Difficult Airway Society - How to join

At the Cheltenham DAS annual conference AGM in November 2010, it was decided to raise the annual subscription to £25 . It was also decided to begin charging overseas members £25.
Such a move would be consistent with the society's status as a registered charity and future aspirations currently include:

  1. Continuation and completion of current projects.
  2. An expanded, more frequent newsletter.
  3. A root and branch update of the DAS website.
  4. iPhone app; the iDAS, containing the difficult airway algorithms.
  5. Directly support original research with an initial £10k annual donation to the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA) increasing to £20k and to be reviewed yearly.
  6. Coordinating and funding (with industry) the Airway Device Evaluation Project: 'ADEPT', facilitating the grass root assessment of new airway devices. This would be a paradigm shift for DAS, transforming it into a national research network similar to Cancer Research UK.
  7. Increase financial support for anaesthetists from developing countries by funding a Ugandan junior doctor to train and qualify as an anaesthetist (Medical Masters degree) £3k per annum for 3 years.
  8. Fund continuing DAS exchange visits with USA (when current sponsorship ceases) and forge new links with both the European and Australian Societies of Anaesthetists.

 
MEMBERSHIP
There are two categories of membership.
Full membership for anyone medically qualified and registered with the GMC (or similar organisation in another country).
Associate membership for non-medical people.
 
SUBSCRIPTION
UK Full membership £25 .
Overseas membership £25.
Membership is currently FREE for Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) and Anaesthetic Nurses
 
UK applications:
 

Application by post
Fill out the Direct Debit form
Direct Debit form download
Membership form download
Post both signed and completed forms (Direct Debit and Membership) to:
 
Busola Adesanya-Yusuf
Specialist Societies Manager
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland
21 Portland Place
London
W1B 1PY
Tel: +44 207 631 8816Fax: +44 207 631 4352

Overseas applications:


Application by post
 
Membership form download + PayPal payment £25 (being arranged)
 (For now, credit/debit card payments may be accepted at the contact given below)
Post signed and completed membership form to:

Busola Adesanya-Yusuf
Specialist Societies Manager
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland
21 Portland Place
London
W1B 1PY
 
Tel: +44 207 631 8816
Fax: +44 207 631 4352