Following growing demand and requests
3rd Sedation and Regional Blocks
in the Emergency Department
A revised course organised by Infomed on Wednesday 24 June 2009
at Conference Centre, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London
 

• Dr Tim Harris,
  Consultant in Emergency Medicine,
  Royal London Hospital

• Dr Patrick McGowan,
  Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management,
  Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

About the Course:

• Aimed at Consultants and Middle Grades working in the Emergency Department.

• A revised course with Lectures delivered by leading Consultants in Anaesthesia, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine who are experienced in the effective use of sedation and regional blocks.

• Practical focus on monitoring, standards, medico-legal aspects, procedures, pharmacology, when and why, rescue techniques, plus video demos and stations.

Course evaluation:

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Comments from Delegates

• Focussed, relevant subject covered, practical session

• Really fantastic

• Practicality, guidelines based statements

• Variety of topics and covered areas

• Rescue techniques - video demos

• Relevant, concise, well organised

• Good practical sessions, good lectures, good food

• Recap of info, hands on, techniques

• Good practical sessions

• Good coverage, focused and sharp lectures, kept to the time

• Interesting lectures, good to have presentations practical and review

What impact will this event have on your future?

• Safe approach, take calculated risk

• Setting equipment

• More confidence in sedation as a technique

• Introducing sedation in ER

• Use ultrasound more frequently

• Improve practice. Aware of alternatives

• Lots - will use US more

• Sedation Management in the ED

• Procedural Sedation

• A Review of Local Anaesthetics and Perioperative Analgesia

• Implementing a Sedation Service

• Rescue Techniques: How to Get Out of Trouble

• Regional Blocks in the ED: When and Why

Video Demos of Blocks
USS and its use in spuraclavicular, axillery and popliteal blocks
How to do the Blocks – step by step guide with video clips of each technique

PDF copy of the Course programme ▼