Obstetric and Paediatric Anaesthesia 2025
Taking place live, online, on Wednesday 2 April 2025
- A practical update course designed for Consultant General Anaesthetists dealing with complex challenges when on-call
- Aimed at Consultant General Anaesthetists, particularly those with on-call responsibilities based at the DGHs, who are having to undertake obstetric and paediatric procedures
- Format: Interactive lectures followed with case scenarios, discussion and Q&A
- Accreditation sought from the RCoA | 6 CPD credits
09.20 – 09.30
Welcome and introduction
Mr Jack Hodson
Online and IT Services Manager
Session: Obstetrics
09.30 – 10.40
Maternal Morbidity
Dr Seema Quasim
Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospital Coventry
- MBRRACE update
- Preeclampsia
- Obesity
- Cardiac disease
10.40 – 11.20
Labour Anaesthesia
Dr Sarah Armstrong
Consultant Anaesthetist, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust,
- Epidural, spinal or CSE
- Boluses or infusions
- Troubleshooting tips
11.20 – 11.40
BREAK
11.40 – 12.20
Anaesthesia for operative delivery
Dr Sarah Armstrong
Consultant Anaesthetist, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust,
- Topping up the epidural
- General anaesthesia - key issues
- Post-caesarean analgesia
12.20 – 13.00
Obstetric haemorrhage update
Dr Rachel Collis
Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
- Utertonics
- Management of the PPH
- Use of thromboelastometry
- Clotting disorders
13.00 – 14.00
LUNCH
Session: Paediatric Anaesthesia
14.00 – 14.40
The Paediatric and neonatal airway
Dr Lionel Davis
Consultant Anaesthetist, Homerton University Hospital
- Anatomy and physiology differences
- Critical cases presenting in the emergency department
- Approaches to difficult intubations
14.40 – 15.20
Paediatric pre assessment and new guidance
Dr Natalie Gravell
Consultant Anaesthetist, Broomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- OSA in children
- Risk stratification for OSA
- ENT national guidelines
- Adenotonsillectomy for OSA
15.20 – 15.40
BREAK
15.40 – 16.20
Initial management of the critically ill child
Dr Ganga Liyanage
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London
- Sepsis
- Trauma
- Respiratory problems
- Cardiac Issues
16.20 – 17.00
Retrrival and the referring DGH: How to get good team working
Dr Craig Knott
Consultant at Children's Acute Transport Service, Royal London Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust
- Communication and clinical tips
- Training the team
- Case reports and discussion
About the course
Delegates will be provided with a comprehensive overview of new/recent evidence (and insights into the implications for practice) that will allow them to identify skills and knowledge gaps, if any, relevant to their practice and clear ways by which these can be addressed. Very importantly, delegates will gain greater confidence in their current practice and/or identified areas of practice in need of review or change.
Lectures will be delivered by a faculty of established, practicing consultant anaesthetists with long and extensive experience in advancing the knowledge and skills of peers nationally and internationally.
- Practical: Practicalities, top tips, evidence-based, but not research focused.
- COVID-19 issues addressed where relevant
- A comprehensive update on recent advances in paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia practice
- Relevant to day-to-day practice and pitched at a level suitable for the Consultant General Anaesthetist
- Lectures, including case scenarios and Q&A, plus Panel Discussions, covering
- Maternal morbidity
- Labour analgesia and anaesthesia
- Obstetric haemorrhage
- Paediatric and neonatal airway
- Management of the critically ill child
- Child analgesia
- Paediatric retrieval
Course directors
Dr Sarah Armstrong
Sarah studied at Cambridge University and University College London followed by working in pretty much every corner of London as a trainee. She is a consultant with specialist interests in obstetric anaesthesia and education. She is published internationally for her research with interests in non-invasive cardiac output monitoring and ROTEM in obstetrics. Sarah is an elected Executive Committee member of the Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association, where she is currently the Honorary Secretary and the Chair of the Surveys subcommittee. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George’s University London, Southamption University Medical school and Lecturer at Brunel University Medical School. She has authored two revision textbooks for anaesthetic trainees. Outside of work when she’s not running around after two boys she enjoys cycling up and down large hills, choral singing, and the odd glass of fine wine (although not all at the same time!)
Dr Lionel Davis
Lionel is a Consultant Anaesthetist with special interests in paediatric anaesthesia and bariatric anaesthesia. He is currently Deputy Regional Advisor of Barts and The London School of Anaesthesia. He first qualified from University of London in 1987.
Faculty members
Dr Rachel Collis
Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr Natalie Gravell
Consultant Anaesthetist, Broomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Ganga Liyanage
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London
Dr Craig Knott
Consultant at Children's Acute Transport Service, Royal London Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust
Delegate feedback from 2024
- Excellent, really well chosen and appropriate topics
- Great course, good coverage, just what I needed
- Superb mix of a very good coverage, pitched at the right level, excellent speakers plus good timing of talks and break
- All what you need delivered in one day with remote backup- this was worth my while and made me feel more secure.
- Excellent streaming service
- Easy to use platform and good to know that there was someone from Informed to manage IT throughout
- No problems with the platform, I needed a tiny bit of support and received it immediately from Informed, very impressed
- A course with practical and clinically relevant topics and content, well-timed breaks, interesting and engaging speakers
- A superb course: pitched at the right level for DGH, good spread of relevant topics, efficiently run and on time
- Well organised with excellent pre-course communication – Succinct, information-dense presentations that stuck to time – Big focus on recent literature and guidelines
- I like the practical aspects of the talks, opportunity to ask questions, and well directed at dgh anaesthetists
- Focussed/applicable talks, knowledgeable speakers, practical tips and frequent breaks
- Broad spectrum of relevant topics in compressed way with good practical tips
- A very good coverage and online lectures that I attended from home!
- Relevance, regular breaks, remote online access makes it easy and cheaper…no travel/hotels, etc
- A course that has both anxiety inducing subjects packed in one day – presenters where excellent subject matter experts who did manage to skim on the top and focused on the right level of detail easy to access and so good to have the recording as backup
- Very good time management, range topics and online…I was at home
- All very practical and relevant, glad its online it makes it more accessible for me
- Very good speakers, well selected topics, length of talks and break timing and an IT person available to troubleshoot when needed!
- Speakers were top class, answering questions ,organisation and topics which covered
- Relevant Coverage of topics y experienced anaesthetists
- Convenient (from home); very good content and most importantly excellent speakers
- Covered broad range of topics so helped maintain interest, good amount of time per session, no need to travel, compact in one day, right level of flow and breaks
- Very positive, as an OBS anaesthetist this was a very useful refresh for appraisal. In respect of paeds it has reinforced the MDT aspect and use of checklists
Delegate feedback from 2023
Variety of subject matter, relevance, organisation
Good for the non-specialist
Content and level of delivery
Well organised, easy to do notes, and interact
Excellent speakers and content of presentation.
Slido was great and smoothly integrated.
Contents/coverage, communication, instructions -all good.
Attending online from home, good subjects, knowledgeable presenters
Content, style of speakers, ease of attendance.
Discussion on MBRRACE report
Relevant concise high standard
Practical, topical and very succinct
Practical tips, hands on, clear messages
On line! No travelling, hotel, etc – I can get more CPD education for less money!
Content, organisation, and interface
Good content, expert faculty, tips
Topics, user’s friendly online organisation, speakers
Concise, up-to-date, great speakers
Convenient no wasting time travelling, excellent speakers
Great reminder for someone who does not do much paeds/obs
Assurance of keeping up to date
My practice will be much better
Much more confident in my work
Keeps me up to date.
A very good refresher
It was reassuring, that I’m doing obstetric anaesthesia along the guidelines and helped to pinpoint the focus / critical points when treating unwell children.
Reminded me of good practice and resources for reference
It has strengthened my practices.
Very good for my professional development
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Course fees
Early bookers rate:
(until 6 December 2024)
£210
Standard rate:
£235
Fees include VAT
- Live access
- Fee includes 90 days of access with unlimited playback
- 6 CPD points
- CPD Certificate of attendance
- Opportunity to interact, ask questions directly to the faculty.
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