ANZCA Bulletin June 2011 - Australian and New Zealand College of ...

Special Interest
Group event
Australian Capital Territory
Cardiovascular workshop
On August 20 the ACT Regional Committee will be holding a
one day workshop on the management of acute cardiovascular
conditions relevant to anaesthesia. Particular topics which
will be covered include the management of intra and
post-operative dysrhythmia, cardiac pacing, implantable
cardioverter-defi brillators, and the management of intra and
post-operative ischaemia. The meeting will be held at the
Canberra Hospital and will feature both lectures and practical
hand-on simulation sessions. The content is aimed at both
Fellows and trainees, with limited places available. Further
information, including how to register, will be available on the
ACT website shortly at www.act.anzca.edu.au/events.
Tasmania
2012 ANZCA/ASA joint
CME meeting
The Tasmanian Regional Committee is gearing up for the
ANZCA/ASA joint CME meeting, to be held from February
17-19, 2012 at the Tramsheds in Launceston. The convenor
is Dr Stuart Day from Launceston.
2nd Airway SIG meeting
a big success
The 2nd Airway SIG meeting was held at the Hyatt, Coolum
from March 18-20. The theme was “Everything Airways”
and the guest speakers were Professor Friedrich Pühringer
(Germany) and Professor Carin Hagberg (USA).
With 280 delegates it was the largest special interest group
meeting ever held. Sixteen companies from the healthcare
industry supported the meeting, which is extremely helpful
in maintaining the high standard of the workshops.
The presentations, over one and half days, were
entertaining and informative covering topics including
extubation planning, an update of videolaryngoscopes and
supraglottic airway devices and airway control in a space
capsule and diving bell. Dr Andy Heard’s data on the use of
a needle cricothyrotomy or tracheotomy in the CICO (can’t
intubate can’t oxygenate) scenario is extremely important
and contradicts the NAP4 recommendations.
The workshops proved extremely popular and delegates
planning to attend next year are advised to book early.
I would like to thank my co-convenors, Dr Keith Greenland
and Dr Reny Segal, for their help in organising the meeting.
I would also like to thank the presenters and the workshop
demonstrators who made it such a success. Special thanks
go to Kirsty O’Connor and Hannah Burnell from the College.
The 2012 meeting will be held from March 9 to 11 at
the Mantra, Erskine Beach Resort, Lorne, Victoria.
Dr Chris Acott
Convenor
Above from top: Dr Wendy Teoh, Dr Richard Lea, Professor Carin Hagberg,
Professor Friedrich Pühringer and Dr Chris Acott at the Airways
SIG Conference at Coolum; Dr Frank Parker and visiting Professor
Friedrich Pühringer from Germany at the Airways SIG Conference;
Delegates practice hands-on techniques at the Airway SIG Conference.
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