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Annual Congress 08

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23 - 25 September 2009

scientific programme

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday


WEDNESDAY

1015–1145 SESSION I
 
A: Improving patient safety in the operating room
 
Lessons from aviation
 
Dr Nick Toff, Cambridge
Implementing human factors training in anaesthesia
 
Dr Nikki Maran, Stirling
Engaging clinicians through speciality specific reporting
 
Mrs Joan Russell, London
 
B: Vascular anaesthesia
 
Point of care testing of coagulation in the management
of major haemorrhage
 
Dr Alastair Nimmo, Edinburgh
Emergency vascular anaesthesia
 
Dr Jeremy Langton, Plymouth
Ups and downs of carotid surgery
 
Dr Mark Stoneham, Oxford
 
C: Burns & plastic surgery
 
Burns and smoke inhalation
 
Prof John Kinsella, Glasgow
Free flaps made easy
 
Dr Steven Oakey, Chelmsford
Anaesthesia for cosmetic plastic surgery
 
Dr John Holloway, Poole
 
1200–1300 SESSION II
 
Intavent lecture
 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Why you shouldn't believe everything you read   Dr David Bogod, Nottingham
 
1400–1530 SESSION III
 
A: Excellent care for non-elective surgery
 
Care pathways for fractured neck of femur
 
Dr Richard Griffiths, Peterborough
Practical implementation of optimisation in surgical patients (in non elective surgery)
 
Dr Chris Snowden, Newcastle
Emergency abdominal surgery: Can we do better?
 
Dr Carol Peden, Bath
 
B: Anaesthetists in management
 
Dealing with a clinical incident
 
Dr Melanie Jones, Bridgend
Ultimate problem colleague:
Preparing a disciplinary/GMC case
 
Dr Andrew Hartle, London
Corporate and medical manslaughter
 
Mr David Wood, Bevan Brittan Solicitors
 
C: Free Papers
 
 
1600–1730 SESSION IV
 
A: Obesity
 
The Obesity epidemic: Is there a surgical solution?
 
Mr Roger Ackroyd, Sheffield
Anaesthesia for bariatric surgery
 
Dr Nick Barron, Sheffield
 
B: Focus on the kidney
 
Perioperative management of patients with chronic
renal disease
 
Prof Jennifer M Hunter, Liverpool
Managing acute renal failure
 
Dr Mark Palazzo, London
Providing a transplant service when less people are dying
from head injuries
 
tbc
 
C: Anaesthetists responding to challenges in service
 
Dealing with varibility in standards of care
 
Dr Dermot McKeown, Edinburgh
Tackling the 18-week wait
 
Dr Iain Wilson, Exeter
Monitoring quality in the day unit   Dr Mary Stocker, Torquay
     
1730 - 1900 Therabel Pharma Satellite Symposium
 
You say you want a revolution: Achieving best practice in day case analgesia    

 


THURSDAY

0730–0830 Christian Medical Fellowship Breakfast
 
Communication - Just gas and air   Mr Alastair Simison, Wirral
 
0730–0900 Schering-Plough Breakfast Satellite Symposium
 

The breakfast Satellite Symposium will take the form of a debate entitled, ‘This house believes current UK guidelines for Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI) need updating’ followed by an interesting clinical case study using Bridion®▼ in the area of neuroanaesthesia.

 
 
0900–1030 SESSION V
 
A: Association of Paediatric Anaesthesists
 
Stabilisation and transfer of sick children
 
Dr Sabeena Qureshi, London
Loco-regional techniques for children
 
Dr Steve Roberts, Liverpool
Paediatric neurosurgery: Where are we in 2009?
 
Mr Paul May, Liverpool
 
B: Focus on the heart
 
Protecting the heart in the peri-operative period
 
Dr Peter Noordzij, Rotterdam
What to do about stents and antithrombotics?
 
Dr Paul Erasmus, Plymouth
A practical approach to patients with valvular disease
 
Dr Richard Struthers, Plymouth
 
C: Free Papers
 
 
1100–1200 SESSION VI
 
John Snow Lecture
 
Harnessing academia for the benefit of health - The interface between the NHS and Universities in the 21st Century  
Prof Sir John Tooke, Plymouth
 
1200–1300 SESSION VII
 
A: Careers outside anaesthesia
 
Pharmacology/pharmaceutical industry
 
Dr Gordon Coutts, Schering-Plough
Doctors as medical educators
 
Dr Mark Stacey, Penarth
Working with the Department of Health
 
Dr Julia Moore OBE, Wirral
 
B: Triservice Anaesthesia Society
 
Triservice Anaesthesia: The Royal Navy
  Triservice Anaesthesia: The
Royal Navy - Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Kate Prior
Management of war injuries
  The Royal Army Medical Corps – Lieutenant Colonel Rhys Thomas
Evacuation
 
The Royal Air Force – Wing Commander Phil Dalrymple
 
C: Tales of the unexpected
 
New strategies to improve an old treatment: Snake antivenom
 
Dr Robert Harrison, Liverpool
Near drowning
 
Dr Gary Minto, Plymouth
Poisoning: Who takes what in 2009 and what to do about it
 
Dr Nick Edwards, London
 
1400–1530 SESSION VIII
 
A: Diabetes
 
In-patient diabetes
 
Prof Ian MacFarlane, Liverpool
Peri-operative management of the diabetic patient
 
Dr Heidi Robertshaw, London
Peri-operative glucose control in non-diabetic patients
 
Prof George Hall, London
 
B: Updates from our colleagues
 
Update in cardiology
 
Dr Julian Hobbs, Liverpool
Interventional radiology update
 
Dr Richard McWilliams, Liverpool
Microbiology update
 
Dr Vanya Gant, London
 
C: Question time & AMM
 
Your chance to pose pre-submitted questions to a panel of experts.
Includes Annual Members Meeting
 
 
1600–1730 SESSION IX
 
A: Revalidation and appraisal
 
Revalidation: Why are we doing it?
 
Prof Chris Dodds, Middlesbrough
Making revalidation work
 
Mr Finlay Scott, Cheif Executive, GMC
Revalidation: How will it help me?
 
Dr Keith Myerson, Eastbourne
 
1745–1900 Flynn Pharma Satellite Symposium
 
Enhanced postoperative pain management and its role in the recovery process
 

 


FRIDAY

0730 - 0900 CSL Behring Satellite Symposium
   
Fresh Frozen Plasma on trial – is there a place for FFP in warfarin reversal?    
     
0900–1030 SESSION X
 
A: Difficult airway session
 
Teaching airway management
 
Dr Ellen O’Sullivan, Dublin
Human behaviours/NOTECHS in airway management: The SMART approach
 
Dr Ravi Dravid, Kettering
Aintree difficult airway management: An alternative approach
 
Dr Peter Groom, Liverpool
 
B: Papers that you need to know about
 
Anaesthesia
 
Prof Robert Sneyd, Plymouth
Intensive care
 
Dr Richard Wenstone, Liverpool
Pain management
 
Dr Cathy Stannard, Bristol
 
C: Free Papers
 
 
1100–1200 SESSION XI
 
Draeger Lecture
 
ASA Closed Claims Project: Lessons learned and emerging concerns   Dr Karen Domino, Seattle, USA
 
1315–1430 SESSION XII
 
A: Obstetrics
 
Planning high-risk pregnancy in the DGH: An integrated approach
 
Dr Mike Weisz, Peterborough
Massive obstetric haemorrhage
 
Dr Janet Pickett, Cambridge
Pain relief in obstetrics, old and new
 
Dr David Levy, Nottingham
 
B: SAS Session: Stress, stressors and strategies
 
Trainees’ stressors
 
Dr Susan Williams, Cardiff
SAS stressors
 
Dr Ramana Alladi, Manchester
Consultant stressors
 
Dr Iain Wilson, Exeter
Coping strategies
 
Dr Diana Dickson, Leeds
 
1430–1600 SESSION XIII
 
Medicolegal dramatisation    
A stroke of bad luck
 

 

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