Day 1 - Thursday 5th May
Regional anaesthesia Symposium
Time
Programme
Faculty
08:00 - 08:50
Registration open
08:50 - 09:00
Welcome and introduction
Prof Alan Macfarlane
Prof Philip Peng
09:00 - 10:50
SESSION 1 : PRACTICE PREDICAMENTS
CHAIR: Dr Rosie Hogg
Maximising value in RA – does everyone really need a block?
Prof Ed Mariano
Incorporating new guidelines in practice
Infection control conundrums
(ASRA infection control guidance)
Prof Sandy Kopp
Neuraxial anaesthesia in the anticoagulated patient
(ESA Coagulation guidelines and AoA guidance)
Dr Clara Lobo
Discussion
A case of post-operative nerve injury
Consenting our patients beforehand
Dr Megan Smith
What should we document?
Dr Louise Moran
Surgical nerve injuries
Mr Tom Quick
Managing nerve injury
Dr Maria-Paz Sebastian
Discussion
10:50 - 11:20
Break
11:20 - 13:05
SESSION 2 : SCANNING SPREE
CHAIR: Dr Morné Wolmarans
Sponsored by:
Top tips, top to toe. Take 1.
Brachial plexus - shoulder/elbow/hand
Dr Lloyd Turbitt
Dr Maria-Paz Sebastian
Chest wall – breast and rib fractures
Dr Amit Pawa
Dr Nadia Hernandez
Pharnyxes, pleurae and pylori. What’s the purpose of perioperative PoCUS?
Dr Rosie Hogg
Dr Nadia Hernandez
Dr Kariem El-Boghadly
Dr Jonny Wilkinson
Dr Stephen Haskins
13:05 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:40
SESSION 3 : TUMS TO TOES
Sponsored by:
CHAIR: Dr Amit Pawa
Fascial plane blocks – the old versus the new
Abdominal surgery
Dr Barbara Versyck
Hip surgery
Prof Ki Jinn Chin
Discussion
Live scanning - Top tips, top to toe. Take 2.
Abdomen – midline incision/hernia/QL
Dr Clara Lobo
Prof Ki Jinn Chin
Lower limb – hip/knee/foot
Dr Athmaja Thottungal
Prof Vincent Chan
15:40 - 16:10
Break
16:10 - 17:30
SESSION 4 : EDUCATIONAL EXERCISE
CHAIR: Dr Nat Haslam
Non-technical factors in RA
Dr Lloyd Turbitt
How do we measure competency?
Prof Graeme McLeod
Can technology accelerate the learning curve?
Dr Nadia Hernandez
Discussion
Ask the expert - rapid fire
Dr Clara Lobo
Prof Vincent Chan
Prof Alan Macfarlane
Prof Colin McCartney
Dr Rosie Hogg
Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly
Dr Athmaja Thottungal
Dr Nadia Hernandez
17:30
End of Day 1
Pain workshops
Common upper trunk US guided block
Common lower trunk US guided block
Shoulder
Hip (joint and GTPS), knee and ankle joint
SIJ and lateral branches, lumbar facet medial branch and joint
Cervical medial branch, TON to C7
Hip and knee denervation
Workshop Timetable
08:30 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:30
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:00
Pain Masterclass
08:30 - 09:45
Application of US in PNS
With case studies to show how ultrasound can be useful in trials and permenant PNS stimulation procedure.
09:45 - 11:00
3 common nerve entrapment syndrome
Three most common entrapments, diagnosis, scanning treatment options.
11:15 - 12:30
All you need to know about cryotherapy
From philosophy, equipment, technique to evidence.
15:45 - 17:00
Cancer pain-role of intervention
Role of image-guided intervention, non ablative procedures and ablative procedures