Sheffield CAT

Anaesthetic Trivia - Curare

Curare is a compound used for dart poisons by tribes in South America. It is derived from vines such as, Chondrodendron tomentosum and Strychnos toxifera. The first non-depolarising muscle blocking agent, d-Tubocurarine, was identified in 1935 by Harold King. It was found in curare that had been packed in hollow tubes.

FAQs

CAT FAQs

Who's on the CAT Committee 2011-12?

CAT Chairs - Helen Findley and James Garrod
Secretary - Nicky Pawley
Treasurer - Reshma Bhosale
Social Sec - Soo Parkinson and Mike Pieri
Webmaster - Duncan Miller / Matt Faulds
Education rep - Amy Thomas
Research/audit/ASM rep - Iain Goodhart

About CAT

CAT exists to provide both social and educational welfare for the trainee anaesthetists in the South Yorkshire Region.

We meet formally about once every two months. Issues and topics relevant to training and education are discussed formally followed by a more social and relaxed meeting, often in a local pub

CAT also has representatives on local committees involved in training (eg the allocation committee for both CT1+2 and ST3+, and the STC - Sheffield Training Committee)

Guest speakers and representatives are invited to talk to us about issues or new products

Larger more formal social events are also arranged including the annual CAT Ball in the summer

The new Chairman is Helen Roberts and she is happy to discuss any issues that trainees have prior to meeting. Contact her on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

When is the next meeting?

The next meeting is on Tuesday 6th September 2011 in the Anaesthetic Department at RHH.

Mailing lists

We maintain mailing lists to allow us to contact you about important information. All your email addresses are treated as confidential information and we don't send out an email unless it's going to be useful.

If you aren't receiving any emails via the mailing lists please send an email

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Website FAQs

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This is the most common error message that people will see when using the site. It is extremely annoying and will sometimes trap you in a cycle of trying to login and being told that you need to login!

Generally, this occurs when the session or page has timed out - say you've had the site open for a while or have opened another window while logged in and the site gets confused as to whether you're logged in or not. It may also happen if you try to access pages or resources that are restricted to members only. Very occasionally, it is a sign that we're doing a bit of behind the scenes work!

The best solution is just to click on the home link which will generate a new session and then login. Hopefully, a software upgrade which I plan to do in the next couple of months will reduce the frequency of this error.

AOL woes

This problem may have now resolved with the site upgrade. Please let me know if you can now access the site easily from AOL broadband.

Despite my best efforts I cannot get AOL to play nicely with the website. There is a problem with the way AOL broadband gives its customers an internet address, called an IP address. This is constantly changing which makes it difficult for the website to confirm that the person accessing the website is not a hacker/nasty automatic internet robot. As a result, you can't login and the registered user functions of the site are unusable from an AOL address.

However, there are some reports of Firefox (http://getfirefox.com/) or Safari (http://www.apple.com/safari/) making it possible for AOL broadband users to access the site. Please have a go with them. Unfortunately, you may be stuck with having to use the site at work until this can be rectified. I don't think that will be happening within the next few months... Sorry!

Problems logging in?

If you're having difficulties logging in these tips may help:

1) Check if caps lock is on - passwords are case sensitive

2) Use the Forgotten Password function on the Login Form. This will reset your password and send you a new one via email.

Please check your Junk Mail.

3) If you are using AOL please change to a decent web browser. Firefox is the best alternative on any platform (Windows/Mac/Linux). Safari is also a good alternative.

4) If you still can't get things working, drop us a line via Contact Us and we'll sort it out.