70th ASA National Scientific Congress, 8-11 September 2011, Sydney

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Thursday 8 September

0715 - 1730	Registration open - Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
0745 - 0830	Breakfast in Bayside Grand Hall
0900 - 1015	Bayside Auditorium B
	ASA National Scientific Congress Opening Session Chair: Dr Andrew Mulcahy - ASA President Kester Brown Lecture - Professor Robert Sneyd
1015 - 1100	Morning Tea
1100 - 1230	Bayside Auditorium B
	Plenary Session 1 Chair: Prof Kate Leslie - ANZCA President Is Australia ready for the ultra-obese patient? - Professor Jay Brodsky Fraud and misconduct in medical research - Professor Tony Gin
1230 - 1400	Lunch
1400 - 1530	Bayside Terrace	Bayside Auditorium B	Bayside 204A	Bayside 204B	Bayside Auditorium A
	Smiths/ASA Young Investigator Awards Chair: Dr Elizabeth Feeney Adjudicators: Prof John Russell Dr Peter Smith Dr Vida Viliunas Dr Brigid Brown Dr Andrew Deacon Dr Kevin Hartley Prof Thomas Ledowski Dr Nerida Telec	Cardiac refresher Chair: Dr Clement Fong Myocardial ischaemia and the new tests - Dr Andrew Ong TTE for perioperative cardiac testing - Dr Michael Veltman New Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines - Dr Tony Padley	Simulation and Skills SIG Chair: Dr Adam Rehak 'Getting everyone on TRAC': The unintended consequences of a simulation course to improve airway management - Dr Stuart Marshall Simulating where you work and not the work you do - Prof Jan Davies, A/Prof Jenny Weller	ECT update Chair: Dr David Elliott ECT in leaps and bounds - Dr Bill Lyndon Strategies for optimising ECT - Dr Colleen Loo Anaesthesia for ECT - Prof Ross Macpherson	Environmental sustainability and Australian anaesthesia Chair: Dr Renald Portelli Environmental advocacy and anaesthesia - Dr Eugenie Kayak How sustainable is your work? - Dr Forbes McGain PVC - the problematic plastic? - A/Prof David Story	Workshops W1: Neonatal resuscitation (1/2 day) Bayside 104 W2: Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia - upper limb Bayside Gallery B W3: The green home Bayside 102 W4: Three golden rules you must follow to guarantee investment success Bayside 103 W5: Medico-legal risks in anaesthesia Bayside 105	PBLDs & QA Sessions PBLD 1: Rational opioid use. Dr Evan Kharasch Bayside 201 PBLD 2: Trauma in obstetrics. Dr Liz Mackson Bayside 202 PBLD 3: Difficult acute pain. Dr Stephen Gibson Bayside 203 PBLD 4: Liver resection of metastases. Dr Tim Stavrakis Bayside 107 QA 1: Neuroanaesthesia. Facilitator: Dr Arun Ratnavadivel Bayside 106
1530 - 1600	Afternoon Tea
1600 - 1730	Bayside Gallery A		Bayside Auditorium B
	Moderated Poster Session 1 Chair: Dr Elizabeth Feeney Judges: Dr Jim Bradley Dr Margie Cowling Dr Nolan McDonnell Dr Babak Amin Prof Lester Critchley Dr David Donnelly Dr Lokesh Kashyap Dr Kathy Murphy Mr Nicholas Myles Dr Toshishiro Osugi		Sponsored Speaker Session - Pfizer 1600 - 1700 Proteases: Gnawing away at the inflammation and pain Professor Nigel Bunnett			Workshops W6: Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia - lower limb Bayside Gallery B W7: Maternal resuscitation Bayside 103 W8: The green home Bayside 102 W9: Basic life support Bayside 105	PBLDs & QA Sessions PBLD 5: Epic laparotomies and cytoreductive surgery. Dr Anthony Lewis Bayside 201 PBLD 6: Obstacles to epidural analgesia in labour. Dr She-Yin Ng Bayside 202 PBLD 7: Renal protection in vascular surgery. Dr Sharon Tivey Bayside 203 PBLD 8: Doctors in trouble. Dr Narelle Shadbolt Bayside 107 PBLD 9: Perioperative evaluation - Syndrome X. Dr Su-jen Yap Bayside 106
1730 - 1900	HCI Welcome Drinks - Bayside Grand Hall

Friday 9 September

0715 - 0800	Breakfast - Bayside Grand Hall
0800 - 0845	Sponsored Speaker Session - Edwards Lifesciences Arterial pressure cardiac output - theory and case based applications. - Dr Neal Fleming Bayside Auditorium B
0900 - 1100	Bayside Auditorium B
	Plenary Session 2 Chair: Dr Rob Carpenter - NZSA President Methadone: a new face for an old friend - Professor Evan Kharasch Hunting for new hypnotics - Professor Robert Sneyd					Workshops W10: Introduction to ultrasound in anaesthesia Bayside Gallery B W12: Fur, feathers and fangs: veterinary anaesthesia 101. Offsite - Taronga Zoo. Half day	PBLDs
1100 - 1130	Morning Tea
1130 - 1300	Bayside Auditorium B	Bayside 204A	Bayside 204B	Bayside Auditorium A	Bayside Terrace
	Research update Chair: Dr Richard Halliwell POISE-2: how about aspirin and clonidine? - Prof Kate Leslie ENIGMA II - Prof Paul Myles REASON - A/Prof David Story	Anaesthesia at the edges Chair: Dr Murray Selig High altitude medicine and physiology: the perils of getting high - Dr Bill Crozier Hyperbaric medicine - what is it and how we do it? - A/Prof Michael Bennett	OR design can save lives, time & money: Theory vs reality Chair: Dr Greg Purcell Contemporary thinking in operating room design - Mr Ron Hicks and Ms Jane Carthy Designing an operating theatre in NSW; practical realities - Dr Roger Traill Hospital design for patients, family, staff and safety - a paradigm shift - Dr Greg Purcell	Gilbert Troup Prize Chair: Dr Elizabeth Feeney Adjudicators: Prof Evan Kharasch Prof Neville Gibbs Dr John Loadsman Dr Damian Castanelli Dr Mark Colson Dr Andrew Foster A/Prof Philip Peyton Dr Stephanie Phillips Dr Paul Stewart	History of Anaesthesia SIG: Moments of Mystery Chair: Prof Ross Holland Mesmerism - Dr Peter Stanbury An itinerant mesmerist in Australia - Ms Elizabeth Todd Electrical anaesthesia - Dr David Wilkinson	Workshops W13: Waste woes Bayside 106 W14: Airway management workshop 1 Bayside 104 W15: Maternal haemorrhage Bayside 102 W16: Practical hypnosis for the busy anaesthetist Bayside 105 W17: Writing a paper for publication Bayside 109	PBLDs PBLD 10: Selection of obese patients for day-only surgery. Prof Jay Brodsky Bayside 201 PBLD 11: Lung isolation after high-speed road trauma. Dr Darren Wolfers Bayside 202 PBLD 12: Epic laparotomies and cytoreductive surgery. Dr Anthony Lewis Bayside 203 PBLD 13: Obstacles to epidural analgesia in labour. Dr She-Yin Ng Bayside 203
1300 - 1430	Lunch - Bayside Grand Hall Retired Anaesthetists Group Lunch - Bayside Terrace
1430 - 1630	Bayside Gallery A		Bayside Auditorium A	Bayside Auditorium B Note session time 1430 - 1515
	Moderated Poster Session 2 Chair: Dr Elizabeth Feeney Dr Luke Baitch Dr Melinda Ford Prof Anna Lee Dr Anthony McGirr Dr Juan Schuitemaker Requena Dr Derek Rosen Dr Sharnie Wu		Obstetric SIG Chair: Dr Alicia Dennis Epidural analgesia and consent - Dr Tim Porter Communication - Dr Allan Cyna Airway devices in obstetrics - Dr Peter Effeney TAP blocks and caesarean birth - Dr James Grffiths SIG AGM	Ethical dilemmas Should anaesthetists ever lie to their patients? - Dr Daniel Sokol Parkside Auditorium Note session time 1530 - 1730 Joint ASA / Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Symposium Chair: Dr Connie Katelaris Review of mechanisms of anaphylaxis - Dr Michael Rose Epidemiology, risk factors and prevention of anaesthetic drug allergy - Prof Pascal Demoly Anaphylaxis to NMBAs - the role of environmental agents - Prof S.G.O Johansson Allergic reactions in theatre - anywhere anytime - Dr Michael Rose		Workshops W18: Fur, feathers and fangs: veterinary anaesthesia 101. Offsite - Taronga Zoo. Half day. W19: Introduction to ultrasound in anaesthesia Bayside Gallery B W20: Airway management workshop 2 Bayside 104 W21: Optimal use of colloids Bayside 102 W22: Paediatric day case analgesia Bayside 103 W23: Waste woes Bayside 105	PBLDs PBLD 14: Thoracic anaesthesia. Dr Neal Fleming Bayside 201 PBLD 15: Conflicted colleague in crisis. Dr Tracey Tay Bayside 202 PBLD 16: Renal protection in vascular surgery. Dr Sharon Tivey Bayside 203 PBLD 17: The occasional paediatric anaesthetist. Dr Kirsten Morgan Bayside 106 QA 2: Saying "no" to futile surgery. Facilitator: A/Prof Martin Culwick Bayside 107
1900 - 2300	Family Night - Doltone House

Saturday 10 September

0715 - 0800	Breakfast in Bayside Grand Hall
0800 - 0845	Sponsored Speaker Session - Dräger Innovation and IT integration: considerations for future anaesthesia workstations - Professor Tony Gin Bayside Auditorium B
0900 - 1030	Bayside Auditorium B
0900 - 1030	Plenary Session 3 Chair: Dr Tim Pavy Australasian Visitor's Talk Looking after our own: welfare of anaesthetists - Dr Nolan McDonnell Pioneer Lecture: In honour of Dr Bruce Clifton. Introduction by Dr Tom Fraser - Mr Anthony Hill					Workshops W24: Refresher on the new Australian Resuscitation Council CPR guidelines Bayside 104	PBLDs PBLD 31: Anaphylaxis and anaesthesia - Prof S.G.O Johansson Bayside 106
1030 - 1100	Morning Tea
1100 - 1230	Bayside Auditorium B	Bayside Auditorium A	Bayside 204A	Bayside 204B
1100 - 1230	Cardiac stents update Chair: Dr Orison Kim What's new in stenting? - Dr Andrew Ong Perioperative management of the patient with a stent - Dr Chris Wong Cardiac stenting versus cutting: the evidence for and against - Dr James Edelman	ANZTADC: Safety gets the green light Chair: Dr Richard Grutzner Prevention and management of assessment and documentation errors - Dr Greg Deacon Prevention and management of respiratory errors - Dr Antonio Grossi The development of new crisis management tools - Dr Martin Culwick	Healthcare in the hothouse Chair: Dr Reg Cammack Operating in the greenhouse - can healthcare turn down the heat? - Dr Stephen Lightfoot The Public Health implications of climate change - Dr Tony Capon The UK perspective - Prof Robert Sneyd	Herbal medicines: alternative or just plain dangerous? Chair: TBA Perioperative implications of herbal medicines - Prof Peter Kam Complementary medicines - alternative or just plain dangerous? - Dr Lesley Braun Ethical issues arising from alternative therapies - Dr Daniel Sokol	GASACT: The future you Chair: Dr Minh H Tran Consultant interview techniques - Dr Andrew Parsons Emerging social media and impacts on anaesthesia training - Mr Tim Longhurst Learn to fly, dive and be Macgyver - Dr Suzi Nou	Workshops W25: Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia - trunk Bayside Gallery B W26: Airway management workshop 3 Bayside 104 W27: Anaesthesia outside the OT Bayside 102 W28: Managing malignant hyperthermia Bayside 105 W29: Transthoracic echocardiography 1 Bayside 109	PBLDs PBLD 18: Unexpected transplant patient. Dr Andrew Howard Bayside 201 PBLD 19: Paediatric facial trauma. Dr Andrew Armstrong Bayside 202 PBLD 20: Use of LMAs in controversial situations. Dr Craig Hargreaves Bayside 203 PBLD 21: Anaesthesia for elective shoulder surgery. Dr Adrian Sultana Bayside 106 QA 3: Orthopaedic dilemmas. Facilitator: Dr Sam Cavallaro Bayside 107
1230 - 1330	Lunch - Bayside Grand Hall Hospira Workshop - Parkside G03 A novel approach to sedation in theatre				GASACT Lunch - Bayside Terrace
1330 - 1500	Bayside Auditorium B	Bayside Auditorium A	Bayside 204A	Bayside 204B
1330 - 1500	Airway update Chair: Murray Stokan Teleological implications in the mammalian airway - Dr Jeremy Field Airway exchange catheters in clinical practice - Dr Linda Beckmann Lung separation with a difficult airway - Prof Jay Brodsky	Economics Advisory Committee Session Chair: Dr Greg Deacon News from the EAC - Dr Mark Sinclair Medicare update - TBA Getting your head in the'cloud'. Future directions for database and billing applications in anaesthetic practices - Dr Tony Stewart	Obstetric SIG Chair: Dr Peter Smith Prevention of DVT in obstetrics: what should we be doing? - Dr Nolan McDonnell Obstetric haemorrhage - Dr Nick Jegathesan Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy - Dr Jane Brown Preeclampsia and cardiac crises - Dr Alicia Dennis	Regional Anaesthesia SIG: Politics and controversies in regional anaesthesia Chair: Dr Alwin Chuan To boldly go... RA in the new FANZCA curriculum - Dr David M Scott Don't be an anaesthetic blockhead: making regional anaesthesia acceptable in the OT - Dr Steve Watts Your surgeon is a blockhead: evidence for wound infiltration, infusions and additives - Dr Phil Cowlishaw SIG AGM	GASACT Workshops GASACT1: Transthoracic echo Bayside Gallery B GASACT2: Tune into teaching Bayside Terrace GASACT3: Save Harvey! Bayside 109	Workshops W30: Airway management workshop 4 Bayside 104 W31: Management of the bleeding patient Bayside 103 W32: iPad and the anaesthetist Bayside 102 W33: Managing workplace conflict: legislative provisions and health professional interactions Bayside 105	PBLDs PBLD 22: Unexpected transplant patient. Dr Andrew Howard Bayside 201 PBLD 23: Paediatric facial trauma. Dr Andrew Armstrong Bayside 202 PBLD 24: Preeclampsia & placental abruption. Dr Leonie Watterson Bayside 203 PBLD 25: Use of LMAs in controversial situations. TBA Bayside 106 QA 4: Obstetric issues. Facilitator: Elizabeth Ward Bayside 107
1500 - 1530	Afternoon Tea
1530 - 1700	Bayside Auditorium B				Bayside Gallery
1530 - 1700	APRG Prize Giving Australian Society of Anaesthetists AGM NSW section of Australian Society of Anaesthetists AGM				GASACT Fellowship Forum	Workshops
1900 - 2330	Congress Gala Dinner 'Cotton Club' - Australian Technology Park Dress: Black Tie

Sunday 11 September

0715 - 0800	Breakfast - Bayside Grand Hall
0800 - 0845	Sponsored Speaker Session - Baxter Is informed consent a fairy tale? - Dr Daniel Sokol Bayside Auditorium B
0900 - 1100	Bayside Auditorium B	Bayside 204A	Room
0900 - 1100	AIC Editor's Session The global year against acute pain Chair: Prof Neville Gibbs Opioids, ventilation and acute pain management - Dr John Loadsman Acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients: a growing challenge - Dr Lindy Roberts The pain continuum: toward prevention and better management of pain - Dr David Jones Back to basics: Post-Caesarean pain relief - what should we be doing? - Dr Nolan McDonnell	Professional Issues Advisory Committe DOSA: making it work Chair: Dr Jim Bradley Preoperative patient survey Anaesthesia risk assessment Consent & patient information Dr Richard Grutzner Dr Mark Sinclair Dr Margie Cowling Dr Andrew Miller Dr Patrick Hughes	Overseas Development & Education Session Chair: Dr Michael Cooper Laos anaesthesia project - Dr Andrew Ottaway Obstetric anaesthesia - working towards millenium development goals - Dr Amanda Baric The birth of Micronesian anaesthesia - Dr Arthur Vartis Pacific anaesthesia challenges - Dr Apaitia Goneyali (Pacific visitor - Fiji) Global oximetry project - Dr Rob McDougall	GASACT workshops GASACT 4: Part 2 exam survival guide Bayside 102	Workshops W35: How your property portfolio can maximise income, equity and minimise tax Bayside 204B W36: ANZTADC: Using WebAIRS for incident monitoring Bayside 103	PBLDs PBLD 26: 75 - your patient's age, saturation AND blood pressure. Fit for surgery? Dr Ross Kerridge Bayside 201
1100 - 1130	Morning Tea
1130 - 1300	Bayside Auditorium B	Bayside 204A	Bayside Auditorium A
1130 - 1300	Breaking news Chair: Dr Piers Robertson 'Short-acting opioids': who are we kidding? - Dr Evan Kharasch Neuraxial magnesium: strange but true - Dr Nolan McDonnell Lessons from an epidural catastrophe: has chlorhexidine reached its used-by date? - Dr Michael Levitt	Haematology refresher Chair: Dr Ken Harrison Review of blood clotting - Dr Chris Ward New guidelines for massive transfusion - Dr Amanda Thomson Clinical management of critical bleeding - Prof Klaus Görlinger HaemoVIEW Diagnostics "Assessing the Balance in Haemostasis"	WOAG SIG: Life matters Chair: Dr Jane McDonald Teenagers: just who is in charge here? - Dr David Bennett Bipolar disorder: an aesthetic of mood - Prof Gin Malhi Speaking up for safety and civility - Dr Tracey Tay SIG Meeting		Workshops W37: Transthoracic echocardiography 2 Bayside Gallery B W38: Defibrillators: a shocking tale Bayside 102 W40: Communication for Anaesthetists – in and out of the OT Bayside 104 W41: Pre-operative and intra-operative blood tests: from ABGs to Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome Bayside 105	PBLDs PBLD 28: Neurosurgery at night. Dr Tim McCulloch Bayside 201 PBLD 29: High risk patient for non-cardiac surgery. Dr Suzanne Miles Bayside 202 PBLD 30: The second victim - dealing with the aftermath of an obstetric catastrophe. Dr Stavros Prineas Bayside 203 QA 5: Anaesthesia for vascular surgery. Facilitator: Dr Richard Halliwell Bayside 106
1300 - 1430	Lunch
1400 - 1530	Bayside Auditorium B
1400 - 1530	Hypothetical - debunking the myths and sacred cows Dr Norman Swan and friends
	Farewell Comments

Monday 12 September

Workshops

W42: Trauma management: Clinical skills and human factors in an emergency. Offsite - Macquarie University. All day.

W43: Obstetric simulation. Offsite - Sydney Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre. All day