XXXVII^th Edinburgh
Anaesthesia Festival
20-22 August 2025

Workshops 2024

NEW FOR 2024:

We are proud to present our practical regional anaesthesia and vascular access educational early bird workshop, featuring state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment, phantoms, live scanning, needle trainers and expert facilitators.

1) Upper limb orthopaedics

• Discussion with experts on when to use blocks for common upper limb surgeries from the shoulder to the hand
• Considerations for catheter placement
• Practice scanning plan A blocks: Interscalene and axillary

2) Lower Limb Orthopaedics

• Discussion with experts on when to use blocks for common lower limb procedures from the thigh to the foot
• Considerations for catheter placement
• Practice scanning plan A blocks: Femoral, adductor canal and popliteal

3) General Surgery/CEPOD

• Discussion with experts on when to use blocks for common elective general surgical procedures as well as blocks for emergency procedures such as laparotomy
• Considerations for catheter placement
• Practice scanning plan A blocks: rectus sheath
• For those with paediatric interest: Lateral QL (paeds plan A)

4) Chest wall

• Discussion with experts on when to use various blocks for common elective chest wall procedures or analgesic blocks for rib fractures
• Considerations for catheter placement
• Practice scanning plan A block: ESP

5) Vascular access

• Practice inserting vascular access using the out-of-plane dynamic scanning technique
• Practice inserting vascular access using the in-plane technique
• PICC and mid-line insertion

6) Phantom Needling

• Practice needling skills on our state-of-the-art phantoms that mimic different blocks using NRfit needles
• NRfit catheter kits available for familiarisation and practice catheter insertion

7) Observer only

• You can enter the workshop room but you will get no hands-on experience or CPD points

Learning Objectives for the Workshop

1. Improve knowledge and understanding of common blocks performed for common procedures on their respective lists with our summary handout and Q&A with our experts
2. Hands-on guided experience scanning for the plan A block associated with the respective lists
3. Practice and enhancement of needling skills with our phantoms
4. Acquire or improve the skill of out-of-plane dynamic scanning for vascular access
5. For those with paediatric interests, there is also the opportunity to chat about paediatric lists/blocks with our expert faculty

Admission is free but a place must be booked in advance via your delegate home page (see link above). Places will be filled on a first come, first served basis.