About the CAA

Founded in March 1990, the Cairns Anaesthetists Association is an independent not-for-profit organization that provide support and promoted excellence in post-graduate anaesthesia in Far North Queensland.

The CAA is involved in a wide range of activities:

• Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine services in the Cairns area
• Outreach anaesthesia services in remote areas of FNQ including the Torres Strait Islands
• Technology development projects
• Training of Registrars and GP Anaesthetists
• General and Tropical Intensive Care
• Sponsorship of social and educational events
• Wildlife anaesthesia research projects
• Continuing medical education
• Development of a formal training programme in the use of bed-side ultrasound technology in Anaesthesia