Tavish Fernando

I am an accredited Anaesthetics Registrar in the ACT Health services network. I have a passion for Medical education, Simulation-based learning and Obstetric anaesthesia. My personal objective is to augment my skills in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care whilst providing educational opportunities with prospects for ongoing research, quality assurance and the enhancement of interpersonal skills.

• Can't Intubate, Can't Oxygenate (CICO) - Art of Anaesthesia, Canberra, 2024
• ANZCA CPD Emergency Response Series - ALS, HNESC, 2022
• Anaesthetic Emergencies, HNESC, 2022
• Epidural Anaesthesia, HNESC, 2022
• Awake Fibre Optic Intubation Course, Gosford, 2021
• Better Pain Management, ANZCA, 2020
• Running a Scenario, Newcastle, 2020
• Difficult Airway Course, Gosford, 2020
• Rescuing the Deteriorating Patient, Newcastle, 2020
• Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care, Nepean Hospital, 2019
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Sydney, 2019
• Advanced Life Support 2, Sydney, 2019
• Essentials of Debriefing and Feedback Course, Newcastle, 2019
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, San Francisco, 2019
• ANZCA Part 0 course, Sydney, 2019

• PICC Service Accreditation (2022) Manning Base Hospital, NSW: Established a teaching and credentialing method used across hospitals in the Hunter New England Network for Critical Care medical officers performing Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters.
• Sugammadex Audit (2022), Manning Base Hospital, NSW: Assessing dosages and reasoning for use of Sugammadex in emergency and elective cases to allow comparison and cost-effective analysis against other hospitals in the Hunter New England region
• PCEA Audit of Analgesic Efficacy (2021), John Hunter Hospital, NSW: Investigating pain scores, outcomes and overall satisfaction of Patient Controlled Epidural Anaesthesia in a cohort of 150 patients
• PECS 1 & 2 and Serratus Anterior Block Audit (2019), Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW: Investigating the efficacy of regional anaesthesia in a cohort of 80 patients receiving Breast or Chest-related surgery

• Properties of 500 Hz air- and bone-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in Superior Canal Dehiscence., Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW, 2016
• - S. Govender, T. Fernando, D. Dennis, M. Welgampola, J. Colebatch, Clinical Neurophysiology
• - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.02.019

• New Grad Anaesthetic Nursing education (2023 - current)
• ALS Instructor (2020)
• Trainee Instructor - HNE Simulation Centre (2019-2021)
• JMO Bedside Teaching & Nursing In-Service education, The Maitland Hospital
• Teaching on the Run Modules 1 & 2
• PBL Tutor, University of Newcastle (2018-2020)