Optimising Regional Anaesthesia Services

Time: 7pm CET | Duration: 60mn

Objectives:

• Discuss the practicalities of creating a successfully applied regional anaesthesia service and why hospitals would benefit from it
• Discuss shared experiences of difficulties in application in terms of resource allocation and cost/benefits
• Highlight the importance of cultural change when a revising a service
• A patient centred approach: selection, education and follow up
• The role of technology in optimising regional anaesthesia services now and in future

Presentations:

• “The critical role of communication in an efficient and effective block service”
  by Edward R. Mariano
• “Ten practical pointers for setting up a block room”
  by David Johnston

Target Audience:

• Transplant surgeons (thoracic and abdominal)
• Anaesthesiologists and Pain specialists
• ICU and perioperative care physicians
• Transplant coordinators & nurses
• Pulmonologists and hepatologists involved in post-op care
• Residents and fellows in surgery, anaesthesia, and critical care
• Pharmacists specializing in analgesia and transplant medication

Keywords:

• Regional Anaesthesia
• Patients
• Education

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This webinar was held on 25 September 2025.

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Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation

This webinar has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1 European CME credit (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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