The 20th James Cook Regional Anaesthesia and PoCUS Workshop – Thursday 26th and Friday 27th September 2024

Event details

  • Date: 26 September - 27 September 2024
  • Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • Address: Human Anatomy Resource Centre, 3rd Floor Sherrington Building, Ashton Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GE

Booking is closed for this event

Course fee:

£425 per candidate before 1st July 2024 £475 per candidate after this date.

Course overview:

  • Small group work teaching (5 delegates per instructor)
  • Live scanning on volunteers with cadaveric workshop
  • Hands-on learning of needle techniques and catheters on phantoms
  • Tips and tricks with international experts in ultrasound regional anaesthesia
  • Spaces limited to 60 delegates

Organising faculty:

  • Dr Ahmed Abdelaziz, FRCA, Course Director, American Hospital, Dubai
  • Dr Ahmed Elrefaey, FRCA, Course Co-Director, Oxford University Hospital, UK
  • Dr Moataz Abdelrahman, FRCA, Course Co-Director, Manchester University Hospitals, UK
  • Dr Amr Abdelaal, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
  • Dr Graham Barker, FRCA, Oxford University Hospital, UK
  • Dr Alistair Bond, BSc, MSc, PhD, Deputy Director, Human Anatomy Resource Centre, UK
  • Dr Sherif Elsayed, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
  • Dr Ashwani Gupta, FRCA, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK
  • Dr Gabriella Iohom, FFARCSI, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
  • Dr Omar Itani, MD, FIPM, Habib Medical Group, KSA
  • Dr Ranj Khaffaf, FRCA, Prince Charles Hospital, UK
  • Professorj Brian Kinirons, MB, FFARCSI, FJFICMI, FCPSP (Hon.), Galway University Hospitals, Ireland
  • Dr Vel Velayutham, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK

    Accreditation:

    The workshop has been accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists for 12 CPD credits, and ESRA recognised as an EDRA approved workshop with total 13 points (9 hands-on ultrasound and 4 hands-on cadaveric). The points are required for EDRA part 2 applications (check ESRA website for details and recognised workshops).

    Programme and stations:

    Day 1 – Thursday 26th Sept 2024

    08:30               ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

    09:00               Station 1         Supraclavicular & Intercalen

    09:35               Station 2         Axillary plexus

    10:10               Station 3         Infraclavicular

    10:45               Station 4         Erector spine & Paravertebral

    11:20               Station 5         Neuroaxial and Caudal

    11:55               LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS

    12:50               Station 6         Phantom Needling & catheter technique

    13:25               Station 7         Rectus sheath, TAP, QL

    14:00               Station 8         FATE (Focused Assessment Transthoracic ECHO)

    14:35              AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

    15:05               Station 9         Forearm blocks

    15:40               Station 10       Cervical Plexus & Flexor Tendon Sheath     

    16:15               CLOSE OF DAY 1

      Day 2 – Friday 27th Sept 2024

      08:45               ARRIVAL

      09:00               Station 1         Ankle

      09:35               Station 2         Saphenous & Obturator & Adductor Canal

      10:10               Station 3         Femoral, LFCN & Fascia iliaca

      10:45               Station 4         Sciatic & Popliteal


      11:20               Station 5         Basic Lung & Upper Airway

      11:55              LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS

      12:50               Station 6         PECS & Serratus

      13:25               Station 7         PENG/HIP & iPAK

      14:00               Station 8         Free scanning

      14:35               AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

      15:05               Station 9         Lumbar Plexus

      15:40               Station 10       Axillary N & Suprascapular N     

      16:15               CLOSE OF COURSE

        Bookings and enquiries:

        Please book early to avoid disappointment – online applications only. All previous courses have sold out early with extensive waiting lists.

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