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AAGBI Current Topics Meeting
4 & 5 March 2010
BMA House, London



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For SAS Doctors, Consultants & Trainees
Organised by the SAS Committee of the AAGBI


Programme


Thursday 4 March

0900 Registration
   
0930 - 0940 Welcome Dr Richard Birks, President AAGBI
   
0940 - 0950 Introduction Dr Ramana Alladi, Ashton-under-Lyne
   
  SESSION I: Heart and anaesthesia
   
0950 - 1015 Hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease and anaesthesia - Current view
  Prof Pierre Foex, Oxford
   
1015 - 1040 Perioperative dysrhythmias and implantable devices
  Dr Alex Goodwin, Bath
   
1040 - 1105 CPX monitoring or assessment of cardiac risk
  (TBC)
   
1105 - 1115 Discussion
   
1115 Tea/Coffee
   
  SESSION II: Emergency anaesthetics - Update
   
1135 - 1200 Management of obstetric emergencies
  Dr Surbhi Malhotra, London
   
1200 - 1250 Anaesthesia for trauma surgery
  Dr Andrew Castello-Cortes, Middlesex
   
1225 - 1250 Sick laparotomies - Strategies
  Dr Gareth Greenslade, Bristol
   
1250 - 1300 Discussion
   
1300 Lunch and poster and audit presentations
   
  SESSION III: SAS matters
   
1345 - 1410 Life outside operating theatres
  Dr Ramana Alladi , Ashton-under-Lyne
   
1410 - 1435 Appraisal fit for revalidation
  Dr Anthea Mowat, Lincolnshire
   
1435 - 1500 Stress, stressors of SAS doctors and coping strategies
  Dr Paul Hughes, Wrexham
   
1500 - 1510 Discussion
   
1510 Tea/Coffee
   
1530 SESSION IV: Future trends
   
1530 - 1555 Day case anaesthesia - Future
  Dr Ian Jackson, York
   
1555 - 1620 WHO Checklists
  Dr Iain Wilson, Exeter
   
1620 - 1645 Fast track colorectal surgery
  Dr Mike Scott, Guildford
   
1645 - 1655 Discussion

 


Friday 5 March

0830 Registration
   
0900 - 0920 SAS Doctors - Past, present and future - Brief history (1990-2010)
  Dr Kate Bullen, Bristol
   
  SESSION V: Fluid debate
   
0920 - 0945 Goal directed fluid therapy
  Dr Sophie Noblett, Middlesbrough
   
0945 - 1010 Blood transfusion - How to minimize and avoid?
  Dr Dafydd Thomas, Swansea
   
1010 - 1035 Diabetes - Peri-operative management
  Dr Nicholas Levy, Suffolk
   
1035 - 1045 Discussion
   
1045 Tea/Coffee
   
  SESSION VI: Pain session
   
1105 - 1130 Perception of pain - Update on physiology
  Dr Carsten Bantel, London
   
1130 - 1155 New modalities of pain relief for post operative pain
  Dr Matthew Checketts, Perth
   
1155 - 1155 Intrathecal opiates - Drugs and efficacy
  Dr Andrew Vickers, Lancaster
   
1220 - 1230 Discussion
   
1230 Lunch
   
  SESSION VII: Intensive Care
   
1315 - 1340 New ventilation techniques
  Dr Peter Macnaughton, Plymouth
   
1340 - 1405 Sepsis - Update on management
  Dr Jonathan Handy, London
   
1405 - 1430 Admission criteria for HDU and ITU
  Dr Mark Blunt, Norfolk
   
1430 - 1440 Discussion
   
1440 Tea/Coffee
   
   
  SESSION VIII: Tricky situations
  Mediated by Drs John Hardman, Nottingham and William Harrop-Griffiths, London
   
1500 - 1525 Broken tooth
   
1525 - 1550 Anaesthetic without valid consent
   
1550 - 1615 Nerve Injury following a regional block
   
1615 - 1640 A letter from a solicitor sueing for negligence
   
1640 - 1705 Un-cooperative child for a short anaesthetic
   
1705 - 1715 Discussion
   
1715 Close of meeting

 


Workshops

THURSDAY 4 MARCH    
1400 - 1600 Difficult airway TIVA
FRIDAY 5 MARCH    
1055-1255 Ultrasound TIVA
1325-1525 Ultrasound Difficult airway

 

Workshop Info

TIVA

Attendance Lists (please click on the relevant session to display the delegate list)
Session 1
Session 2


The Interactive workshops will be led by a number of anaesthetists experienced in the field of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA).

Workshops are limited to groups of 20 delegates. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Workshop Information:

  1. Introduction to TIVA for beginners with no experience Basic principles: pharmacokinetics
  2. Pharmacodynamics and effect site control
  3. Practical aspects of TIVA  - Advantages and disadvantages
  4. Question & Answer session
    Our experiences
    Troubleshooting
    Tips for success
    Speciality based TIVA
    TIVA in the extremes of ages
  5. Hands-on infusion pumps

Difficult Airway

Attendance Lists (please click on the relevant session to display the delegate list)
Session 1
Session 2

The Difficult Airway workshop is designed to cater to a wide spectrum of delegates' experience.

It will include:

    • Basic and Advanced Fibreoptic stations
    • Newer Supra glottic devices
    • Video and Optical laryngoscopes
    • Needle Cricothyroidotomy

Ultrasound

Attendance Lists (please click on the relevant session to display the delegate list)
Session 1
Session 2

 

 


Meeting Dinner

The official Dinner will be at BMA House on Thursday evening. A drinks reception will begin at 7pm. Indian Classical dance (Bharatanatyam) performance will accompany your 3 course Indian banquet.

Please do come along and join the celebration of 10th Anniversary of SAS Committee.

There is no dress code

Ticket Price: £45

 

For information regarding the Current Topics meeting 2010 please contact the AAGBI Events Team on Tel. +44 (0) 20 7631 8808, Fax +44 (0) 20 7631 4352 or via email on meetings@aagbi.org

 
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