement – Productive Operating Theatre
The Productive Operating Theatre is a comprehensive package of support designed to enable organisations in the NHS to improve the patient experience and the outcomes of care by pursuing three main goals – increase the safety and reliability of care, improve team performance and staff wellbeing and to add value and improve efficiency.
The programme is for staff who work in theatres including consultant surgeons, anaesthetists, theatre matrons, theatre nurses, managers and operating department practitioners.

ORBIS – Saving Sight WorldWide
Find out more about the Flying Eye Hospital!

Pain Concern

Pharmabotics – Medical Model Makers
Pharmabotics specialises in the design and manufacture of innovative and ergonomic tactile training models for medical education.

Sanitary Medical Disposal Services Association (SMDSA)
The Sanitary Medical Disposal Services Association is a Trade Association, formed in 1993 to maintain high standards within the sanitary, medical and clinical wastes' management industry

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was formed in 1993. Our objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence.

Short video on becoming a Surgical Technologist (USA)
Surgical Technologists help prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes and sterile solutions. They assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, as well as check and adjust it to ensure that it is working properly. Surgical technologists receive their training in formal programs offered by community and junior colleges, vocational schools, universities, hospitals, and the military. Employment of surgical technologists is expected to grow 25 percent between 2008 and 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations, as tht volume of surgeries increases.

Student Nurses Lounge(USA)
Welcome to the Student Nurse's Lounge!
This is a great place to get together with other student nurses from all over the world.
Share your stories, ask for help and encouragement, and have some fun!

Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory
The Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) was established in 1977 as a quality control laboratory for Mid Glamorgan Health Authority. Since then the mix of work undertaken by the laboratory has changed considerably.

The British Healthcare Trades Association
The BHTA has over 400 companies members and they range from a small, local showroom selling items such as scooters, wheelchairs, bathlifts and stairlifts, to the largest manufacturers and suppliers in the UK producing and distributing a vast range of products to help from the most sophisticated orthotic device and pressure care systems to the largest installations such as through floor lifts.

The Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.
We regulate care provided by the NHS, local authorities, private companies and voluntary organisations. We aim to make sure better care is provided for everyone – in hospitals, care homes and people's own homes. We also seek to protect the interests of people whose rights are restricted under the Mental Health Act.

The General Medical Council (GMC)
The GMC registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK. Our purpose is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.

The Medweb
The original online directory of medical companies and a place to find the latest medical equipment technology.

The National Audit Office
The role of the National Audit Office is to – Audit the accounts of all government departments and agencies as well as a wide range of other public bodies and report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which these bodies have used public money.

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
The National Patient Safety Agency leads and contributes to improved, safe patient care by informing, supporting and influencing the health sector.

The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
The Old Operating Theatre Museum is one of the most unusual museums in London. The Operating Theatre is the oldest in Europe, and the Herb Garret is a unique chance to explore the Roof space of a Church. The Theatre and Garret have been restored with its original Georgian plaster free of support frames for the first time since the late 1990's!

The Productive Operating Theatre
This programme empowers staff to take control of their operating theatre and design it in the way which suits their patients and focuses on improving their outcomes. The Productive Operating Theatre is based on global best practice, and looks at eliminating errors, having systems for briefing and debriefing, and learning from near misses.

The Spinal Arthroplasty Society
The SAS – The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery – Is a global, scientific and educational society organized to provide an independent venue to discuss and address the issues involved with all aspects of basic and clinical science of motion preservation, stabilization, innovative technologies, MIS procedures, biologics and other fundamental topics to restore and improve motion and function of the spine for: surgeons, scientists, inventors and others. SAS is dedicated to advancing major evolutionary steps in spine surgery.

Trauma & Resuscitation Services Ltd
We offer the latest in top quality bespoke trauma, resuscitation and advanced first aid courses for the construction industry, emergency services, hospital workers and private groups. These trauma and resuscitation courses have been written by our experienced instructor faculty and are individualised to meet the users needs.

Virtual Tour – The Operating Theatre – Queensland Health Skills Development Centre

Virtual Tour – The Operating Theatre – Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust