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Monday 30 November, 1400-1500H, Channel 1 This three-part session on Monday afternoon addresses wellbeing for trainees, with the first talk by Dr Sally El-Ghazali, Immediate Past Chair of the Association of Anaesthetists Trainee Committee, based in London, UK. She will give a short background to the Association of Anaesthetists, a membership organisation with over 10000 […]

Monday 30 November, 1000-1030H, Channel 6 In this session, Professor Marc Samama (Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, France) will introduce the new editorial team for the European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA), which will include himself and range of other familiar names to delegates: Nicolas Bruder, Michelle S. Chew, Patrice Forget, Tom G. […]

Monday 30 November, 1400-1500H Channel 6 A decade on from the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety, various sessions at this year’s Euroanaesthesia look at the progress made since the declaration. The first talk in this three-part session on “clinical audits: local or national?” is by Professor Tim Cook, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, […]

Monday 30 November, 1115-1200H, Channel 3 The evidence around medicinal cannabis will be presented in this session by Prof Silviu Brill, Director of the Pain Institute Center and Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research and Treatment, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel. He will discuss that cannabis has been used for medical purposes for thousands of years, […]

ESAIC has recognised the service of former Chief Executive Officer Marc Gheeraert (2015-2019) with an Honorary Membership. Under Marc’s leadership, the society (as ESA) expanded in many ways. When he handed the reins to our new CEO Cathy Weynants in December 2019, Marc was leading a staff of more than 40 and was responsible for […]

  As in previous years, the judging panel had some difficult decisions to make in choosing this year’s first, second and third places among six high-quality abstract presentations. The Chair of this year’s judging panel was Prof Daniela Ionescu (“Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania), assisted by Prof Christian Putensen (University Hospital […]

Sunday 29 November, 0830-0930H Channel 5 This three-part session this morning will look at the evidence around ICU admissions and mortality in ‘out of hours’ periods, meaning late nights and early mornings on weekdays and the whole of the weekend period. The first presentation, by Professor Christian Putensen, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, will analyse a […]

Sunday 29 November, 1530-1630H, Channel 9 This session will take in the views on difficult ethical issues from ICUs in three of Europe’s largest nations: the UK, Italy and Germany. The presentation on Italy will be given by Professor Orenlla Piazza, University of Salerno and Salerno University Hospital, Italy. Italy was one of the first […]

Sunday 29 November, 1130-1230H – Channel 10 Never have stress and burn-out been more relevant topics than during 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world. The first presentation in this four-part session, on burnout, will be given by Professor Francis Bonnet – Tenon/St Antoine University Hospitals, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France and former […]