Anaesthetic updates
Keep up to date with the latest developments in anaesthetic practice by attending this three day conference in London.
Day 1 and day 2 are now fully booked, please email events@rcoa.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list.
Please note: this event will take place in person only, and will not be available online.
Stay ahead of the curve and join us for three days of new ideas in anaesthesia, critical care and pain management. Discover new developments on the horizon from today’s expert specialists and learn how best to combat the growing issues you will face in your anaesthetic practice.
Join us in London this February to connect with your peers, question the specialty experts, and bring back new ideas that will improve your own practice.
Topics will include:
- Oxygen: Friend or foe?
- Safe use of postoperative opioids
- CPET made easy
- Point of care ultrasound
- Undiagnosed sleep apnoea
- How to prepare a patient with COPD
- Controversies in obstetrics
- Diabetic patients presenting for surgery
- Early preoperative screening
- Drug dosing in morbid obesity
- Preventing renal failure
- Emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm
Feedback from our recent Anaesthetic Updates events:
'Compact lectures, covering a wide range of topics, giving key points to help educate and improve our practice.'
Anaesthetic Updates, February 2022
'Excellent learning on the latest knowledge across many important areas of anaesthesia'
Anaesthetic Updates, February 2022
'Relevant, engaging, very informative conference for a general anaesthetist who has to do a bit of everything'
Anaesthetic Updates, February 2022
| 09:00-09:50 | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:50-10:00 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Pierre Foex |
| Session 1: Ventilation, the essentials, and training | ||
| 10:00-10:25 | Oxygen: Friend or foe? | Dr Andy Lumb, Leeds |
| 10:25-10:50 | Prevention of lung complications | Dr Andy Lumb, Leeds |
| 10:50-11:15 | Simulation-based education and human factors for training recovery in anaesthetics | Professor Helen Higham, Oxford |
| 11:15-11:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 11:35-12:00 | Break | |
| Session 2: Pain relief for 2023 | ||
| 12:00-12:25 | Safe use of postoperative opioids | Dr Jane Quinlan, Oxford |
| 12:25-12:50 | Pain management | Dr Alan Fayaz, London |
| 12:50-13:05 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 13:05-14:00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Regional anaesthesia | ||
| 14:00-14:25 | Regional anaesthesia for trauma | Dr Vassilis Athanassoglou, Oxford |
| 14:25-14:50 | Complexity in anaesthesia | Dr Ahmed Elrefaey, Oxford |
| 14:50-15:15 | Fractured of neck of femur: Outcomes | Dr Amy Mayor, Huddersfield |
| 15:15-15:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 15:35-16:00 | Break | |
| Session 4: Preoperative practice | ||
| 16:00-16:25 | CPET made easy | Dr John Carlisle, Torbay |
| 16:25-16:50 | The 2022 guidelines on assessment of patients with cardiovascular disease | Professor Pierre Foex, Oxford |
| 16:50-17:05 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 17:05 | Close and drinks reception | |
| 08:00-08:55 | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:55-09:00 | Introduction | Dr Vassilis Athanassoglou, Oxford |
| Session 1: Brain and lung | ||
| 09:00-09:25 | Sleep apnoea: What if undiagnosed? | Dr Sara McDouall, Reading |
| 09:25-09:50 | How to prepare a patient with COPD | Professor Mona Bafadhel, London |
| 09:50-10:15 | The patient with pulmonary hypertension on your list | Dr Ruth Newton, Sheffield |
| 10:15-10:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Break | |
| Session 2: The cardiac patient | ||
| 11:00-11:25 | Gas induction in the adult | Professor Anil Patel, London |
| 11:25-11:50 | Elective surgery: when to anaesthetise after a major cardiac event? | Professor Pierre Foex, Oxford |
| 11:50-12:15 | Concerns about arrhythmias | Dr Matthew Ginks, Oxford |
| 12:15-12:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 12:35-13:30 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Pregnancy and other challenges | ||
| 13:30-13:55 | Controversies in obstetrics | Dr Mary Mushambi, Leicester |
| 13:55-14:20 | Lessons of the confidential enquiry | Dr Seema Quasim, Coventry |
| 14:20-14:45 | DOAC and the risk of perioperative bleeding | Dr Lara Roberts, London |
| 14:45-15:05 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 15:05-15:30 | Break | |
| Session 4: Medical conditions and optimising the patient | ||
| 15:30-15:55 | Prehabilitation | Dr Helen Anderson, Plymouth |
| 15:55-16:20 | The diabetic patient presenting for surgery | Dr Simon Howell, Leeds |
| 16:20-16:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 16:35 | Close | |
| 08:00-08:55 | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:55-09:00 | Introduction | Dr Vassilis Athanassoglou, Oxford |
| Session 1: Safety of practice | ||
| 09:00-09:25 | TIVA: Safe practice | Professor Anthony Absalom, Groningen, Netherlands |
| 09:25-09:50 | Implementation of early preoperative screening and optimisation | Professor Ramani Moonesinghe, London |
| 09:50-10:15 | Paediatric anaesthesia for non-specialists | Dr Tim Wittington, Oxford |
| 10:15-10:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Break | |
| Session 2: The extremes and their diffiiculties | ||
| 11:00-11:25 | The patient with obesity | Dr Claire Nightingale, Amersham |
| 11:25-11:50 | Drug dosing in morbid obesity | Dr Mike Margarson, Chichester |
| 11:50-12:15 | The difficult back | Dr David Pappin, Torbay |
| 12:15-12:35 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 12:35-13:30 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Operative and perioperative medicine | ||
| 13:30-13:55 | What can we expect from NAP7? | Dr Emira Kursumovic, Bath |
| 13:55-14:20 | Preventing renal failure: Can we protect the kidneys? | Dr Nicoletta Fossati, London |
| 14:20-14:45 | Emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm | Dr Nicholas Wisely, Manchester |
| 14:45-15:05 | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 15:05 | Close | |
Sponsor
We would like to thank our sponsor Paion for supporting this event.
Sponsors and exhibitors at our events purely support the commercial aspects of the event and join us for the benefit of our members, fellows and delegates. Our sponsors do not have input into the design of the programme or the content of any presentations, slides, workshops or talks.
If you are interested in sponsoring our event, please contact our sponsorship and exhibition partner Century One:
Jonny Knight at jonathan@centuryone.uk or 01727 739 193