Workshops

XXXVIIth Edinburgh
Anaesthesia Festival
20-22 August 2025

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Workshops 2025

 The 2025 workshop has been awarded 3 CPD credits by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

Join us for a 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.

The workshop takes place on the 3rd day of EAF 25, before the main meeting starts – Friday 22 August from 8.00 – 9.45 am. A maximum of 36 delegates is allowed to maximise hands-on experience. Book your place asap via your delegate home page or during registration.

13 free places

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) Trunk

  • Discussion with experts on when to use blocks for common elective general surgical procedures as well as blocks for emergency procedures such as laparotomy

4) 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

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