Programme
NB: please note Covidien is hosting a Clinical Symposium immediately after the ASM, at 1pm on Friday. Click here for full details. There will be a very brief pause before the symposium, to allow lunch to be provided.
Thursday 24th November
09:00 Registration opens
Workshops: 10:00 - 12:00
- Starting TIVA
- Pumps and Models
- Advanced TIVA
- Advanced Remifentanil
Lunch and Trade Exhibition from 12:00
Main Meeting
13:00 Welcome and introduction- Dr Alastair Nimmo, President, SIVA UK
Session 1: Corner of a foreign field- Lessons from the Military
Chair : Colonel. S Jagdish L/RAMC
- History of iv. anaesthesia in the military. Dr M Roberts
- Effects of hypovolaemia on iv. drug PK and PD. Dr E Kirkman
- Use of ketamine in military anaesthesia. Major S Lewis RAMC
- Use of simulation in teaching military anaesthesia. Surgeon Commander S J Mercer Royal Navy
15:00 TEA, COFFEE & TRADE EXHIBITION
15:45 Session 2: How I do it.
Chair: Dr A Diba
- TIVA/TCI for emergency anaesthesia & rapid sequence induction. Dr A Biswas
- TIVA/TCI for neurosurgery. Dr N Huggins
- TIVA/TCI for the difficult airway. Dr A Patel
17:15 AGM
19:15 Drinks Reception Army Medical Directorate
20:00 Annual Dinner Army Medical Directorate (Dress: Lounge Suit)
Friday November 25th
9:00 - Session 3: What should I use to sedate my patients and how?
Chair: Dr D Russell
- For procedures in the OR: Prof S Schraag
- For procedures out of the OR: Dr J Peacock
- In the ITU: Dr A Shah
10:30 - 11:15 COFFEE, TEA & TRADE EXHIBITION
11:15 - Session 4: Debate
Chair: Professor J W Sear (Oxford)
‘Suxamethonium is dead; long live Sugammadex!’
Pro: Dr H de Boer
Con: Dr A Dada
12:00 - Session 5: Guest Lecture
Chair: Dr Alastair Nimmo (Edinburgh)
Professor Sir Keith Porter, Professor of Traumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham and Centre for Defence Medicine
'From Birmingham to Bastion - Lessons Learned and Future Aspirations'
12:45
Debate vote result
Award of the CareFusion Prize
Concluding remarks
13:00 - Lunch and Satellite Symposium - Courtesy of Covidien
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14:30 Depart
Please address all enquiries to the Chairman of the local organising committee:
Colonel S Jagdish L/RAMC
Room MBF4, Main Building,
Institute of Naval Medicine,
Crescent Road,
Alverstoke,
Hants PO12 2DL
e mail: click here