PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The SPANZA Update Meeting is a one-day course suitable for the occasional paediatric anaesthetist and other staff (nursing/technical) wanting to upgrade their knowledge of current paediatric anaesthetic management. Optional workshops are held the day prior as outlined below.
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Program correct at time of print but subject to change.


FRIDAY 15 MARCH
0830 – 1600
                                                                        EPIC COURSE                                                                        
Cost: Medical practitioner A$400 | Trainee/nursing/allied health A$265
EPIC is the Effective Peri-Procedural Communication interest group within SPANZA.
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1000 – 1200

ANAPHYLAXIS WORKSHOP
Cost: Medical practitioner A$250 | Trainee/nursing/allied health A$125
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1230 - 1430
PAEDS RESUS (APLS) REFRESHER WORKSHOP
Cost: Medical practitioner A$250 | Trainee/nursing/allied health A$125
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SATURDAY 16 MARCH
      0845       
Opening and welcome
Sarah Latham, The Canberra Hospital, ACT

SESSION: AIRWAY
0900 OSA risk stratification/adenotonsillectomy/post op care
Lance Lasersohn, Canberra Health Services (CHS), ACT
0920 Inhaled foreign body
Priya Sreedharan, The Townsville Hospital, Qld
0940 URTI management in the post covid environment
Tanya Farrell, Perth Children's Hospital, WA
1000 Difficult airway
Aylin Seven, The Royal Children's Hospital, Vic
1020 Discussion
1040 MORNING TEA

SESSION: DOING THINGS SAFELY
1100 First do some harm - the challenge of keeping kids safe in the operating theatre
James French, Canberra Health Services (CHS), ACT
1120 High care/PICU/retrieval to a tertiary centre
Simon Robertson, Canberra Health Services (CHS), ACT
1140 Neonates
Nicole Wylie, Women's and Children's Hospital, SA
1200 Cardiac kids outside of a Cardiac Centre
Anna Miedecke, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Qld
1220 Discussion
1240 LUNCH

SESSION: DOING THINGS BETTER
1330 A good preop and off to sleep experience
Matt Jenke, Royal Darwin Hospital, NT
1350 A good wake up
Kalyna Harasymiv, Canberra Health Services (CHS), ACT
1410 Pain - acute pain management, prevention of chronic pain
Catherine Olweny, The Royal Children's Hospital, Vic
1430 Discussion
1450 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION: FUTURE PLANNING / LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
1510 Lines – PIVC, midline, PICC, CVCs and their post insertion care
Andrew Martin, Health Waikato, NZ
1530 TIVA
Simon Morphett, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas
1550 Simple things to work more sustainably in paediatric anaesthesia
Stuart Ross, Westmead Childrens Hospital, NSW
1610 Discussion

SESSION: ASK THE EXPERTS
1630 Ask the Experts Panel
1710 Conference Close
Sarah Latham, Canberra Health Services (CHS), ACT



SPANZA Update Meeting Secretariat
PO Box 55 Wyong 
NSW 2259 Australia





  +61 2 4319 8519
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