was held on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th November, 2012 at The Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.
Download abstract booklet (PDF)
The CareFusion prize for the best abstract submitted by a trainee was presented to Dr Jan Koch from Edinburgh by Mr Malcolm Stewart, Brand Manager (Alaris Infusion Products) from CareFusion.
The Army Medical Directorate, Camberley, Surrey
Situated in the grounds of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
The CareFusion prize for the best abstract submitted by a trainee was presented to Dr Nick Cowley from Birmingham by Mr Douglas Dunn from CareFusion.
Chair : Colonel. S Jagdish L/RAMC
History of iv. anaesthesia in the military. Dr M Roberts
Effects of hypovolaemia on iv. drug PK and PD. Dr E Kirkman
Use of ketamine in military anaesthesia. Major S Lewis RAMC
Use of simulation in teaching military anaesthesia. Surgeon Commander S J Mercer Royal Navy
Chair: Dr A Diba
TIVA/TCI for emergency anaesthesia & rapid sequence induction. Dr A Biswas
TIVA/TCI for neurosurgery. Dr N Huggins
TIVA/TCI for the difficult airway. Dr A Patel
Chair: Dr D Russell
For procedures in the OR: Prof S Schraag
For procedures out of the OR: Dr J Peacock
In the ITU: Dr A Shah
Chair: Professor J W Sear (Oxford)
‘Suxamethonium is dead; long live Sugammadex!’
Pro: Dr H de Boer
Con: Dr A Dada
Chair: Dr Alastair Nimmo (Edinburgh)
Professor Sir Keith Porter, Professor of Traumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham and Centre for Defence Medicine
'From Birmingham to Bastion - Lessons Learned and Future Aspirations'
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TIVA guidelines (Anaesthesia)This guideline was developed jointly by SIVA and AAGBI. The authors include Dr A F Nimmo and Prof A R Absalom (both past SIVA presidents).