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Workshops
Workshops vary in cost and maximum participant numbers. Unless
otherwise specified, all workshops are 90 minutes in duration
(running concurrently with the main scientific program) and will be
held in the Adelaide Convention Centre. Details can be found in the
description of each workshop below and on the following pages.
A ticket is required for entry to all workshops. Only ONE workshop
will be allocated per delegate by the early-bird registration closing
date: Friday, March 20, 2015. Workshops are open to all registered
delegates. Allocation will be on a first-come-first-served basis
and availability is subject to demand. Workshops are always well
subscribed and we encourage you to register early to secure
your place.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
STREAM: EMERGENCY RESPONSE CPD
Emergency anaesthesia / ALS
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W01A 10.30am-noon
W01B 1.30-3pm
W01C 3.30-5pm
Sunday May 3, 2015
W01D 10.30am-noon
W01E 1.30-3pm
W01F 3.30-5pm
Monday May 4, 2015
W01G 10.30am-noon
W01H 1.30-3pm
W01I 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 16
Cost:
$125
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
These workshops will run participants through four simulated
anaesthetic emergencies, with each participant being the lead
responder once. The scenarios will satisfy ANZCA requirements
for the Emergency Responses category of Continuing Professional
Development (CPD), with certification confirming adequate
exposure to claim one of the two required triennial emergency
responses activities.
Participants in the ANZCA CPD program will be awarded the
following CPD activities after the event has concluded: Emergency
responses (cardiac arrest).
Dr James Hafner is a staff specialist anaesthetist at Flinders
Medical Centre. He has completed a simulation fellowship
at Flinders Medical Centre and is a member of the founding
committee of the Flinders Anaesthesia Crisis Training (FACT) course
for consultant anaesthetists.
Facilitators include: Dr Robert Young, Dr Mervyn Atkinson, Dr
Kuan Lee Ng, Dr Giresh Chandran, Dr Kirsten McCullough, Dr Alex
Zanker, Dr Zoe Lagana, Dr Graham Lowry, Dr Simon Jenkins, Dr
Michael Goldblatt, Dr Nikki Dyson, Dr Faith Crichton.
Cricothyrotomy
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Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W02A 3.30-5pm
Monday May 4, 2015
W02B 10.30am-noon
W02C 1.30-3pm
W02D 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 12
Cost:
$125
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This hands-on workshop addresses emergency management of the
airway obstruction aimed at averting, identifying and managing a
CICO event. The CICO scenario will be covered in this workshop.
Participants in the ANZCA CPD program will be awarded the
following CPD activities after the event has concluded: Emergency
responses (CICO).
Dr Chris Acott is a senior anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide
Hospital. He was one of the two founding members of the Airway
Special Interest Group. His interests include the difficult airway and
head and neck anaesthesia.
Anaphylaxis crisis management
Date/Time:
Monday May 4, 2015
W03A 1.30-3pm
W03B 3.30-5pm
Tuesday May 5, 2015
W03C 9-10.30am
W03D 1.30-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
In this workshop participants will be able to take part in two
simulations of anaphylactic crisis management. Participants will
rotate through multiple small stations which will encompass
the use of different skill sets and all aspects of management of
anaesthetic allergy and anaphylaxis. This workshop will be to the
standard required for the College’s CPD emergency
response program.
Participants in the ANZCA CPD program will be awarded the
following CPD activities after the event has concluded: Emergency
responses (anaphylaxis).
Dr Nagesh Nanjappa is a senior consultant at The Queen Elizabeth
Hospital. He is an overseas trained specialist and obtained his
FANZCA in 2009. He has special interest in perioperative medicine,
anaesthetic allergy and anaphylaxis, and medical education. He is a
member of ANZAAG.
Dr Heather Stevens is an anaesthetic consultant working at the
Royal Adelaide Hospital. She obtained her FANZCA in 2004 after
a fellowship year in the UK. Among her clinical interests are
anaesthetic allergy and anaesthesia for renal transplant. She is a
member of ANZAAG and ASCIA.
Dr Paul McAleer is a specialist anaesthetist at Flinders Medical
Centre and in private practice in Adelaide. He has special interests
in the management of anaesthesia for high risk pregnancy and
in anaesthetic allergy. He is an active member of ANZAAG which
has developed and promotes guidelines for management and
investigation of perioperative anaphylaxis.
Dr Alison Brereton is a consultant anaesthetist at Flinders Medical
Centre, Adelaide. She has a special interest in allergy testing which
she has been doing for five years.
STREAM: EMERGENCY RESPONSE OTHER
Trauma: Lessons from the pointy end
Date/Time:
Monday May 4, 2015
W04A 1.30-3pm
W04B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$50
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
More than 10 years of experience managing complex trauma
in the recent Iraq and Afghan conflicts have seen battle injury
survival rates rise to new highs, despite ever increasing injury
severity. This workshop discusses and demonstrates the key
lessons learned (and relearned) in the early care of these injuries,
particularly the use of tourniquets, haemostatic dressings and
junctional tourniquets, delivered by an anaesthetist recently
returned from 6 months in the NATO hospital in
Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Dr Bruce Paix is a senior staff anaesthetist at Adelaide’s Flinders
Medical Centre and Aeromedical Retrieval Consultant with
the Medstar Retrieval Service. He has a strong interest in prehospital trauma care, beginning his medical career as a volunteer
ambulance officer and has long served as a member of the South
Australian Country Fire Service, and FIV Dr at motorsports. Also a
member of the RAAF reserve, he has served in East Timor, Iraq
and Afghanistan.
Paediatric airway management
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W05A 10.30am-noon
W05B 1.30-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$125
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
The workshop will use a problem solving approach to examine
ways to manage a child with a difficult airway. Participants will be
able to practice with advanced paediatric airway management
equipment and techniques.
Dr Rob Laing is the deputy head of unit for children’s anaesthesia
at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide. He has clinical
interests in airway management and teaching, craniofacial
anaesthesia and thoracic anaesthesia.
Dr David Costi is a staff specialist in children’s anaesthesia at the
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.
Dr Cormac Fahy is a staff specialist in children’s anaesthesia at the
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.
Dr Nich Marks is a staff specialist in children’s anaesthesia at the
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.
Dr Yasmin Endlich is a staff specialist in children’s anaesthesia at
the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.
Neonatal resuscitation workshop for the rural anaesthetist
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W06A 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 16
Cost:
$125
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop will focus on the algorithm for neonatal
resuscitation, followed by practical skill sessions in neonatal
airway management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and umbilical
vein catheterisation.
Dr Simon James is a neonatal paediatrician at Flinders Medical
Centre, South Australia.
STREAM: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
Fibreoptic
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W07A 1.30-3pm
W07B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 12
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
Various manipulation skills will be taugh in this workshop:
retrograde intubation, intubation through a LMA and VBM
endoscopy mask. Participants will rotate through six
different stations.
Dr Chris Acott is a senior anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide
Hospital. He was one of the two founding members of the Airway
Special Interest Group. His interests include the difficult airway
and head and neck anaesthesia.
Tracheostomy
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W08A 10.30am-noon
W08B 1.30-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 12
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This is a new workshop with emphasis on emergency
management of a deteriorating patient with a tracheotomy in situ.
This workshop will also include ultrasound imaging of the airway.
Dr Chris Acott is a senior anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide
Hospital. He was one of the two founding members of the Airway
Special Interest Group. His interests include the difficult airway
and head and neck anaesthesia.
STREAM: IMAGING
Basic transthoracic echo
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W09A 10.30am-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$125
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
A workshop to those anaesthetists or critical care physicians with
little or no experience in transthoracic echo (TTE) who wish to get
hands on experience and learn the skills of basic image acquisition
and interpretation.
Dr John Leyden is a cardiothoracic anaesthetist at the Royal North
Shore Hospital in Sydney. John is an active committee member of
the Cardiovascular, Vascular and Perfusion Special Interest Group.
Advanced transthoracic echo
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W10A 10.30am-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$125
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
For those anaesthetists or critical care physicians who have
some experience in TTE who wish to learn about cardiac output
assessment, Doppler techniques, diastolic function assessment
and valvular assessment.
Dr John Leyden is a cardiothoracic anaesthetist at the Royal North
Shore Hospital in Sydney. John is an active committee member of
the Cardiovascular, Vascular and Perfusion Special Interest Group.
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Pre-hospital ultrasound (ACCUTE SIG)
Date/Time:
Monday May 4, 2015
W11A 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$70
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
Pre-hospital ultrasound is an increasing tool in the HEMS setting
and recent advances in technology has allowed for this modality
to be used in transported patients in a critical and time-sensitive
fashion. This session will outline basic principles and utility of
ultrasound in the transport environment.
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W14A 1.30-3pm
W14B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop involves hands on ultrasound scanning of live
models, where participants will rotate through three stations and
focus on the rectus sheath, ilioinguinal and genitofemoral , and
transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks.
Dr Jamin Mulvey is a paediatric anaesthetist currently working
at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Canada. In addition
to anaesthesia practice, Dr Mulvey is also involved in retrieval
medicine and is the Chair of the Anaesthesia and Critical Care in
Unusual and Transport Environments (ACCUTE) Special
Interest Group.
Dr Paul Richards is an anaesthetist at Flinders Medical Centre,
where he is a supervisor of training. His many clinical interests
include regional anaesthesia and the resurgence of trunkal block
techniques as an alternative to epidurals.
STREAM: REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA
Upper limb
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W12A 1.30-3pm
W12B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop will involve hands on ultrasound scanning of live
models where participants will rotate through three stations and
look at above the clavicle (interscalene and supraclavicular), below
the clavicle (infraclavicular and axillary) and peripheral
forearm blocks.
Dr Justin Porter is an anaesthetist in private practice, having also
worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. His clinical expertise involve
peripheral neural blockade for reconstructive upper and lower limb
orthopaedic surgery. He is an executive member of the Regional
Anaesthesia Special Interest Group.
Lower limb
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W13A 1.30-3pm
W13B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop will involve hands on ultrasound scanning of live
models. Participants will rotate through three stations and look at
lumbar plexus (femoral, adductor canal, lateral femoral cutaneous
nerve blocks), sacral plexus (proximal and popliteal blocks) and
ankle blocks.
Dr David McLeod is an anaesthetist at Flinders Medical Centre and
in private practice. He has twenty five years experience in regional
anaesthesia, having worked in Scotland, Australia and Canada, He
has a particular focus on lower limb blocks for joint arthroplasty and
orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery. He is an executive member of
the Regional Anaesthesia Special Interest Group.
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Abdominal wall
Neuroaxial and Paravertebral
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W15A 1.30-3pm
W15B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop involves hands on ultrasound scanning of spinal
and live models. Participants will rotate through three stations
and look at the mapping of midline depth and vertebral level to
aid in epidural and spinal placement, lumbar plexus blocks and
paravertebral blocks.
Dr Kaushik Saha is an anaesthetist at Lyell McEwin Hospital and in
private practice. He has recently done a sabbatical in Honk Kong
with Manoj Karmakar, the doyen of neuroaxial ultrasound.
Ophthalmic blocks
Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W16A 1.30-3pm
W16B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$100
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop will cover relevant anatomy, perioperative patient
care, practical eye block techniques and how to avoid complications.
Subtenon’s block will also feature in this workshop.
Dr Jon Clarke is an anaesthetist at Flinders Medical Centre and
in private practice. He has twenty years experience in ophthalmic
anaesthesia, has researched in this area, with a particular interest
in Subtenon’s block.
STREAM: VASCULAR ACCESS
Supraclavicular subclavian vein cannulation using ultrasound
(ACCUTE SIG)
Date/Time:
Monday May 4, 2015
W17A 10.30am-noon
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$70
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
Benefits of using this approach to venous cannulation will be
explained in this workshop. Participants will review the anatomy,
sonoanatomy and procedural steps involved for in-plane ultrasound
guided supraclavicular subclavian central line insertion.
Her major research interests are communication and human
factors. She joined the Board of Doctors Health SA in September
2012 and is the regional trainee welfare officer for South Australia
and the Northern Territory.
Dr Jamin Mulvey is a paediatric anaesthetist currently working
at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Canada. In addition
to anaesthesia practice, Dr Mulvey is also involved in retrieval
medicine and is the Chair of the Anaesthesia and Critical Care in
Unusual and Transport Environments (ACCUTE) Special
Interest Group.
Dr Suyin GM Tan is an anaesthetist at Nepean Hospital in New
South Wales.
NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS
STREAM: EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Date/Time:
Monday May 4, 2014
W20A 1.30-3pm
Tuesday May 5, 2015
W20B 1.30-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 15
Cost:
$50
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop will focus on web based software used for
consultant and registrar continuing education, as well as a web
based tool for automated roster generation. The participants will
have access to a demonstration environment to assess suitability
of the software for their own departments. Participants will be
required to bring their own laptop to the workshop.
Faculty development
Date/Time:
Tuesday May 5, 2015
W18A 9-10.30am
Maximum participants per session: 25
Cost:
$50
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This workshop will consider the spectrum of what it means to
work as a teaching, supervising, and assessing clinician. Faculty as
assessors will be the main theme for the session. The workshop
will explore different perspectives on assessment including the use
of video with direct audience engagement and interaction. We will
reflect on how Faculty can use narrative descriptions in
formative assessment.
Dr Natalie Smith is an anaesthetist at Wollongong Hospital in NSW. She is interested in many aspects of education-related practice
in anaesthesia as this is how we produce the next generation of
excellent anaesthetists. Training of trainers is a topic close to
her heart.
Practical hypnosis for the busy anaesthetist
Date/Time:
Tuesday May 5, 2015
W19A 9-10.30am
W19B 1.30-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 30
Cost:
$50
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
Part one of this session will summarise the principles of
subconscious communication. Part two will then focus on how to
use and teach self-hypnosis to patients electively and in
an emergency.
Dr Allan Cyna has worked as a senior consultant anaesthetist
at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide for over
15 years. He has a special interest in obstetrics and paediatric
burns anaesthesia. He has practiced Hypnosis as an adjunct to
anaesthesia care for over 10 years and was awarded the Diploma
in Clinical Hypnosis in 2002 and a PhD on the use of hypnosis
during childbirth in 2012. He is currently director of studies of the
South Australian Society of Hypnosis Training course for 2014/2015
and a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide. He has
published over 100 peer reviewed papers and is co-editor of the
Handbook of Communication in Anaesthesia and Critical Care.
Dr Marion Andrew is staff anaesthetic specialist at the Women’s
and Children’s Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital, working
in obstetric, paediatrics and adult anaesthesia. She has been a
supervisor of training at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital,
between 2006 and 2010, contributed to the working party for the
new 2013 ANZCA Curriculum.
HOME BREW AND OPEN SOURCE WEB BASED SOFTWARE- SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION IN A BUSY
ANAESTHETIC DEPARTMENT
Dr Mark Markou is Deputy Director of Anaesthesia at Flinders
Medical Centre. He has a keen interest in technology (and its use in
limiting his administrative burden).
Overseas work and development
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W21A 10.30am-noon
W21B 3.30-5pm
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$50
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
This is an interactive workshop on the challenges of working in
the developing world, facilitated by experienced Anaesthetists in
the field of overseas work and development. This is to be followed
by a discussion on the ethics and long term implications of the
involvement of individuals and organisations in the
developing world.
Dr Evelyn Cheng is a full time private anaesthetist who had the
opportunity to work at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in
Suva, Fiji during her fellowship year as the ASA Pacific Fellow. She
is passionate about sharing her experiences and is excited about
encouraging other members of the anaesthetic community to
participate in the overseas programs run by the ASA.
Dr Chris Bowden is the Director of the Anaesthetic Department
at Frankston Hospital in Melbourne, having worked there for the
last ten years as a staff specialist. His area of interest is in clinical
anaesthesia and teaching in developing countries, which partly
arises from a childhood spent in the Pacific. Dr Bowden has been
involved in the Real World Anaesthesia Course (formerly RSDCDCA)
in Australia as an instructor since 2006 and co-convener with Phil
Blum and Wayne Morriss since 2008.
Facilitators include: Dr Phil Blum and Dr Wayne Moriss
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EDUCATION
Process Communication Model: K“ ey2Me”
Supervisor of Training (SoT)- the changing face of the SoT
Date/Time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
W22A 1.30-6pm
Sunday May 3, 2015
W22B 1-5.30pm
Maximum participants per session: 20
Cost:
$290 - includes course material
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
The Key2Me workshop will provide an introduction to a
logical and structured model (Process Communication Model)
that provides participants with an understanding of the role
of personality in individual communication preferences,
motivations, and how miscommunication and conflict arise.
Workshop participants will begin to use process listening
skills, start to decode language and behaviour, and receive
an individual personality report providing an insight into a
learnable skills set for preventing conflict and
building resilience.
Dr Marion Andrew is staff anaesthetic specialist at the
Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital,
working in obstetric, paediatrics and adult anaesthesia. She has
been a supervisor of training at the Women’s and Children’s
Hospital, between 2006 and 2010, contributed to the working
party for the new 2013 ANZCA Curriculum. Her major research
interests are communication and human factors. She joined
the Board of Doctors Health SA in September 2012 and is the
regional trainee welfare officer for South Australia and the
Northern Territory.
STREAM: PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
The prescribing anaesthetist in the perioperative
period - what’'s interfering and what’'s not?
Date/Time:
Tuesday May 5, 2015
W23A 9-10.30am
W23B 1.30-3pm
Maximum participants per session: 25
Cost:
$50
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
In the busy world of scheduling patients for theatre we don’t
always have the luxury of being able to refer patients back to
their GP’s or other out-patient specialties for appointments.
Prescribing will ultimately improve surgical waiting lists and
decrease unnecessary pressures on other specialties. Topics will
include: BP control-commencing new hypertensives
perioperatively, diabetes- adjusting oral anti-hyperglycaemics
and SC insulin, atrial fibrillation- adjusting the rate control,
asthma inhalers- adding inhaled corticosteroids or oral steroids
in the intra-operative period and nicotine and drug dependancy
replacement- perioperatively.
Dr Joel Symons, Dr Nic Randall, Dr Graham Morton are all
executive members of the Perioperative Medicine Special
Interest Group. Dr Dick Ongley is the chair of the Perioperative
Medicine Special Interest Group.
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Date/Time:
Sunday May 3, 2015
W24A 10.30am-noon
Monday May 4, 2015
W24B 10.30am-noon
Maximum participants per session: 25
Cost:
Complimentary
Location:
Adelaide Convention Centre
The SoT workshops are a popular event to bring together ANZCA
SoTs who have the challenging role of guiding, motivating and
inspiring our trainees. The face of the SoT is changing based on
the evolution of the curriculum and our hospital environments. At
this workshop you will have the opportunity to meet colleagues,
share experiences and tips to help deliver exceptional training in
your departments.
Mr Maurice Hennessy is the learning and development facilitator
in the Education Unit at ANZCA.
Pre-meeting session
Twitter 101: Spreading your wings
Facilitator:
Dr Jo Sutherland
Date/time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
PMS01 7.30-8am
Twitter may be regarded more as an information sharing service
than a social network. The aim of this session is to provide a
practical introduction to the use of twitter as an educational
and networking tool, specifically at medical conferences
and meetings. Designed to meet the needs of the “mature”
anaesthetist, we will discuss and examine hashtags, retweets,
twitterbots and other scary gen-Y things. BYOD!
Dr Jo Sutherland is a NSW anaesthetist, based in Coffs Harbour
since 2005. She is active in ANZCA affairs, is a member of
her Local Health District Governing Board, and is involved
with the work of the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation.
Having purchased her first internet-enabled (Android) phone
in 2012, she describes herself as a delayed adopter. She first
downloaded the twitter app at the ANZCA ASM in
Singapore 2014.
Small group discussions (SGDs)
Small group discussions (SGDs) will be held daily from Saturday
through to Tuesday throughout the day. SGDs will take place
within the Adelaide Convention Centre and will be open to all
registered delegates. Lunchtime sessions will be held after the
commencement of the lunch break to allow time for delegates to
have lunch prior to the commencement of the SGD. Facilitators
may contact participants in the lead up to the meeting to provide
background or preparatory material.
A ticket is required for entry to all SGD sessions. Delegates are
able to register for ONE SGD prior to the close of early bird
registration on Friday March 20, 2015. After this time delegates
are welcome to register for any remaining SGD places.
Cost per SGD: $25
Maximum number of participants for all SGD: 12
Anaesthesia for the adventurous bronchoscopist
Facilitator:
Date/time:
Dr Kate Drummond
Sunday May 3, 2015
SGD04
10.30-11.30am
Case discussions will cover techniques for sedation and
anaesthesia for a variety of airway procedures performed in the
bronchoscopy suite. Procedures include EBUS, tracheal stent
management and manipulation and dilation of tracheal stenosis
whilst sharing an airway with thoracic medicine physicians.
Dr Kate Drummond is a staff specialist anaesthetist at the
Royal Adelaide Hospital with a special interest in cardiothoracic
anaesthesia, transoesophgeal echocardiography and
perioperative medicine.
SGD STREAM: Cardiac/thoracic
SGD STREAM: PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
Cath lab crisis
There are bariatric patients, and then there are bariatric
patients- decision making at the end of the line
Facilitator:
Dr Kelly Bratkovic
Date/time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
SGD01
12.15-1.15pm
In this session we will discuss the challenges unique to all
procedures performed in cardiac catheterisation and angiography
suits. Cases will be made available to discuss, and participants are
encourage to bring along any of their own cases to brain storm.
Dr Kelly Bratkovic is a staff specialist at Flinders Medical Centre,
South Australia. Her case mix includes cardiac surgery, cathlab
procedures including transcathater aortic and mitral valve surgery.
Tavi in non-hybrid theatre
Facilitator:
Dr William Cheng
Date/time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
SGD02 3.30-4.30pm
This session will cover some management issues of
transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a smaller
theatre. This session will highlight the importance of
multidisciplinary approach for TAVI program.
Dr William Cheng is a cardiothoracic anaesthetist at Flinders
Medical Centre, Adelaide. He has been involved with TAVI program
since it was established in 2008. Thoracotomy- analgesic options and dilemmas
Facilitator:
Dr Helen Vlachtsis
Date/time:
Monday May 4, 2015
SGD03 12.15-1.15pm
The discussion will address some of the options for analgesia for
patients having thoracic surgery and potential dilemmas relating
to relative risks and benefits of the various techniques.
Dr Helen Vlachtsis is a consultant anaesthetist at Flinders Medical
Centre and The Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia,
with an interest in anaesthesia for cardiothoracic, vascular and
orthopaedic surgery, echocardiography and regional anaesthesia.
Facilitator:
Dr Simon Macklin
Date/time:
Monday May 4, 2015
SGD05 12.15-1.15pm
This SGD will discuss assessment, management, peri-operative
interventions for the end stage bariatric patient. This SGD will
discuss assessment, management, perioperative interventions for
the end stage bariatric patient.
Case presentation: 56 year-old indigenous Australian from
Alice Springs. BMI 56, diabetes requiring insulin, OSA on CPAP,
hypertensive and on maximal dose frusemide plus ACE inhibitor.
Your surgeon says “what do you think? I want to do a Roux-en-Y
gastric bypass. I plan to do this laparoscopically, but I haven’t seen
him yet and I may need to perform an open operation”. How will
you optimise the patient? What investigations are relevant? How
will you conduct the anaesthetic? What will you do for post-op
analgesia? Where will you manage the patient post-operatively?
Dr Simon Macklin is a senior specialist anaesthetist at the Royal
Adelaide Hospital (RAH). He migrated from the UK in 1995, FRCA,
to be appointed to a staff specialist position at RAH. He has a
special interest in anaesthesia for upper GI surgery and airway
management. He has been lead anaesthetist at RAH for patients
undergoing bariatric surgery for nearly 20 years.
The patient with pulmonary hypertension for
non-cardiac surgery
Facilitator:
Dr Sam Tong
Date/time:
Saturday May 2, 2015
SGD06 10.30-11.30am
Pulmonary hypertension is a challenging clinical condition that
increases perioperative risk. The aim of this SGD is to provide a
framework for managing patients with pulmonary hypertension
for non-cardiac surgery with a focus on preoperative evaluation
and management of acute right ventricular failure.
Dr Sam Tong is a staff specialist anaesthetist at Royal Adelaide
Hospital and has diverse experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia.
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