DAS 1996 Cardiff Meeting

­DAS 1996 CARDIFF­­

­­International Arena­
28th-29th November­

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­Speaker Topic
Session I: 
Dr J Langton (Plymouth) Airway reflexes
Dr W S Ng (Cardiff) Physiological responses to intubation
Dr J Sear (Oxford) Drugs used to inhibit these responses
Dr R S Vaughan (Cardiff) Extubation responses – where are we?
Session II: Teaching Session
Dr R Mason (Swansea) Fibreoptic Teaching in adults
Dr A Black (London) Fibreoptic Teaching in children
Dr R Grummitt (York) Assessment of Teaching/Calman Modules
Session III: The Obstetric Airway
Dr G Lyons (Leeds) Current problems
Dr M Harmer (Cardiff) The failed obstetric airway
Session IV: Free Papers
Dr P Farling Fibreoptic intubation in a teaching hospital : development and audit of service
Dr K Koga Fibrescope-aided intubation: effect of tube size and efficacy of laryngeal mask
Dr J Henderson Paraglossal straight blade laryngoscopy in unexpectedly difficult intubation
Dr M Checketts Transdermal hyoscine as an antisialogogue for fibreoptic intubation
Dr J Dingley Ease of insertion of the LMA by inexperienced personnel using Portex introducer
Dr H Owen-Reece Use of video recorded information to assist in difficult fibreoptic intubation
Session V: Aspects of Tracheal Intubation
Dr B Liban (London) Medic alert database and difficult intubation
Dr P Clyburn (Cardiff) Confirmation of intubation
Dr K R Murrin (Cardiff) Legal aspects of failed intubation
Session VI:  
Dr A Dow (Exeter) Trauma airway
Dr R Walker (Manchester) Paediatric mucopolysaccharides
Dr P Latto (Cardiff) Airway audit