Primary FRCA Teaching Day

Category: Training - Primary FRCA Teaching Days

Date: April 19th 2013 8:30am until 4:00pm

Location: Dept of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Bath BA1 3NG

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Primary FRCA Regional Study Day – Cardiovascular

Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Bath

Friday 19th April 2013

Programme

8:30 Introduction - Kieran Oglesby

8:45 Cardiovascular Pharmacology: SNS & Inotropes - Andy Georgiou

9:45 Cardiovascular Anatomy: Ultrasound - Malcolm Thornton

10:30 COFFEE

10:45 Cardiac Physiology - Jeff Handel

12:30 LUNCH (& a chance to play with C-MACs)

13:15 Equipment (A-Lines, CO, ECG, Pacemakers, Defibrillators) & Associated Physics - Reston Smith

14:15 COFFEE

14:30 Group OSCEs & self-assessment MCQs SHOs and SpRs

16:00 FINISH

Other Information

Please note there will be an attendance record to be sent to the School of Anaesthesia.

In order to organise numbers for the catering, please contact Kieran Oglesby via e-mail (oglesbyk@doctors.org.uk) stating you plan to attend the study day.

Lunch and refreshments sponsored by Storz, manufacturers of C-MAC video laryngoscopes.

Travel

Car: Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG. Enter the hospital via Main Entrance (not A&E). Parking: Plenty of on-street parking in and around the hospital. On site, it is £6 to park for the day in ‘Visitors’ parking zones. A mixture of ‘Pay & Display’ and ‘Pay On Exit’ stations which accept £2, £1, 50p, 20p and 10p coins.

Rail: Get train to Oldfield Park. Turn right out of the station down Brook Road. Keep heading straight over the river and follow road round to the left. You will then start seeing signs for RUH.

Bus: See http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/bristol_bath/

Finding the Anaesthetic Department within RUH

Head to the main entrance/atrium (B Block). Take the stairs to 2nd floor and the department is located at B51, halfway along the corridor. Maps on walls en route.