DISCLAIMER
Our cognitive aids and multimedia are not designed to be guidelines and should not be used as such.
The information contained within our website, cognitive aids, crisis manuals, videos and other multimedia (including social media) has been collated and prepared by ASCAR GROUP for the sole purpose of making health information available to senior anaesthetists and critical care doctors primarily in Australia, who are responsible for treating patients in a hospital or clinical setting.
The information contained within our website, cognitive aids, crisis manuals, videos and other multimedia (including social media) is not a substitute for independent clinical judgment. Nothing contained within our website, cognitive aids, crisis manuals, videos and other multimedia (including social media) is intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, nor should it be used for therapeutic purposes or as a substitute for clinical judgement of a health professional.
Clinicians should use their own judgment when making use of this material and should carefully evaluate its currency, completeness and relevance for their own purposes as well as the extent to which this material can or should be modified to suit the treatment of a particular patient.
While steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in our website, cognitive aids, crisis manuals, videos and other multimedia (including social media), ASCAR GROUP does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever or howsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, currency, completeness of any material contained in our website, cognitive aids, crisis manuals, videos and other multimedia (including social media). This includes any liability that may flow directly or indirectly from the modification of the information contained in these aforementioned mediums.
This also includes without limitation any damages as a result of lost profits, loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or computer malfunction (for instance, where received electronically.)
The authors are not responsible for the user's use or delivery of the information in the course of their training or practise or for any other purpose, over which the authors have no control.
A special disclaimer on our cognitive aids and videos designed for COVID-19:
The treatment of COVID-19 is a rapidly expanding area of clinical practice. Accordingly, the information contained in this website and within our cognitive aids and videos is based on current ideas and as at April 2020. The information contained in these cognitive aids and videos may need to be updated and revised as more information is acquired on the best practice of management for the COVID-19 patient group.