PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Friday March 24th 2023
14.00 – 15.00 Session 1 Clinical Forum
(Including the Best papers of 2022-23)
Prof. Patrick Neligan, Galway
Dr Sinead Bredin, Sligo
Dr Martina Melvin, Galway
Dr Mark Ross, Galway
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 – 16.30 Session 2
Anesthesiology Review 1- Forgotten Issues in Airway Management and Care
Three Cases – Curious Airways – Dr Michael Callaghan, Galway
Dr Craig Lyons, London
Post Operative Sore Throat – Dr Colm Keane, Mayo
17.00 – 18.00 Session 3
Anaesthesiology Review 2 – Stuff We Give to Our Patients – Does it Harm or Heal?
PONV Prophylaxis – useful or a mindless ritual? Dr Leo Kevin, Galway
Drugs we add to Local Anaesthetics – do they work? Dr Brian Kinirons, Galway
Intravenous Clonidine in Perioperative Medicine – does it work? Is it safe? Prof. Michelle Duggan, Mayo
18.15 – 19.00 Session 4 Snap Talks
The Current State of Research in Anaesthesiology & Critical Care
“(what if) I (had) stopped reading journals in June 2000; did I miss anything?” Prof. Pat Neligan
Clinical Research and Where it is Heading – Prof. John Laffey
Basic Science Research and Where it is Heading – Prof. Max Kelz
19.15 – 20.00 Session 5
Guest Lecture
Ciaran Carthy – “Aviation: Turns Out We’re Not as Safe as We Thought”
20.30 DINNER (Buffet- Included in Registration)
Saturday March 25th 2023
8.00 – 09.00 Session 1 Case Reports – O’Beirne-Costello Medal
Chaired by Dr Michael Scully
9.15 – 10.45 Session 2: University of Galway Session
Prof. Felicity Platt (Queen Charlotte’s & Hammersmith Hospitals in London)– “Medico-Legal Pitfalls in Obstetric Anaesthesia”
Prof. Max Kelz (University of Pennsylvania, USA)- “Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll Anesthetic Sensitivity: Female Brains Exhibit Higher Propensity to the Waking State”
10.45 – 11.10
Coffee Break
11.10 – 12.40 Session 3: Patient Safety & Medical Education
Ciaran Carthy – “Decision Making -A Core Competence for Anaesthesiologists & Pilots “
Prof. Rachel Rapaport Kelz (Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, USA) – “Deliberate Medical Education”
12.40 – 13.30 Session 4 Plenary Lecture
John Carlisle (Torbay Hospital, UK)- “Uncovering Academic Fraud”
Lunch (Included in Registration)
14.30 – 16.30 Session 5 Critical Care Anesthesiology
Prof John Bates (Galway), Dr. David Cosgrave (Galway), Dr Peter Moran (Galway), Dr Sinead Egan (Mayo)
A 70 year old male presents for laparotomy consequent of a perforated diverticulum
1. The patient has a plasma sodium of 109mmol/l
2. The patient has a serum creatinine of 400mmol/L (it was normal 2 weeks previously)
3. The patient has plasma ketones of 6mmol/l
The patient has all three.
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