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Founded in 1994, at the initiative of a group of practitioners, the CFAR is the French College of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.

As its name indicates, the CFAR is composed of men and women practicing the same medical specialty, and is designed to promote this discipline, share practices and exchange ideas about professional practices.

The CFAR is a non-profit association and now has more than 1,500 members from all over France.

The College governance comprises a Board of Management, chaired by Prof. Paul-Michel Mertes since 2014. Several committees have been created, in addition to the Executive Committee, to implement the association’s actions in the fields of accreditation, continuous professional training, occupational health and communication.

CFAR’s missions:

  1. Coordinate the initial training and professional practice needs of AnaesthetistsIntensive care physicians;
  2. Promote and ensure the quality of university and postgraduate training of Anaesthetists-Intensive care physicians in France,
  3. Promote quality and safety of care by improvement of knowledge, evaluation and improvement of professional practices, risk analysis and risk management.

CFAR’s actions:

The CFAR’s action focuses on risk reduction…

By definition, the concept of risk plays a decisive role in Anaesthesia-Intensive care. The risks related to this specialty have already been reduced, but there is still room for improvement, which is the role of the CFAR, with its members, for the benefit of all practitioners. The risk of morbidity and mortality related to anaesthesia is currently estimated to be 10-5, while this risk in the perioperative environment is 10-2 to 10-3. The College’s objective is to achieve a risk of 10-6, similar to that applied to high security systems (civil aviation, nuclear industry).

… based on a collegiate and partnership approach.

The CFAR plays a central role in the specialty and works together with all bodies representing Anaesthesia-Intensive care:

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