The All Wales Airway Group are excited to bring you the AWAG Conference 2024 – an excellent day with some of the leading figures in airway management in the UK including DAS president, Dr Imran Ahmad.

The day will be held at the SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff on the 4th October 2024. Don’t forget to book your study leave!

Full information regarding the agenda to follow.

Booking link: https://bookcpd.com/course/awag-conference24

Co-organised by the All Wales Airway Group and Welsh Anaesthesia Audit Research and Engagement Network (WAAREN)

We will be discussing some of the latest papers on airway management with Professor Ellen O’ Sullivan (DAS international liaison), Professor Kariem El-Boghdadly (DAS Scientific Officer) and Dr Alistair McNarry (Past DAS-RCoA Airway Lead).

Monday 29th April at 19:00 GMT (on Zoom)

All members of the MDT welcome to join. If you are unable to join live you can register for access to the recording which will be made available to registrants in the weeks after the event.

FREE TO ATTEND

Booking link: All Wales Airway Group – Journal Club (Virtual) | Medical | BookCPD.com

Papers being discussed:

• Crístian de Carvalho et al., (2024) ‘Effectiveness of preoxygenation strategies: a systematic review and network meta-analysis’ Br J Anaesth, Apr 9:S0007-0912(24)00130-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.02.028 (available here: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1iuzg1dCDupiM)
• Ruetzler et al., (2024) ‘Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, Apr 16;331(15):1279-1286. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0762 (available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2816267)
• Prekker et al., (2023) ‘Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults’ N Engl J Med, Aug 3;389(5):418-429. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2301601 (available here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2301601?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed)