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Following the success of this seminar over the last two years, we are delighted to be given the opportunity to host a further meeting during the lunch-time break on Wednesday.

A major challenge to providing support in training and continuing medical education in developing countries is to achieve any sort of sustainability for projects that are established by enthusiastic individuals. To explore these particular challenges we have invited speakers with recent experience of provision of support for anaesthetists in poorly-resourced settings at an individual and institutional level.

Naomi Goodwin, a consultant anaesthetist in Cardiff, has recently returned from working in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania. She will describe her experience and impact as an individual anaesthetist working alongside her Tanzanian colleagues. Ollie Ross has been pivotal in establishing a link between his department in Southampton General Hospital and training departments for nurse and medical anaesthetists in Nepal. Both speakers will provide useful insights and pragmatic tips for those who are considering similar projects themselves.

Bruce McCormick
Chairman
World Anaesthesia Society

Schering-Plough is delighted to welcome you to London and to the 2010 Winter Scientific Meeting of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. We are very pleased to be supporting the meeting by sponsoring the Satellite Symposium
Re-evaluating reversal: Bridion®▼ in clinical practice where you can see and hear how Bridion® can be used in specific clinical settings and procedures.

Chaired by Professor Richard Langford, St Bart’s and The London NHS Trust, an excellent panel of speakers from across the UK will showcase their own clinical experiences with Bridion® in a variety of surgical procedures in both private practice and the NHS. In particular, a protocol will be presented outlining typical Bridion usage in an NHS district general hospital. Additionally, the monitoring habits of anaesthetists will be revealed during discussions on the relationship between objective vs. subjective monitoring, adequate reversal and incidences of postoperative residual curarization (PORC). With an exciting symposium for you to look forward to Schering-Plough sincerely hopes you enjoy the meeting.

Astra Tech are pleased to invite two speakers to explore the pertinent area of blood management from a new perspective.

Reducing donor blood transfusion in primary hip arthroplasty - The Dorchester Experience
Dr Duncan Farquhar - Thomson Consultant Anaesthetist Dorset County hospital

Donor blood is a valuable but increasingly scarce resource which is essential for the delivery of safe modern healthcare.  Use of donor blood is however associated with many potentially serious complications. Use of donor blood is expensive not only in terms of the product, but also in terms of laboratory and clinical staff time. 

National Audit data suggest transfusion rates of 30% in patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty.  We investigated the causes and predictors for transfusion in the perioperative period in our hospital undergoing primary hip arthroplasty. We investigated the impact of utilising perioperative cell salvage as a way of reducing transfusion rates. Our initial approach was to use postoperative cell salvage. When the opportunity to use a device for both intra and postoperative cell salvage arose we were keen to evaluate this product in terms of a safe and effective way to reduce the usage of donor blood.   Our audit data suggests that Sangvia is a safe, cost effective method of reducing donor blood transfusion and potentially reducing bedstay in patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty.

Don’t waste a drop
Dr Howard Wakeling - Consultant Anaesthetist and College Tutor Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Wakeling has recently received a National  Research Award for blood management and he brings some of this experience together in a topical talk on blood management discussing techniques that impact both on patient morbidity and mortality – Abstract to follow…

Goldshield is delighted to welcome you to London and to the 2010 Winter Scientific Meeting of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. We are very pleased to be supporting the meeting by sponsoring the Satellite Symposium on Short Acting Spinal Anaesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery.

This will be Chaired by Professor Narinder Rawal  MD, Phd, FRCA (hon) Dept and with International guest speaker Professor Reber MD, PhD, Spital, Zollikerberg from Switzerland. Following this, there will be a scientific discussion on Short Acting Spinal Anaesthesia.

Goldshield Welcome you to their exciting Symposium.