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
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