Focus on ‘BIPAP’ & CPAP
The practical, hands-on, all you need to know, intensive, one-day course on NIV
and CPAP for the practicing physician on Wednesday 24 January 2007,
at the York Minster’s Conference Centre, St William’s College, College Street, York YO1

This course run for the fourth time and held in York, at the St Williams College, a marvellous listed building that proved to be too cold for some delegates, according to the evaluation forms; certainly the weather was not in its best behaviour. With 76 delegates the course was fully booked, the usual number for this course. This will continue to be held in London and the regions to meet the increasing numbers of request from prospective delegates.

Please keep an eye on the website for future events.

Please see the graphs to the right as a summary of how the event was evaluated in regards to the Level of content and information, Coverage of the subject and Achievement of objectives by our delegates and speakers.

Here are the views of some of our delegates over the days event:

What attracted you most to this event?

• This is an evolving area of practice in emergency medicine

• The usefulness of the actual course content in practice

• Topics and subject matters - a practical and informative day

• Information, appeared comprehensive and venue

• Need for understanding NIV - Coverage of topics of interest

• To gain more practical knowledge on new systems; we often have to use different systems

What three things did you like most about the day?

• Hearing from speakers experts in their fields

• Lectures, workshops, able to see equipment

• Organisation, workshops, CD with presentations

• Relaxed, informal atmosphere; very practical points made about management of patients

• Venue was beautiful – good venue history

• Workshops - good detailed explanation of when to use different systems

• Good selection of topics and course design
   

What three things would have
made the day better for you?

• Suppliers were too involved in the delivery of the information

• Venue very cold - no heating

• New equipment, easy to use and better understanding of the use

• Demonstrations on a wider range of equipment as many different machines in different hospitals

• More time for BTS guidelines, greater explanation of physiology of NIV

• Yes, we know it is a listed building – but no central heating at the venue

What impact will this event have on your future?

• Active interest and pro-activeness in NIV and CPAP in clinical practice

• More confident to use the equipment and manage the equipment better

• Need to go back to work and look at the system we already have

• Information about kit and BTS guideline was useful

• Confidence - will practice more from now

• Might not change my current practice but has greatly improved my knowledge of adjustments to make and when

• More competence in using NIV/CPAP

• Improve my decision making