About this event

  • Date and time Fri 7 Jun 2024 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Anaesthesia

Join this educational meeting, as we focus on specific areas of interest or controversy within head and neck anaesthesia, and address areas of current debate within the field in an interactive manner led and presented by national and international experts.

The aim of the event is to focus on specific areas of interest or controversy within head and neck anaesthesia using an informal nature to inform participants and involve them within discussion, fostering a healthy exchange of knowledge and ideas.  

By attending the masterclass, you will build your knowledge on:

  • Head and neck anaesthesia, understanding key factors and elements of controversy within approaching and managing related conditions. 
  • The methods to manage laryngeal obstruction and understand it.
  • The management of emergency airway. 

 

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We would like to thank our sponsors DP Medical Systems Ltd, Fannin Uk Ltd and KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd for their support of this meeting.
Please note that the scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.

Tickets

Early Bird pricing available until 09 May 2024.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£77.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00 £24.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£141.00 £84.00 £84.00 £44.00

Agenda

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Registration
Welcome and introduction

Dr Bernie Liban, Consultant Anaesthetist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Education in Head and Neck Anaesthesia

Awake tracheal intubation training

Dr Patrick Ward, Consultant anaesthetist, NHS Lothian

Front of neck access training

Dr Yumna Haroon Mowahed, Consultant Anaesthetist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Airway training: difficulties and solutions

Dr Sneh Shah, Consultant Anaesthetist, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Debate

This house believes there is still a place for Needle Cricothyroidotomy
Proposition

Dr Tina Ferguson, Consultant Anaesthetist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Opposition

Dr Alistair McNarry, Consultant Anaesthetist, NHS Lothian

Questions and vote
Tea and coffee break

Anaesthesia in difficult situations

Upper airway surgery without intubation

Speaker to be announced

Mercyship Anaesthesia

Dr Rumiko King, Anaesthetist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Questions and answers
Lunch break

Complications and disasters

Robotic Surgery and anaesthesia

Dr Orla Lacey, Consultant Anaesthetist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Airway disasters- what do you do?

Speaker to be confirmed

How do we disseminate training and learning points from airway disasters effectively?

Dr Vikas Acharya, Fellow in Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, The Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Bragging contest

Bragging contest

 Speakers to be confirmed

Close of meeting

Sponsors

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom