AWASA - Association of West African Student Anaesthetists

I wish all the 2016 set a successful outing in the N&MCN examination for Nurse Anaesthetists today and throughout the exam period.

Congratulation to Mr. Eze Kingsley Obinna and other elected incoming executive members elected today. May God give you the grace to stir the ship on an onward move.

AWASA week is here, let's celebrate.

Happy birthday Jagaban!

Happy birthday Mr. Olumide Samuel.

Your best days are just beginning. You're blessed and highly favoured. Nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Ladies and gentlemen, please join us celebrate this fine gentleman on his birthday.

Bon anniversaire, Jagaban of AWASA.

A very warm birthday wish from us at AWASA to our very own. Mr. Kingsley Nwangwu Nnanna, President of AWASA 2016-2017 (Incumbent).

Happy birthday Mr. President.

Let's celebrate him.

Congratulation to Mrs. Olajumoke Quadri Popoola who bagged the award for best result of the November 2016 all Post Basics/Specialty schools Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria final qualifying examination.

This is a great feat you've achieved and it brings honour and joy to the entire member of staff and students of the School of Anaesthesiology (Post Basic Nurse Anaesthetist Programme) and our great association Association of West African Student Anaesthetists. We celebrate you, ma'am and we wish you greater heights in your future endeavours. God bless you.

Like we would usually say, when we 'grow up', we will be like you. Congratulation once more, ma'am.

Congratulation to Set 2017 of School of Anaesthesiology, UNTH, Enugu on their admission and resumption. AWASA says welcome. May your stay be positive, eventful and fruitful. Amen.

Once again Congratulation to you all.

Happy Married Life to Mr. Chika and Mrs. Iheoma Kenneth Odigwe-Ekam.

This is wishing all members of AWASA (Nurse Anaesthetists Programme Set 2015; 2015/2016 Session) a great outing in their Final Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria Qualifying Examination in their quest to becoming Nurse Anaesthetists. God will direct your paths to a successful outing. 100% Success for all of you.

AWASA cares. AWASA loves you. AWASA wishes you well.

- From the Incoming Executive.

Mr. Adene Franklin Ese, the indefatigable class governor of Set 2016, Ology 2016/2017 students. Let's give honor to whom it is due. More grace sir.

Mr. Paul Ihuefo, the Governor-general as he's fondly called just chilling. Let's celebrate the class governor of Set 2015, ology 2015/2016 students. Let's give it up for him. More grace sir.

Safe Anaesthesia For Everybody Today (SAFE-T)

Anaesthesia is a reversible loss of sensation of part or whole of the body with or without loss of consciousness.

All anaesthetists at one time or the other in their career have to manage life-threatening crises which may arise with or without warning. Early recognition and prompt intervention on the part of the anaesthetist can make the difference between life and death.

World Anaesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of ether anaesthesia on 16 October 1846. The objective is to raise awareness of the importance of anaesthesia as an essential component of safe surgery and the need to advance access to safe and affordable anaesthesia worldwide.

Today, 5 billion people in the world lack access to essential surgery and safe anaesthesia when needed, many of them in Africa and Asia. However, even in Europe surgery and anaesthesia are not available to all at affordable prices and at international standards. The Lancet Commission estimates that in Central Europe 680,000 people need surgery but cannot access the care they need.

Currently 70% of operating rooms in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have a pulse oximeter, an essential piece of equipment for practicing safe anaesthesia and surgical care. 41% of hospitals in Latin America, and 45% in South Asia face the same crisis.

Globally, people are dying as a result: 16.9 million people every year. This figure is four times higher than the number of people who died annually from malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined.

World Anaesthesia Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the role safety anaesthesia plays.

Access to safe anaesthesia and influencing change is a global issue. Safe anaesthesia is not a luxury, it's a human right. As part of its commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 3 and the strengthening of health systems, the WFSA aims to make safe anaesthesia available to all.

Imagine Surgery Without Anaesthesia! No Anaesthesia No Surgery!!

O! Lord Give our eyes the power to see the hidden risks of Anaesthesia and Surgery and to do a through pre-operative assessment. Take away from us the nightmare of difficult intubations, cardiac arrest and death on the operating table. Give our hands the skills to maintain a patent airway and adequate oxygenation always. Grant our eyes the quick to see the signs of hypoxia and excessive blood loss. Take away from us the problems of shortage of Anaesthetic drugs, gases, monitors, electricity and manpower. Give us the patience and self-control to cope with slow, impatience and inexperienced surgeons. Give our surgical colleagues the wisdom to realize that when we postpone or cancel cases it is in the best interest of the patient. Amen

HAPPY WORLD ANAESTHESIA DAY

Proudly Nurse Anaesthetist Saleh Nadabo