Regional Anaesthesia for Emergency Physicians

Format

The use of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks has become a fundamental skill for emergency physicians. In fact, a growing number of patients benefit from the use of these approaches for pain control, with a variety of indications that range from thoracic trauma to hip fractures, up to the management of arrhythmic storm during cardiac arrest.

This precourse will be offered in a hybrid format combined of:

  • webinar on Wednesday 24 September at 8:30-12:00 CEST; and
  • live half-day hands-on at VIECON, Vienna on Saturday, 27 September at either: 8:15 – 12:45 CEST or 13:45-18:15 CEST

Objectives

  • To provide emergency physicians with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to integrate nerve blocks safely and effectively in their clinical practice.
  • To provide emergency physicians with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to integrate nerve blocks safely and effectively in their clinical practice.
  • To acquire the main technical and non-technical skills for regional anaesthesia practice, through different hands-on simulation-based stations.

For who

Emergency medicine physicians (any level of training, including trainees/residents and consultants/specialists)

Faculty

Course Director: Santi Di Pietro, IT

  • Valentina Angeli, IT
  • Bruno Barcella, IT
  • Riccardo Maffeis, IT
  • Andrea Simone Dedato, IT
  • Simone Savastano, IT (only webinar)
  • Elena Maria Lago, IT
  • Andrea Baldi, IT (only webinar)
  • David Cloete, UK

Registration

The costs for this course are
€ 200 for physicians
€ 120 for nurses, paramedics, trainees and students

All fees include 13% VAT

Please register through your MyEUSEM account by clicking on the EUSEM Congress registration button. From the Pre-courses tab you can select the pre-courses you would like to join.

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8:30 – 8:45Regional anaesthesia: which role in Emergency Medicine? State of art and
future perspectives (Santi Di Pietro)
8:45 – 9:15Fundamentals of regional anaesthesia and complications (David Cloete)
9:15 – 9:45Approaches to the lower extremities (Santi Di Pietro)
9:45 – 10:15Approaches to the upper extremities (David Cloete)
10:15-10:45Coffee break
10:45 – 11:15Stellate ganglion block in arrythmic storm (Simone Savastano/Andrea Baldi)
11:15 – 11:45Approaches to the thoracic wall (Santi Di Pietro)
11:45 – 12:00Q&A – Discussion
8:15-8:30Welcome & Introduction (Group 1)
8:30-12:45Hands-on sessions (Group 1)
-Scanning session / Sonoanatomy
-Needling station with an ex-vivo model
-Simulation-based clinical scenario
-Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia simulator (BlockSim™)
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:00Welcome & Introduction (Group 2)
14:00 – 17:30Hands-on sessions (Group 2)
-Scanning session / Sonoanatomy
-Needling station with an ex-vivo model
-Simulation-based clinical scenario
-Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia simulator (BlockSim™)
17:30 – 18:15Closing discussion and live feedback
  1. The global impact and the importance of NIV in the Emergency Department. Patrick Plaisance
  2. Why NIPPV works. Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Devices. Paolo Groff
  3. NIMV in the pre-Hospital Setting. Nicolas Peschansky
  4. Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema. Roberto Cosentini
  5. Pneumonia (non-COVID19) and Pulmonary Contusion. Roberta Marino
  6. COPD exacerbation. Clinical cases. Rodolfo Ferrari
  7. COVID19 Pneumonia. Lessons learned from Covid19 Pandemic. Roberto Cosentini