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Day 2 - Friday 3rd May

Regional anaesthesia ASM 2024

Time
Programme
Faculty

08:00 - 09:00

Registration open

08:00 - 09:00

Pacira/GE Sponsored session/workshop

POCUS, why bother? A day in the life of an Anaesthesia Sono-hero

In this session, we will take you through a day in the life of an anaesthetist, who is a dab hand at peri-op POCUS! At the end, there will be a live, on stage interactive demo of whatever the crowd chooses! Get your POCUS hats on everyone! Looking forward to seeing you there! 

09:00 - 09:05

Welcome and introduction

09:05 - 10:20

SESSION 5: RA-UK & BJA Joint Session: Science to Thrill

09:05 - 09:20

09:20 - 09:35

09:35 - 09:50

09:50 - 10:05

10:05 - 10:20

Golden(eye) papers from the last 12 months

For My Eyes Only: how decisions on what to publish are made

What outcomes matter to patients and where does RA fit in?

Highlights from the BJA RA special edition

Discussion

10:20 - 10:35

Oral Presentations and the David Conn Prize

10:35 - 11:05

Break

Chloroprocaine and Prilocaine spinals, your questions answered

Bbraun Stand

11:05 - 12:20

SESSION 6: For your eyes only: Live Demos 

11:05 - 11:15

Blocks for Hip Surgery

(PENG, SIFI, LFCNB)

11:15 -11:30

Blocks for Knee

(FT vs ACB/Geniculars, NVI, NVL, IPACK) 

11:30 - 11:45

Blocks for abdominal wall

(QL, ext oblique block, IL/IH)

Dr Louise Roberts

Dr Steve Coppens

11:45 - 12:00

Blocks for thoracic wall

(Interpectoral/pectoserratus, PVB)

12:00 - 12:15

Chronic pain block pearls

(Stellate ganglion, greater occipital, genitofemoral)

Dr Athma Thottungal

Dr Ramy Mottaleb

12:15 - 12:30

Discussion 

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

SESSION 7

13:30 - 14:00

Bruce Scott Lecture

Beyond the needle: Exploring the evolving landscape of regional anaesthesia education in the digital age

14:00 - 14:05

Infographic Competition

14:05 - 14:10

SHORT Video Contest

14:10 - 14:20

UNSUNG HERO

14:20 - 14:30

PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER

Next meeting presentation

14:30 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 16:30

SESSION 8 

No time to Lie

15:00 - 15:30

Ask the Expert

Quantum of Knowledge

15:30 - 15:45

15:45 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:15

Do Hips and Knee replacements need blocks?

Obstetric evidence summary

How best should we teach RA?

16:15 - 16:30

 Discussion

16:30

Close of meeting and thanks

workshops- DAy 2

EDRA Approved

Time

08:45 - 10:45

Session
Topic

POCUS

Airway, gastric, lung, cardiac (parasternal) and cardiac (apical/subcostal)

08:45 - 09:45

Session One

Blocks for vascular surgery

Open AAA: rectus sheath block
AKA: femoral nerve block
Subgluteal /popliteal sciatic block

Neuroaxial scanning

US Lumbar spine

Plan A blocks (2)

Femoral nerve and AC Block
Popliteal sciatic block
ESP

Basic blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Supraclavicular BP block
Axillary BP block

Blocks for shoulder surgery

Interscalene BP block
Suprascapular and superior trunk 
Superficial cervical plexus block
Suprascapular nerve + Axillary nerve block

Abdominal blocks

Rectus sheath block
TAP block
Hypogastric Ilioinguinal nerves block
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal blocks 
QL block

Blocks for breast surgery

Interpectoral and pectoserratus fascial plane blocks
Serratus anterior plane block
Paravertebral block

Blocks for hip surgery

Fascia iliaca block- supra/infra inguinal
LFCN block
PENG block

09:45- 10:45

Session Two

Transitional pain blocks

Genicular nerve blocks for knee
Stellate ganglion block
Greater occipital nerve block 

Blocks for vascular surgery

Open AAA: rectus sheath block
AKA: femoral nerve block
Subgluteal /popliteal sciatic block

Blocks for foot and ankle surgery

Popliteal sciatic block
ACB/Saphenous nerve block
Ankle block

Plan A blocks (2)

Femoral nerve and AC Block
Popliteal sciatic block
ESP

Basic blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Supraclavicular BP block
Axillary BP block

Blocks for shoulder surgery

Interscalene BP block
Suprascapular and superior trunk 
Superficial cervical plexus block
Suprascapular nerve + Axillary nerve block

Abdominal blocks

Rectus sheath block
TAP block
Hypogastric Ilioinguinal nerves block
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal blocks 
QL block

Blocks for breast surgery

Interpectoral and pectoserratus fascial plane blocks
Serratus anterior plane block
Paravertebral block

Advanced blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Infraclavicular BP block
Costoclavicular BP block
Distal blocks - median, musculocutaneous, radial and ulnar nerves

11:00 - 12:00

Session Three

Paediatric Plan A Blocks

This is an ask the experts and live demo workshop (no hands on scanning)

Blocks for hip surgery

Fascia iliaca block (supra/infra inguinal) 
LFCN block
PENG block

Blocks for breast surgery

Interpectoral and pectoserratus fascial plane blocks
Serratus anterior plane block
Paravertebral block

Blocks for shoulder surgery

Interscalene BP block
Suprascapular and superior trunk 
Superficial cervical plexus block
Suprascapular nerve + Axillary nerve block

Abdominal blocks

Rectus sheath block
TAP block
Hypogastric Ilioinguinal nerves block
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal blocks 
QL block

Blocks for the obstetric anaesthetist

US lumbar spine
TAP block
Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric blocks 

Blocks for vascular surgery

Open AAA: rectus sheath block
AKA: femoral nerve block
Subgluteal /popliteal sciatic block

Blocks for foot and ankle surgery

Popliteal sciatic block
ACB/Saphenous nerve block
Ankle block

Plan A blocks (2)

Femoral nerve and AC Block
Popliteal sciatic block
ESP

Basic blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Supraclavicular BP block
Axillary BP block

Advanced blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Infraclavicular BP block
Costoclavicular BP block
Distal blocks - median, musculocutaneous, radial and ulnar nerves

Neuroaxial scanning

US Lumbar spine

Blocks for rib fractures

Paravertebral block
ESP
Serratus anterior plane block

Neuroaxial scanning

US Lumbar spine

12:00 - 13:00

Session Four

Paediatric Plan A blocks

This is an ask the experts and live demo workshop (no hands on scanning)

Blocks for hip surgery

Fascia iliaca block (supra/infra inguinal) 
LFCN block
PENG block

Plan A blocks (1)

Interscalene BP block
Axillary BP block
Rectus sheath Block

Blocks for shoulder surgery

Interscalene BP block
Suprascapular and superior trunk 
Superficial cervical plexus block
Suprascapular nerve + Axillary nerve block

Plan A blocks (1)

Interscalene BP block
Axillary BP block
Rectus sheath Block

Blocks for the obstetric anaesthetist 2

US lumbar spine
TAP block
Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric blocks 

Blocks for vascular surgery

Open AAA: rectus sheath block
AKA: femoral nerve block
Subgluteal /popliteal sciatic block

Blocks for foot and ankle surgery

Popliteal sciatic block
ACB/Saphenous nerve block
Ankle block

Plan A blocks (2)

Femoral nerve and AC Block
Popliteal sciatic block
ESP

Basic blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Supraclavicular BP block
Axillary BP block

Advanced blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Infraclavicular BP block
Costoclavicular BP block
Distal blocks  - median, musculocutaneous, radial, and ulnar nerves

Neuroaxial scanning

US Lumbar spine

Blocks for breast surgery

Interpectoral and pectoserratus fascial plane blocks
Serratus anterior plane block
Paravertebral block

Blocks for hip surgery

Fascia iliaca block (supra/infra inguinal) 
LFCN block
PENG block

15:00 - 16:00

Session Five

Advanced blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Infraclavicular BP block
Costoclavicular BP block
Distal blocks - median, musculocutaneous, radial and ulnar nerves

Blocks for hip surgery

Fascia iliaca block (supra/infra inguinal) 
LFCN block
PENG block

Blocks for breast surgery

Interpectoral and pectoserratus fascial plane blocks
Serratus anterior plane block
Paravertebral block

Abdominal blocks

Rectus sheath block
TAP block
Hypogastric Ilioinguinal nerves block
Iliohypogastic and ilioinguinal blocks 
QL block

Plan A blocks (1)

Interscalene BP block
Axillary BP block
Rectus sheath Block

Blocks for the obstetric anaesthetist

US lumbar spine
TAP block
Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric blocks 

Blocks for vascular surgery

Open AAA: rectus sheath block
AKA: femoral nerve block
Subgluteal /popliteal sciatic block

Blocks for foot and ankle surgery

Popliteal sciatic block
ACB/Saphenous nerve block
Ankle block

Plan A blocks (2)

Femoral nerve and AC Block
Popliteal sciatic block
ESP

Basic blocks for elbow and hand surgery

Supraclavicular BP block
Axillary BP block

Blocks for shoulder surgery

Interscalene BP block
Suprascapular and superior trunk 
Superficial cervical plexus block
Suprascapular nerve + Axillary nerve block

Basic blocks for knee surgery

Genicular nerves block
Nerves to vastus medialis and intermedius
IPACK block
Anterior cutaneous femoral branches blocks

Neuroaxial scanning

US Lumbar spine
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