Anaesthetic Crisis Management
for Anaesthetic Assistants

This course will explore the use of low-flow techniques using a combination of seminar teaching and simulation.

Course Details

Course Dates TBA
Course Fee excl. VAT £ TBA
CEPD Points TBA

SESSIONS

Session 1 Blood Pressure Hypovolaemia / Cardiac Failure
Session 2 Malignant Hyperpyrexia and the Management of Hypothermia
Session 3 Anaphylaxis
Session 4 Hypoxia, airway obstruction, Inhalation of Gastric Contents

Study Day on Low Flow Anaesthesia

Programme : Anaesthetic Crisis Management for Anaesthetic Assistants
0900 Welcome and introduction to course
0905 Simple physics of low flow systems
0950 The development of low-flow breathing systems and carbon dioxide absorbents; use of vaporiser outside the circle
1050 Coffee
1110 Low Flow with the Humphrey ADE-Circle
1145 Use of vaporiser inside the circuit
1230 Lunch
1315 Liquid injection technique
1415 The economics of low flow
1430 New Horizons – is there a future for Xenon
1515 Tea
1535 Servo control and feedback loops
1630 Discussion

Faculty

Dr. Steve Mather, Course Co-ordinator; Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Bristol. Management Board and Resident Faculty, Bristol Medical Simulation Centre.
Dr. Geoff Nunn; Consultant in Anaesthesia, Leeds
Dr. Carl Heidelmeyer: Consultant in Anaesthesia specialising in Day Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Dr. Romesh Rasanayagam: Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive care, Birmingham

 

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