Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia of Upper and Lower Limb
An Introductory Practical Course for Anaesthetists.
15th & 16th of September 2010 at the Mayo Building, Salford Royal Hospitals.
08:30 Registration (coffee and breakfast rolls).
08:55 Welcome
Jayesh Menon
09:00 Physics of ultrasound (lecture).
Martin Allan
09:20 Image optimisation – knobology (practical demonstration).
Lynne Wilson
09:40 Ultrasound appearance of nerves and needling techniques (lecture).
Jim Corcoran
10:00 Coffee.
10:20 Needling practice on phantoms (practical).
All Faculty
12:00 Anatomy and ultrasound appearances of nerves in upper limb 1 (lecture).
Alan Minchom
12:30 Lunch
13:20 Brachial plexus workshop.
Guided hands-on practice with models (practical).
All Faculty
15:00 Coffee.
15:20 Anatomy and ultrasound appearances of nerves in distal upper limb 2 (lecture). Tony Adams
15:50 Upper limb workshop.
Guided hands on practice with models (practical).
All Faculty
17:30 End of day one.
08:30 Coffee and breakfast rolls.
09:00 Anatomy and ultrasound appearances of abdominal wall and lower limb (lecture).
Jim Corcoran
09:30 Lower limb workshop.
Guided hands on practice with models (practical).
All Faculty
10:45 Coffee.
11:00 Anatomy and ultrasound appearances of nerves - lower limb (lecture)
Vel Velayutham
11:30 Lower limb workshop 2.
Guided hands on practice with models (practical).
All Faculty
12:45 Ultrasound in neuro-axial blockade (lecture and demonstration).
Jayesh Menon
13:30 Lunch
14:15 Local anaesthetic induced cardiac arrest – a personal perspective (lecture).
Martin Allan
14:45 Guided hands-on practice –
Neuro-axial scanning 2 stations
Upper limb blocks on anatomical phantoms 2 stations 20-25 mins at
Lower limb blocks on anatomical phantoms 1 station each station
All Faculty
15:30 Coffee served during practice.
16:30 Questions and answers, return of evaluation sheets.
All Faculty
16:45 Course ends.