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10th Regional
Anaesthesia Course
organised by John Hammond Department of Anaesthesia, East Surrey Hospital

Tue 09 Nov 2010 (PM): Cadaveric Anatomy Workshops [optional], at St George’s Hospital, London

Wed 10 Nov 2010: Workshops and ‘State-of-the-Art’ Lectures, at the PGEC, East Surrey Hospital

Thu 11 Nov 2010: Live Demos in Theatre (via Video Link), at the PGEC, East Surrey Hospital


About the Course
  • An eyes-on and hands-on guide to the many aspects of Regional Anaesthesia that Anaesthetists have to deal
    with daily, answering the questions: how to do it and why.

  • A Faculty of experienced Consultant Anaesthetists from a variety of hospitals and backgrounds, from the UK and abroad, who will lecture and facilitate the workshops.

  • A well established practical course that builds on excellent feedback from attendees over past years.

Cadaveric Anatomy Workshops (Optional)

on Tuesday 9 Nov (pm) at St George’s Hospital, London:
Head and Neck; Upper Limb; Abdomen; Back; and Lower Limb.

Places limited: 3 attendees per demonstrator


Workshops
Learn about both Ultrasound and Landmark-guided techniques. Practise on a wide range of US scanners from several different suppliers, using live models and phantoms.

Places limited: 4 attendees per demonstrator
 

Live Demos
Observe and question, live via 2-way video/audio link, experienced Consultants performing at least ten blocks in Theatre.


Course Director:

Dr Fred Sage, Consultant Anaesthetist,
East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

Members of the Faculty include:

  • Professor Vishy Mahadevan, Professor of Surgical Anatomy and the Barbers’ Company Reader in Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons of England

  • Dr Anthony Allan, Great Western Hospital, Swindon

  • Dr Christian Egeler, Morriston Hospital, Swansea

  • Dr George Mathew, Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospital Lewisham

  • Dr Andrzej Król, St George's Hospital, London

  • Dr Jörg Kühne, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple

  • Dr Timothy Pepall, Frimley Park Hospital

  • Dr Harsh Saxena, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford

  • Dr Johann Willers, Associate Specialist, Worthing Hospital
    ...and many more


Day 1: Tuesday 9 November 2010

Cadaveric Anatomy Workshops (Optional)

Led by Professor Vishy Mahadevan,
Professor of Surgical Anatomy and the Barbers’ Company
Reader in Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, with demonstrators from the Faculty.

There are five Workshops.

1: Head and neck
2: Upper Limb
3: Abdomen
4: Back
5: Lower Limb

Attendees divide into five groups and rotate through each of the Workshops. Each Workshop lasts 20 minutes. Group numbers are limited to 3 attendees per demonstrator.


Day 2: Wednesday 10 November 2010

Workshops
 

Each Workshop lasts 50 minutes.
Each attendee attends six workshops:

  • Attendees new to Regional Anaesthesia and US attend workshops 1, 2 and 3, before moving on to three other workshops selected at the time of application.
     

  • Attendees with some previous experience of Regional Anaesthesia and US select any six of the nine Workshops to attend, though it is recommended that they attend the Level II workshops (workshops 4-9).

Attendees receive a workshops schedule on the day.

Workshop numbers are limited to 4 attendees per demonstrator.
 

Level 1 Workshops
For attendees new to RA and US

  1. Technology, Image Generation,Probe Handling
    and Needling
    Including opportunities to practise on phantoms.

  2. Brachial Plexus: Anatomy and Landmarks

  3. Lumbosacral Plexus:Anatomy and Landmarks
     

Level 2 Workshops
for attendees with previous experience in RA and US

  1. Upper Limb – above and around Clavicle
    Interscalene, Supraclavicular and Infraclavicular Blocks

  2. Upper Limb – below Clavicle

  3. Neuraxial US
    Paravertebral, Epidural and Lumbar Plexus Blocks

  4. Abdominal Wall
    Rectus, TAP, Transversalis Fascia and Ilioinguinal Blocks

  5. Femoral Sciatic Saphenous

  6. Popliteal and Ankle

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£540 (inc VAT) for all three days.
£390 (inc VAT) for Days 2 and 3 only

Course fee includes web access to the
lecture slides, video clips, lunch and refreshments and attendance certificate


Full Course Programme:



 


Getting to St George’s and
East Surrey Hospitals... it’s easy:

St George's Hospital
Just 10 minutes’ walk from
Tooting Broadway underground
station on the Northern Line.

East Surrey Hospital
BY AIR
: 10 minutes from Gatwick Airport.

BY RAIL: Redhill and Horley stations
are 35-40 minutes from
London Bridge/London Victoria.

BY CAR
: just off the A23 and M25 (Jct 8).

Also, because of its vicinity to
Gatwick Airport, there are plenty
of affordable hotels nearby.


Day 3: Thursday 11 November 2010

Live Interactive Demos from Theatres

Live demonstrations from theatre via video/audio link to the lecture theatre, featuring at least ten common procedures.

The blocks demonstrated are subject to the day list.
The following have been demonstrated at the previous courses:

▪ Rectus Sheath Block ▪ Femoral/Popliteal
▪ Interpleural Block ▪ PSOAS Compartment Block
▪ Interscalene Landmarks ▪ Interscalene Block US
▪ Rectus Sheath Block/TAP ▪ Fascia Iliaca Block
▪ Vertical Infraclavicular Block ▪ Suprascapular Block
▪ Axillary Block ▪ Femoral/Sciatic Blocks ▪ Supraclavicular Perivascular
 


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