RBWH Airway Course 2018

Saturday, 24th March, 2018

 

Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Anaesthesia (CEIA)
Department of Anaesthesia
4th Floor, Ned Hanlon Building
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Butterfield St, HERSTON 

 

8.30am          - Welcome and Coffee (Course Convenor - Dr Linda Beckmann)

 

8.45am          - Nasendoscopy Workshop (Presenters - Dr Linda Beckmann & Marianne Moreau (Karl Storz))

 - A practical workshop to perform and learn about the place of this simple bedside investigation in preoperative airway planning.

 

9.45am          - Morning Tea Break

 

10.00am         - Tracheostomy Troubleshooting Simulation Session (Presenter - Dr Kiron Chakrabarti)

   - An immersive simulation-based tracheostomy troubleshooting session will help anaesthetists work through the uncomfortable clinical scenarios "when the tracheostomy goes bad".

 

12.15pm        - Lunch Break

 

12.45pm        - Difficult Airway Case Discussion Panel (Presenter - Dr Linda Beckmann & others TBD)

  - A panel discussion session that focuses on complex airway cases linking clinical presentation with preoperative imaging and surgical requirements.

 

2.15pm         - Afternoon Tea Break

 

2.30pm         - Difficult Airway Simulation Session (Presenters - Dr Kersi Taraporewalla & Dr Stuart Blain)

 - Another immersive simulation session focussed on difficult airway cases.

 

4.45pm          - Course Summary

Other details:

Course Fee: $400 (per attendee - includes meals and coffee)
Attendance maximum:  12