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Day 1 - Thursday 4th May

Regional anaesthesia Symposium

Time
Programme
Faculty

08:00 - 08:50

Registration open

09:00 - 09:05

Welcome and introduction

Prof Alan Macfarlane 

09:05 - 10:30

SESSION 1 : TEACHING & TRAINING

CHAIR: Dr Rosie Hogg

The new curriculum and future of training

Prof Alan Macfarlane

Should non-pharmacological interventions be part of RA training?

Dr Barbara Breebaart

Is artificial intelligence the answer in RA?

Dr James Bowness

Discussion

The big debate

Should trainees still learn to use nerve stimulators?

Dr Amit Pawa vs Prof Gadsden

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 2 : POTPOURRI- Practice predicaments and POCUS

CHAIR: Prof Kariem El-Boghdadly

The challenging airway

Dr Bridget Pulos

Dr Rosie Hogg

Dr Justin Kirk-Bayley

Dr Jonny Wilkinson

Dr Ashley Miller 

Preoperative assessment of the emergent case 

Post-operative cardiac arrest

Unexplained perioperative hypoxia

Discussion

Ask the Experts:

Dr Eleni Moka

Dr Athmaja Thottungal

Prof Jeff Gadsden

Dr Lloyd Turbitt

Dr Ash Gupta

Prof Sandy Kopp

Dr Amit Pawa

Dr MariaPaz Sebastian

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch (13:15 - 13:45 RA-UK AGM in main hall)

14:00 - 15:30

SESSION 3 : PLAN A MASTERCLASS

CHAIR: Dr Sim West

Live Demos:

Plan A blocks : past, present & future.

Interscalene and axillary

Femoral, adductor and popliteal

Rectus sheath and ESP

Dr Lloyd Turbitt

Dr Nat Haslam

Dr MariaPaz Sebastian

Prof Jeff Gadsden

Dr Athmaja Thottungal

Prof Ki Jinn Chin

Dr Barbara Breebaart

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:10

SESSION 4 : RA TEAMWORK

CHAIR: Prof Sandy Kopp

A team approach to nerve injury follow up

Dr Nat Haslam

Mr Sam Dalal

The role of regional anaesthesia in breast surgery, from a surgeon's perspective

Mr Henry Cain

Dr Henrietta Dawson

Regional Anaesthesia in the ED; Indications and challenges

Dr Chris Yap

Dr Jonathan Womack

Discussion

17:10

End of Day 1

workshops-Day 1

EDRA Approved

Time

09:30-10:30

Session
Topic

Session One

Blocks for shoulder surgery

Blocks for elbow and hand surgery (1)

Plan A Blocks(1)

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:00

Session Two

Catheter Insertion

Blocks for elbow and hand surgery (2)

Plan A Blocks(2)

12:00-13:00

Session Three

Transitional pain blocks for regional anaesthetists

Blocks for breast surgery

Spinal scanning

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Session Four

Blocks for foot and ankle surgery

Blocks for vascular surgery (1)

Blocks for hip surgery

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:00

Session Five

Blocks for vascular surgery

Blocks for obstetric anaesthetist

Blocks for knee surgery

Abdomen blocks

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