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You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice, or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website. If you think you may have a med­ical emer­gency, call your doc­tor or 000 immediately.

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TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

This Terms of Use Agree­ment (“agree­ment”) is entered between and by “you” (the reader or any other user of this weblog, also known as WAAnaesthesia, the “Site”), Dr Ryan Juniper (the “Principal author”) and the WAAnaesthesia blogging team (the ‘team’).

Access to the Site, and any use thereof, is sub­ject to the terms and con­di­tions set forth herein. By access­ing, read­ing or oth­er­wise using the Site, you hereby agree to these terms and conditions.

If you do not agree to be bound to each and every term and con­di­tion set forth herein, please exit the Site and do not access, read or oth­er­wise use the infor­ma­tion pro­vided.

You accept that this Agree­ment rep­re­sents the entire under­stand­ing between you and the Author con­cern­ing use of the Site. By access­ing the Site and/or read­ing its con­tent, and/or using it to find infor­ma­tion on any other web­site or infor­ma­tional resource, you acknowl­edge and agree that you have read and under­stand these terms and con­di­tions, that the pro­vi­sions, dis­clo­sures and dis­claimers set forth herein are fair and rea­son­able, and that your agree­ment to fol­low and be bound by these terms and con­di­tions is vol­un­tary and is not the result of fraud, duress or undue influ­ence exer­cised upon you by any per­son or entity.

HEALTH AND MEDICAL INFORMATION DISCLAIMER

The information on this website is presented for the purpose of provoking thought and discussion around the management of critical care patients for the benefit of critical care physicians, specifically anaesthesia trainees and specialists. The Author does not pro­vide any med­ical advice on the Site.

The information provided on this Site is provided for discussion and education purposes only and does not confer a patient-physician or physician-physician relationship.

Noth­ing con­tained in the Site is intended to estab­lish a physician-patient rela­tion­ship, to replace the ser­vices of a trained physi­cian or health care pro­fes­sional, or oth­er­wise to be a sub­sti­tute for pro­fes­sional med­ical advice, diag­no­sis, or treatment.

This site should not be used by minors, patients or individuals without medical qualification. Such persons should seek alternative healthcare resources including their general practitioner.

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The information provided is correct to the best of our knowledge at publication, but no warranty as to accuracy is given and each person or organisation should not act on the basis of its contents without taking appropriate independent advice. Content may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, current or up-to-date. The Principal author and team undertake no obligation to update material. You hereby agree that you shall not make any med­ical or health-related deci­sion based in whole or in part on any­thing con­tained in the Site, either as a treating clinician, or patient. You should not rely on any infor­ma­tion con­tained in the Site and related mate­ri­als in mak­ing med­ical, health-related or other deci­sions. 

The information and materials on this Site are made available on the understanding that they do not constitute professional or expert advice. The Con­tent may not and should not be used or relied upon for any other pur­pose, includ­ing, but not lim­ited to, use in or in con­nec­tion with any legal proceeding.

The opinions and information published do not necessarily reflect the opinions or advice of the ‘team’, ‘primary author’ or any institutions which the team may be affiliated with.

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You agree to indem­nify and hold the Author harm­less from any claim or demand, includ­ing attor­neys’ fees, made by any third party as a result of (1) any con­tent posted or made avail­able by you on this Site, (2) any vio­la­tion of law that occurs by you through the Site, and/or (3) any­thing you do using the Site and/or the Con­tent con­tained therein.

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MODIFICATION

The Author may mod­ify the terms and con­di­tions of this Agree­ment in whole or in part at any time for any rea­son with­out any notice to you. Such mod­i­fied terms and con­di­tions shall super­sede these terms and con­di­tions and shall become bind­ing when pub­lished online on the Site.

AGREEMENT

You accept that this Agree­ment rep­re­sents the entire under­stand­ing between you and the Author con­cern­ing use of the Site.