Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaesthesiology 2010
Hong Kong

Trauma Airway Workshop: Surviving Airway Challenges in Trauma …

Moderator: Dr. YW Chan
Date and time: Sunday 21st November 2010
09:00 - 12:00
*Three-hour session with tea break
What to expect:  This airway workshop provides a comprehensive review and update of the airway management strategies and skills in different challenging airway scenarios. Real clinical cases will be presented and this will be followed by panel discussions with participation by the audience. There will be updates and sharing of important airway skills and clinical knowledge including:
- Traumatic brain injury and ventilation strategies
- Intubation strategies in cervical spine injuries
- Maxillofacial trauma
- Thoracic trauma and lung isolation techniques
- Laryngeal trauma
- Facial and airway burns
- Awake AirTraq intubation
- Retrograde intubation techniques
- Surgical cricothyrodotomy
- Lung isolation in children

Participants: All are welcome. Maximum 60
CME: 3 ACTIVE CME/CPD points