I was taking part and listening to the Registrar Communications stream for most of the day today, which was absolutely fantastic (even if I say so myself!). The quality was phenomenal. As a consequence of doing my own talk, however, I didn’t transcribe all of the others. Here’s the rest, and some updated notes:
SASA 2013 – Ross’ Rough Notes – Congress day 2 (incomplete)
My talk (on Confined Space Intubation) is available on the Presentations page here on the blog.
The first day of the main congress has just been completed. I felt strongly about attending the registrar research stream in the afternoon after the plenaries, which proved to be fascinating and of very high quality. Unfortunately, my battery again suffered for the last two talks, so I apologize that those were not transcribed. The notes from the first day of the refresher still need to be completed, but here is the draft in the meantime:
Here are the updated notes after the second day of the refresher course. I still have to find a chance to transcribe the notes from yesterday after my laptop battery died. Day 2 is complete.
The annual South African Society of Anaesthesiologists Congress for 2013 is underway in Port Elizabeth, where we are being treated to good organisation, excellent weather and great hospitality. I’m trying to keep some rough scribbles to jog my memory down the road. As usual, I offer these notes to the wider community with the caveats that they are typed by me very rapidly during the sessions, and thus may have errors in typography or interpretation. They are also not a complete record, but rather the points that I think valuable/interesting and manage to transcribe in time. If you find them useful, feel free to share the link.
Day 1’s notes are incomplete, as my laptop battery didn’t last all day. I’ll type the rest when I have a chance. A complete set of notes will be posted here on the blog when the congress is completed, and I’ll try provide links to any presentations and a copy of our poster etc.
SASA 2013 – Ross’ Rough Notes – Day 1
The PE crowd also treated us to a great party on the beach last night, replete with live music and a ‘Red’ theme…which may be a reason the first session this morning was slightly less full than yesterday. My typing speed may also have suffered 😉
As mentioned before, I’ve been influenced by several good examples and mentors – and the burgeoning Open Access movement – to share knowledge and academic resources freely. Recently, a book recommended by an academic friend made me pause for thought: the incredible wealth of effort and info that goes into conference presentations and posters almost never makes it into the accessible media. With that in mind, here is a (small) contribution: I updated my Prezi presentation on paediatric videolaryngoscopy for PACSA 2012 (very nice when a talk made for 15 people graduates to a conference featuring speakers from 5 continents!), and have also added past and present congress posters to the Presentations page. Hopefully someone somewhere sometime will find the resources useful. Enjoy.
Video Games Save Lives – PACSA 2012 Airway Workshop
I’m currently sitting in the last panel discussion for this year’s Paediatric Anaesthetic Congress of South Africa (PACSA 2012). I’ve made rough notes of the congress; the full set can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking the link below. The congress book of notes and abstracts is absolutely fantastic, and as it will be released to the public I have created a link here. More information on the meeting can be found on the PACSA 2012 webpage. Please feel free to share the notes; you can mail the link to this post or to the notes themselves. Enjoy!
PACSA 2012 – Ross’ Rough Notes
PACSA 2012 – Official Notes & Abstract Book
Usual disclaimer applies regarding lack of peer review, my personal interpretation, errors may exist, yada yada fishpaste.
Paediatric Anaesthetic Congress of South Africa on the go in Bloemfontein from today until Sunday. I’m relaxing after jumping through hoops for a presentation on the airway workshop this morning. There is an excellent book of notes and abstracts which I will find out if I can upload when the meeting is over. In the meantime, I’ll post my rough notes. Here’s day one (not including the workshops):
“Will We Say No?”
Released this month by Springer, edited by Dr David Crippen, a neurointensivist and the “Fearless Leader” of CCM-L (the International Critical Care Mailing List and discussion group) and including two chapter on ICU in South Africa, in the past, present and looking towards the future. I am particularly proud to have contributed the latter (Chapter 22).
Continue reading ICU Resource Allocation in the New Millenium
Very brief post – I was giving an informal tutorial on practical aspects of regional blocks to a group of interns today, and I promised to forward them a few of my favourite online resources. I thought I’d share them here and tip my metaphorical hat to the organisations behind these great sites. In no order of preference:
I’ll try to keep on posting sites that I enjoy. Please feed back any info you think worth sharing, or pass this on!
The basis for this list came out of a post on the Critical Care Mailing List (CCM-L), and I don’t have info on who originally created it, but it’s too good not to share. Most of these are orientated toward emergency medicine, but will be appreciated by all disciplines. (Ok, maybe not dermatology, but you never know…) I’ll try to update it when I stumble across more, so if you know of others, forward them to me or comment below. Enjoy!
There are quite a few smart phone apps and iTunes videos that can help while you are on the run, train, plane, or riding in the back of a Harley:
If you’re the original creator of this list, please let me know so I can credit you!