Ambulance workers are planning strike action on Friday 10 February. Learn more.
A number of transport strikes are due to take place this February. If you or your child has an appointment at one of our hospitals or community centres, please plan ahead and do all you can to attend. If you need to cancel your appointment, please contact your clinical team.
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James, Paul
Paediatric intensive care and anaesthesia consultant
Area of expertise: children's (paediatric) intensive care and anaesthesia
Languages spoken: English, Afrikaans
Dr Paul James is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa.
After completing basic medical training he specialised in anaesthesia, working in London and the south east. During this time he developed a passion for children's anaesthesia and intensive care.
To develop his interest further he completed two fellowships – paediatric anaesthesia at Great Ormond Street Hospital and paediatric intensive care at Evelina London Children's Hospital.
BSc - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
MBBCh - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
FRCA - London
Specialist interests
Sedation and analgesia in intensive care
Difficult airway management in paediatrics
Bhronchoscopy in intensive care as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool.
Levomepromazine for difficult sedation in paediatric intensive care. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care Volume 3, Number 2/2014. 53-57
Upper Airway Obstruction in Children – Chapter 104 , 1077-1085, Oh's Intensive Care Manual, 7th Edition
James PJ, Howard RF, Williams DG (2010) The addition of ketamine to a morphine nurse- or patient-controlled analgesia infusion (PCA/NCA) increases analgesic efficacy in children with mucositis pain. Paediatr Anaesth 20(9):805–811
020 7188 7188, extension 51364
paul.james@gstt.nhs.uk
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Update on nursing and ambulance strike action
Information about the nursing and ambulance strikes taking place in February and how these might affect our services.
New Chief Executive appointed at Evelina London
A new Chief Executive has been appointed to lead Evelina London's Women's and Children's Services, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
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