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catch-up service: Anaesthesia for the Obese Patient 2022

This event is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists for 6 CPD credits

Catch-up with course playback for revison and reflection

Unlimited access to the webinar recordings for 90 days.

Aim of the webinar

To provide the General Anaesthetist with a practical and comprehensive update on how to best manage obese patients

Who should attend

Consultants and Career Grade Anaesthetists who are seeing an increasing number of obese patients in their day-to-day practice.

Full webinar programme

CPD

Delegates will be asked to evaluate each session and will be provided with a CPD certificate upon completion. This webinar has been accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists for 6 CPD credits

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Stream every session from the webinar for up to 90 days.

£145 inc VAT

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

Objective: to provide the General Anaesthetist with a practical and comprehensive update on how to best manage obese patients
Practical: Practicalities, top tips, evidence-based, but not research focused.
Covid 19 issues addressed where relevant
Comprehensive: the whole patient journey from initial assessment and preparation to post-op care. Covering adults, children, parturient, day surgery and critically ill.
Relevant to day-to-day practice and pitched at a level suitable for the Consultant General Anaesthetist
Aimed at answering questions, such as:

What investigations really are useful/needed/worthwhile?
The Covid patient
Moving and handling safely – how and what’s new?
Post-op management – where to send the patient and when?
What practical tips can I get from the bariatric anaesthetist?

Pre-operative Assessment and Preparations
Induction, Maintenance and Reversal
Post-operative Care
The Obese Patient and the HDU/ICU
The Obese Parturient
The Obese Child
Tips from the Bariatric Anaesthetist

Programme

Pre-operative Assessment and Preparations

Dr Brendan O'Connor, Consultant Anaesthetist, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Anaesthetic Induction, Maintenance and Reversal

Dr Claire Nightingale, Consultant Anaesthetist, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Tips from the Bariatric Anaesthetist

Dr Santanu Mukhopadhyay, Consultant Anaesthetist, Homerton University Hospital

The Obese Patient and the HDU/ICU

Dr Charles Oliver, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at UCLH London, and Honorary Associate Professor in health systems research, UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Post-operative Care

Dr Claire Nightingale, Consultant Anaesthetist, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The Obese Parturient

Dr Sarah Wray, Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, Royal London Hospital

The Obese Child

Dr Raymond Ackwerh, Consultant Anaesthetist, University College Hospital, London

TIVA in the Obese Patient

Dr Nick Kennedy, Consultant Anaesthetist, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

COMMENTS from the previous run of this event

Very good and appropriate in today’s clinical practice

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Good and great topics

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Good coverage of every aspect and it achieved the goals

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Selection of topics were good, you identified the most relevant subjects

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Excellent and well-informed lecturers

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Broad range of subjects, great speakers and no travelling

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Extremely good streaming service, thanks Infomed

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

The day worked really well

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Great not to have to travel. relaxed at home. able to take a break when convenient

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Very clinically appropriate. Very professionally conducted. Good software and communication

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Very good and relevant to what i was aspiring to

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Good topics - wide knowledge base - relevance to clinical practice

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Some repetition of material, please avoid, but perhaps necessary

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Excellent quality of the speakers, precise and practical

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Useful for all strata of anesthetists (DGH as well as tertiary hospital); Relevance; Coverage

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Brilliant topics, some great talks, practical tips on some topics

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Virtual, speakers, content, tips, new knowledge, convenient, relaxing, interactive – all good

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Time keeping would benefit from some improvement

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

This was a very informative course, enjoyed thoroughly and learnt few tips

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Very apt & tuned to clinical practice

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Topics covered were excellent and delivered by experienced people in the field

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

more interactive discussions needed, though we delegates are to blame

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

This webinar will help me refine and update my practice, use the tips from the speakers

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

SOBA app for drug calculations useful

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

this definitely support my move to TIVA for obese patients

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

I have learned quite a bit, especially re paediatric and obstetric obesity which are not my regular activities

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

has made me think more about level of equipment and preparation routinely available for bariatric patients - who are becoming a more frequent in elective and urgent care

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

yes, more TIVA in obesity, I had previously stuck with desflurane

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

Will help with both anaesthesia and ICU patients and I will be more confident in anaesthetising obese patients

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

It has certainly given me lot of tips about the management of obese and maternity patients

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

I have learnt a lot and I can utilise it in my daily routine anaesthetising Obese patients.

Anaesthetist (delegate from this webinar in 2021)

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